Monday Night Movies: Pipeline Edition
With the Superbowl over and done with and football fans looking for something to watch the regina mom thought she’d share some great short vids for your viewing pleasure .…
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Here We Go Again – Republican Attacks On EPA Kick Off 2012 Agenda
business-anti-environment.jpg With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set to finally enact stricter air pollution standards in accordance with the Clean Air Act and two subsequent U.S. Supreme Court decisions…
Parliament in Review: December 1, 2011
In the midst of a week of acrimonious debate over both the substance of the Cons’ dumb-on-crime legislation and the government’s procedural maneuvers to prevent even improvements which it recognized…
Do The Math On Solar
Here’s an amazing article that walks you through the physics calculations that show why the Sun is such a great energy source for Earth. We could make use of its…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
Thanks to an end-of-week conference it’s been a few days since I’ve done a general roundup on the NDP leadership race. And based on the pace of activity, it looks…
What will the neighbours think?
One part of the brain can work something out while another part is doing something else, or so it seems. the regina mom stayed up all night. When that happens,…
Oh, Those ‘Radicals’!
Today the HarperCons stepped into the cesspool polluted waters tarsands issue to announce a water monitoring project which will take 3 years and $50 million to fully implement. the regina…
Exporting Emissions: Coal Supplies Heading Overseas, But Pollution Will Hurt Everyone
coal transport – motomo flickr.jpg The coal industry in the United States has found a way to increase their profits, while at the same time avoiding the cumbersome environmental standards…
Competitive Carbon Footprint: GreenPocket
A German company had created a ‘game’ called GreenPocket that aims to make shrinking your carbon footprint competitive and fun. I’m quite curious how this will actually work, but I’m…
Making More Noise About the Tarsands!
The HarperCons are certainly giving the regina mom a lot of opportunity to diss them. And that would be fun! Perhaps, if we give them enough rope… I know. It’s…
Oily in Canada, eh?
Franke James, the artist who was blacklisted by the HarperCons, lives in Joe Oliver’s riding. She was excited to learn that he is open to meeting with environmental groups. So,…
Harper, the anti-democrat
Terry Glavin: Scrutinizing Canada’s pipeline to Beijing, Terry Glavin, National Post – one of the most powerful pieces in recent memory: “Canada is at the brink of a radical shift…
Help Save the South March Highlands by Voting it One of Canada’s Great Places
The Fifth Column has written many times about the most biodiverse natural area in Ottawa adjacent to urban Kanata and threatened by urban sprawl and development. Now is your chance…
Opposing the Enbridge Pipeline: Saying No to Corptocracy
According to the Earth Policy Institute direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry world-wide amount to half a trillion dollars ($500,000,000,000) annually. That’s a lot of zeroes for an industry…
Gerald Amos on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway
NO APOLOGY FORTHCOMING by Gerald Amos, January 8, 2012 “Recently there has been a lot of criticism by supporters of the tar sands, and oil industry front groups, of Canadian…
What Enbridge will bring to coastal BC
Oil spill in Dalian, China, Boston Globe July 2010, in the northeastern port city of Dalian, China, two oil pipelines exploded, sending flames hundreds of feet into the air and…
Downstream, from Babelgum
The first original production by and for Babelgum, Downstream focuses on the controversy surrounding the development of Alberta’s oil sands. This beautifully photographed documentary is an eye-opening investigation into one…
dear mr harper: stop the threats and intimidation. we will speak out against the enbridge pipeline.
I’ve been holding on to this email from Leadnow.ca, hoping to write a scathing post… but this is too important to wait until I have time. In case you haven’t…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Susan Delacourt wonders whether the Cons plan to launch an attack on the environmental movement to match the schism which helped the Libs…
Minister of Threatening Canadians
Modified form letter I sent started with: Dear Prime Minister Harper, Threatening charities as ‘adversaries’ of your government, is wrong. The form response I got back started with: Dear :…