Accountability in action
Good of the Harper Cons to be positively outraged that the massive cuts they've imposed on Environment Canada might result in cuts to Environment Canada. But who wants to bet…
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Feeding Our Cars
Corn: feeding our cars rather than our species.
Mountaintop Removal Mining Poll Shows Bipartisan Opposition in Appalachia
Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Earthjustice and the Sierra Club released a poll yesterday showing that a majority of voters in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia oppose mountaintop removal coal mining.…
A conflict over ethical oil
By now anyone who follows energy, economics, or the environment has probably heard the term “ethical oil”. If you are not familiar with it; it was coined by Ezra Levant…
Sunday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your long weekend.- I'll agree with pogge that Tabatha Southey's latest is well worth a read. But while it's worth recognizing the differences between the respective priorities…
Coca-Cola: A Case Study In Sustainability
How does Coca-Cola integrate sustainability into their operations? For several years its facility in Brampton, Ontario, one of its largest in North America, has been transforming its manufacturing and distribution…
Expert Warns That TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline Assessments Are Misleading
money-pipeline-235x300.jpg An independent analysis performed by University of Nebraska professor Dr. John Stansbury, an environmental engineer, claims that TransCanada's safety assessments for th...
Avaaz Petition to Stop Massive Water Poisoning in Ontario
Stop a massive open-pit mine in Ontario. It threatens our farms, our water and our economy.
Are we protecting our Water?
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 A shocking story from Mark Hume in the Globe and Mail on June 12th reveals ...
Gas Fracking War In British Columbia’s Wildlands
Screen shot 2011-06-09 at 6.43.56 PM.png Independent Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia are calling upon Premier Christy Clark to launch a comprehensive investigation i...
Small-Scale Water Systems take on Drought, Urban Decay, and Climate Change
By 2025 two-thirds of the global population will live in conditions of at least moderate water stress. According to an interesting piece by Howard LaFranchi in last weekend's CS Monitor,…
Flying Car Not Included: Getting Real About Urban Sustainability
I've got a short opinion piece running in the new March/April edition of Water Canada magazine. Water infrastructure is a favourite of mine. It tends not to be as glamorous…
Peas in a Water Pod: China, India and Bangladesh; Atlanta, Alabama and Florida
Two Economist articles of recent publication draw attention to the imminent threat that the availability of water, or the lack thereof, poses to social, political and economic stability. A Himalayan…
Water Planet: Leonardo Dicaprio (video)
From http://www.leonardodicaprio.org/
BC’s Water Selling for $30.00 a bottle in New York
If there ever was a reason for all BC residents to switch permanently to tap water from bottled water take a look at this article showing that New Yorkers are…
Lou Dobbs Reports on Security Prosperity Partnership/North American Union (video)
This report discusses how Canadians #1 concern with SPP is our water. Moreover, the Star reports today that the, Council of Canadians says it has been banned from holding a…
Imaginary landscape in Adobe Eazel
Needs brushes: Flats,Fans… probably will be an in App purchase. Filed under: art, comment, digital, drawing Tagged: iPad, water