Ignoring Geology 101, governments (including Canada’s) have been pushing hard for many years to establish “Deep Ground Repositories” (GDRs) as a “final solution” to the growing problem of nuclear waste.…
When Josh Fox received a letter offering him nearly $100,000 for the natural gas extraction rights on his Pennsylvania property, his first reaction was: nice chunk of change. Then he…
I’ve never been a member of a political party, although I did consider joining the NDP earlier this year, just so I could vote for Nathan Cullen in the leadership…
Not long after the Defend Our Coast rallies, a pollster phones, wanting to know whom I plan to vote for in the provincial election. The first party to unequivocally say…
It is estimated that over 22,000 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and nearly ten times as many in the United States. Almost a quarter…
In September 1962 – 50 years ago this month – a book was published which changed the way we looked at the post-World War Two chemical revolution. Rachel Carson’s Silent…
Miranda Holmes statement from today’s Enbridge hearing in Comox – introducing the panel to the oily character at the centre of the pipeline controversy aka, Dil Bit: “Hi, my name’s…
Miranda Holmes on the health impacts of Fukushima you haven’t been hearing about from your government or the mainstream media: “Even though it wasn’t reported in the Proceedings of the…
In the late 1980s, executives at Monsanto were told, “genetic engineering offered the best prospect of preserving the commercial life of Monsanto’s most important product, Roundup, in the face of…
Okay, time to stop worrying about climate change. Turns out we can just change the climate. How? Well, maybe we should just nuke the moon. (Apparently if we can shift…
When the final tally is done on humanity’s many post-Industrial Revolution screw ups, it is likely that the top of the list will be: They let the bees die. Consider…
