As is often the case with change, some people welcome the opportunity while others are wary of making things worse. For B.C. teachers, changes to the B.C. curriculum drafts in the areas of science and environmental education might be a cause to be wary. While the general decision to revise
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DeSmogBlog: Contaminated Water, Land Damage, and Earthquakes: The Legacy of Waste Injection Wells
Early scientific analysis predicted that the risks associated with hazardous waste injection wells would be negligible. Unfortunately, experience has indicated that disposing of hazardous waste deep underground has been linked to water contamination, destroyed ecosystems, toxic leaks and earthquakes. Now we are learning that there is a difference between scientific
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