The truth unshelled about the shrimp at the table
Shrimp farming (Photo: Jughandle’s Fat Farm). Read this Jan. 14th article by TreeHugger about why you should stop eating shrimp, wild and farmed: Shrimp is the most popular seafood in…
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Canada at the bottom of barrel as oil negotiator
(Photo: Naija247 News) Read this March 31st op-ed piece in The Tyee about Canada’s poor oil negotiating skills compared Norway and the UK’s 2012 oil revenues: There is an old…
BC NDP leadership race down to John Horgan
Read this April 9 story from the The Province on the decision by former frontrunner Mike Farnworth’s decision to step aside for colleague John Horgan, leaving the MLA for Juan…
Pipelines in parks? Welcome to Super, Fracktural BC!
Cartoon and letter by Loren Craig – republished from his green briefs blog An open letter to BC Premier Christy Clark – April 7, 2014 Dear Christy, May I call…
Transport industry driving a ‘SmartWay’ to tackle emissions
(Photo: Translog) by Jesse Yardley An innovative new method for tracking the transport industry’s fuel consumption may hold the key to reducing carbon emissions, according to a group of academics…
BC Liberal director linked to Ontario gas plant scandal
Laura Miller and boyfriend Peter Faist (Facebook photo) Read this April 1 story by Leo Knight in 24 hours, arguing that BC Premier Christy Clark has been too quick to…
New York Times op-ed: Canada tarring itself with oil sands
Photo: 350.org Read this New York Times op-ed by Jacques Leslie on the black eye Canada is giving itself in its rush to develop Alberta bitumen. Start with the term…
Deconstructing the language of corporate power
Corporate power uses special nomenclature to deceive Canadians (image: Bloomberg Business Week). by Mark Taliano Sometimes, the simplest solutions are the best ones. Unfortunately, though, Canada’s extreme concentration of corporate…
Christy Clark was a partner in firm that lobbied for Enbridge
BC Premier Christy Clark during talks with her Alberta counterpart on the proposed Enbridge pipeline Read this April 1 Vancouver Observer story on the revelation through leaked documents that BC…
Australia torpedoes illegal Japanese whaling at international court
Read this March 31 story from news.com.au on Australia’s victory over Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean, as the Hague ruled the program does not constitue “research” – as the…
Aboriginal rights threaten Canada’s resource development agenda
(Photo: Zack Embree/Idle No More) Read this March 4th article in The Gaurdian about the Canadian government’s research into how Aboriginal protest threatens the country’s oil and mining plans: The…
Bill 4 opens BC parks to industry
Raft Cove Provincial Park (Photo: BC Gov Photo/Flickr). Read this March 25th article in the Vancouver Observer about Bill 4: the Park Amendment Act, passed. The Act changes the management…
Oil sands companies to help develop elementary school curriculum
Read this story from Desmog Canada’s Carol Linnitt on the Alberta Government’s decision to reach out to the energy industry to help develop new curriculum for primary students. The province…
Canfor, West Fraser overcut a million cubic meters of BC timber
Read this story from Peter Ewart on 250.org on the shocking overcut of non-pine timber by two forestry companies, Canfor and West Fraser, in northwest BC’s Morice Timber Supply Area.…
NASA study: Inequality will lead to famine, collapse of civilization
Hungry for change: Tunisian bread riots led to a government overthrow in 2011 Read this March 18 National Post story on a new NASA-funded study that predicts the utter collapse…
May could be the first time atmospheric carbon dioxide levels peak
The Keeling Curve shows monthly carbon dioxide concentrations at Mauna Loa Observatory (Photo: NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory/Scripps Institute of Oceanography). Read this March 18th article from the Huffington Post…
My life as the son of an Alberta oil man
Alex (right) and father (left) riding dirt bikes. (Photo: Matt Sutton’s Facebook) by Matt Sutton In November, 2013, I drove to Lacombe, Alberta, to visit my Dad and his family,…
BC’s wolf management remains a poisonous secret
(Photo: Ian McAllister, Pacific Wild) Read this March 10th article from the Tyee about the BC Government’s unanswered questions on whether it plans to use poison to manage the province’s…
Canada Revenue Agency audits environmental groups
The Council of Canadians and Greenpeace Canada protest against Alberta oil-sands development on Parliament Hill in September of 2011. (Photo: Sean Kilpatrick, Canadian Press) Read this Feb 17th article from…
The Northern Gateway pipeline to reach a decision mid-June
Enbridge counsel Rick Neufeld is silhouetted against a map of the Northern Gateway pipeline, as he takes part in the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel hearings in Edmonton…