An open-pit mine for silica sand, which is mixed with water and pumped underground during the hydraulic fracturing process, is proposed in Manitoba. Photo by Brennan Linsley. Canadian Premium Sand (CPS), an Alberta-based company whose board of directors are all former oil and gas executives, received an Environment Act Licence
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Canadian Dimension: When corporate interests trump the human right to clean drinking water
Manitoba has a very large untapped deposit of high grade silica, a type of sand frequently used to prop open underground fractures that release trapped oil and gas. But mining of this resource could represent a potential hazard in the form of metalliferous pollution to local water. Photo courtesy Elizabeth
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Planet of the Humans opens important debate about green capitalism, unlimited economic growth
Planet of the Humans Jeff Gibbs Rumble Media, 2019 Planet of the Humans, directed by Jeff Gibbs and produced by Michael Moore, has hit a sensitive nerve with well-established environmental groups. The film, free to watch on YouTube, has exposed them for pushing free market environmental solutions as the only
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