Maybe it was the anti-spitting bylaw that catapulted Calgary to first place in an international ranking of the world's most healthy and sanitary cities. globeandmail.com: No place cleaner than Calgary, global survey says Skip navigation. Vancouver ranked third in the world, behind Zurich and Geneva, in Mercer's broader "quality of life" index, which takes into account political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transportation and public...

March 22, 2007 6:00 AM LAKEVILLE A day to provide people with environmental information and products to help protect the family and the environment is being sponsored by Environmental Advocates for Massachusetts, Southeast and the Taunton River Watershed Alliance. March 22, 2007 6:00 AM LAKEVILLE A day to provide people with environmental information and products to help protect the family and the environment is being sponsored by Environmental Advocates for Massachusetts, Southeast and...

Executives at Big West Oil of California have been talking about plans to produce more gasoline and diesel at the refinery since 2005, when parent company Flying J inc. bought the plant from Shell Oil co. The expansion project was expected to face opposition on air-quality grounds, as is common with industrial proposals in California. Executives at Big West Oil of California have been talking about plans to produce more gasoline and diesel at the refinery since 2005, when parent company...

ANALYSIS Endicott stands at crossroads on pollution Village faces major decision on TCE study By Tom Wilber Press & Sun-Bulletin It started four years ago with a small group of residents and workers pushing for answers regarding illnesses and pollution in and around the former IBM plant in Endicott. ANALYSIS Endicott stands at crossroads on pollution Village faces major decision on TCE study By Tom Wilber Press & Sun-Bulletin It started four years ago with a small group of residents and...

Presented by TLF and hosted by Ithaca College, the three day festival will include tap dance workshops, an informal student showcase and jam session featuring a variety of dance groups from the region, a panel discussion, the screening of rare tap dance footage from the TLF digital archives, and the all-star performance at Ithaca's historic State Theatre: Walking in Time. Agricultural videos for children will be shown throughout the day, and area farms that welcome visitors throughout the...

Disk-based solutions simply provide a number of benefits over tape (for instance, performance, backup and recovery, and ease of management)," she continued. Will tape disappear overnight? Absolutely not; but its role is changing and users will be using less of it for data recovery and disaster recovery purposes as we move forward. Other broader ESG surveys have tracked the progression of disk-based backup solutions in general, which include VTL, near-line disk, and NAS. That said, tape is...

If the Bill becomes law, the Environment Minister would need to develop an annual climate change plan and to make regulations respecting climate change, both with a view to meeting Canada's Kyoto commitment of a 6 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by the 2008-2012 compliance period. If the Bill becomes law, the Environment Minister would need to develop an annual climate change plan and to make regulations respecting climate change, both with a view to meeting...

Rice has caught more saltwater species on a fly rod than any person in history, is the only flyfisher to catch the Caribbean Grand Slam in back-to-back days, and invented the template for sports shows now copied across America. Lead showdown: A big fight is looming over the use of lead in bullets and the threat it poses when ingested by endangered California condors in the dead animals they eat. The 270,000-acre Tejon Ranch banned lead bullets last month, followed by a recommendation from...

It's a huge colony of moss that has lived quietly in the depths of the clearest lake in the United States since somewhere between 4,000 and 7,700 years ago after Mount Mazama blew its top and created the hole that Crater Lake would fill. He's a member of the scientific team that studied the organism with a submersible ROV (remotely operated vehicle) last summer and plans extensive exploration with scuba gear this summer. An organic colony living between 100 and 420 feet down may hold clues...