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Many of us have been following the unfortunate turn of events that have befallen climate change legislation in the US Senate this summer. The Senate energy bill has been delayed to a fall vote and will be a shell of the original cap and trade bills passed by the House and tabled by Kerry/Lieberman. Even renewable energy standards have been axed. It seems like a good time to pose a question about the influence of the current and former presidential administrations in dealing with the issue of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

I bought a bag of Sun Chips a couple of weeks ago to keep the kids happy on a road trip. To my surprise, Sun Chips’ new packaging is 100% compostable! Just throw it into the compost bin with all of your organic waste and let nature take care of it.

An ongoing challenge for Canadian wineries is justifying their elevated price points against lower priced and reasonable quality imports. This will continue into the future with an increased number of half-decent imports that are being introduced under $10 and an exchange rate that is unfavourable to domestic producers.