Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Eight Months Later…
It has been 8 months since Plains Midstream Canada reported that there had been a Rainbow Pipeline leak, 100 km NE of Peace River, Alberta. As of December 2, 2011,…
environment
Fracking Gone Wild
“Our Government believes shale gas is an important strategic resource that could provide numerous economic benefits to Canada,” the (environment) ministry’s statement said. Gas is an important part of a…
It’s Time To Be Conscientious Objectors To The War On Our Children’s Future
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada and the only Green MP in our parliament, didn’t mince words about the Harper government’s betrayal of our children in her…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Paul Krugman comments on how Republicans’ cheerleading for total corporate control – which has of course been matched at every turn by…
More Enbridge mischief exposed
From: guujaaw Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 2:46 PM Subject: Enbridge December 20, 2011 Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel 444 7th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 0X8 Attention:…
Murphy’s laws always apply
har·bin·ger Show IPA noun 1. a person who goes ahead and makes known theapproach of another; herald. 2. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign:Frost is a harbinger of…
New pipelines hurt Canadian consumers
Cushing Oklahoma is a price settlement point for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light crude oil and the town proclaims itself to be the “Pipeline Crossroads of the World,” However, petroleum…
Withdrawn Outrage
When is outrage acceptable? When something is outrageous. Canada’s position on pollution controls is outrageous, so it’s fine that Justin Trudeau lost his temper and swore at Environment Minister Peter…
Sustainable Power for Facebook
Greenpeace has worked with Facebook to convert Facebook’s coal-powered datacentres to environmentally friends power sources. In April 2011, a Greenpeace report, How Dirty is your Data?, calculated that 53.2% of…
What’s in YOUR drinking water? In Hamilton it could be Scotchgard ™
Several months ago, back in the spring of this year, Radio Canada ran an investigative report regarding the run-off of chemicals from John Munro International Airport at Mount Hope, the…
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree (Justin edition)
I knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. And it did yesterday when Justin Trudeau, son of Pierre, called Environment Minister Peter Kent “you piece of shit.” At…
Kyoto backlash
It’s been over a week since my last post. Too much has been going on but I did want to talk about Peter Kent announcing Canada is pulling out of…
Don’t Confuse me with the Facts I’m Trying to Run a Country
What does the Conservative Party of Canada have against facts? What is so wrong with empirical data? Are questions I would love to ask our Prime Minister. It started last…
Harper and Kyoto a Bad History.
Harper since 2006 promised us that if he was prime minister he would scrap the Kyoto accord. He first just allowed Kyoto to stay alive, and just completely ignore it…
Prime Minister pulls out of Kyoto, treaty feels emotionally frustrated
OTTAWA – Reading from a teleprompter, Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that the Prime Minister is pulling out of Kyoto. Former meat puppet Kent added that Canada would…
Late night
“The decision to quit will not help Canada’s international reputation…critics say is becoming a climate renegade.”
For Conservatives, Dissent Equals Terrorism
This is a small sampling of what is surly a treasure trove of evidence that the Right in Canada has already engaged in a culture war on the left. After…
Well it was redneck hot button day today, wasn’t it
First there was this. Combining flag waving patriotism with Islamophobia and use it to take a stab at “the other”. The Globe item has 1779 comments on it. I’m going…