Campbell/Clark Libs Have No Credibility – HST Promises Meaningless
I commented here last week upon Premier Clark’s silence on all the great issues she faces and questioned what her policies will be. I expect no answer because she wants…
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Oceans in Peril: Radical Action Needed to Avert 90% Sepcies Extinction
The oceans of Planet Earth currently contain about a quarter million species of marine organisms, which together constitute the Marine Food Pyramid and the Marine Food Web. If we do…
Oceans in Peril: Radical Action Needed to Avert 90% Species Extinction
The oceans of Planet Earth currently contain about a quarter million species of marine organisms, which together constitute the Marine Food Pyramid and the Marine Food Web. If we do…
A Thoroughly Uncivilized Highway: Paving Ancient Burial Sites Just one of SFPR’s Many Insults
An aboriginal-led lawsuit is the latest potential roadblock for the highly controversial South Fraser Perimeter Road - an 80 km four-lane truck highway from Deltaport to Surrey in the early…
Christy Clark’s Silence on the Big Questions
I worry a lot when politicians are talking – usually double or even triple talk. Did I do that when I was in government?…Well it takes one to know one.…
Mainstream Media Blind to Real Environmental Issues
Why is it that the mainstream media ignore the down and dirty part of the environment? Yes, they do stuff on global warming and it’s good that they do but…
Shades of Green: ISA – A Ticking Time Bomb
The Infectious Salmon Anemia virus (ISAv) is a ticking time bomb that could explode under BC's salmon farming industry and their open net-pens. If this industry has imported such a…
Video: Musgamagw Unite in Response to Marine Harvest Breach
It's the latest chapter in a long and increasingly heated battle between BC's coastal First Nations and the Norwegian salmon farmers that operate in their waters. The Musgamagw-Tsawataineuk peoples of…
Salmon Farm Apologist’s "Shoddy Science" Outed by DFO Colleague’s Memo
"Blockbuster” hardly describes an internal DFO memo unearthed by Don Staniford, the doughty fighter against Atlantic Salmon fish farmers, which battle has included a lawsuit by the shameless bastards.The 2003…
Gerry Hummel Cartoon: Enbridge Rubber Stamp Panel
The latest cartoon from Gerry Hummel - referencing the Joint Panel Review for the hugely controversial proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. Rules defining public participation were recently announced by the…
Rafe on Shark Fins and the NDP
I urge everyone to get a copy of the Vancouver Province for July 10 and read, in the A section, pp 8 and 9, a story about shark fins. It’s…
Shades of Green: Anthropogenesis – A Redefining of Ourselves
Our human history has been a long process of taking greater control of the circumstances that affect us. Our early shelters and fires eased the inclemency of weather to make…
A-G Report Confirms BC’s Sham Environmental Assessment, Enforcement
Vindication always feels good but as you read the Auditor-General’s report on the BC Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO), which reports to the Ministry of Environment – it’s the governments licensing…
Risky Business: 75 pipeline incidents in two years for Enbridge, TransCanada
It doesn’t seem that big a deal when you first read the story on B2 of July 5’s Vancouver Sun under the heading ENBRIDGE,TRANSCANADA LEAKS DOMINATE SAFETY BOARD CASES. It…
Was the Gordon Campbell Government Truly Corrupt?
Was the Gordon Campbell government corrupt? Does it matter? The answer to both questions is a resounding YES! For the purposes of this article I define corruption as “acting against…
Video: Citizens Rally in Vancouver to Stop Smart Meters
A number of citizens and organizations - including the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Clean Energy Foundation - gathered recently in Vancouver at the headquarters of BC Hydro…
Shades of Green: The Other Side of Lord Stanley’s Cup
Now that the 2011 winner of Lord Stanley's Cup has been decided, the mania is subsiding, and Vancouver is beginning the arduous task of repairing the physical and psychological wreckage…
Emergency Oil Reserves Tapped: Conservation Plan Gathers Dust
Last week a global oil emergency was declared and the response rolled out, but almost nobody noticed. The International Energy Agency (IEA) started tapping into member state’s emergency oil reserves,…
The Silence of the Mainstream Media on Private Power, Fish Farms
I sat in my hotel room in London on a recent vacation, reading the comments on my last article in thetyee.ca in which I had congratulated the Vancouver Sun for…
Raven Coal Mine Proposal: Damien Gillis’ Letter
As the window for public comments draws to a close in the first stage of the environmental review process for the proposed Raven Underground Coal Mine, nearly 2,000 comments have…