toxic water 2.jpg The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) has released a startling report showing that coal ash dumps near coal-burning power plants are leaching arsenic and other toxic chemicals into…
If you’re gay and ever wondered why you’re not straight, perhaps you’ve just been drinking too much Peruvian tap water. José Benítez—the mayor of Huarmey, a small town located in…
Screen shot 2011-11-08 at 1.26.32 AM.png The B.C. Tap Water Alliance (BCTWA) called today for the resignation of British Columbia’s Energy Minister Rich Coleman. The demand comes on the hee...
Water is the political motif for a significant number of works and death stalks the corridors of the Venice Biennale.
I’m going to assume that Calgary’s Civic Camp is a success, because they have an awesome mayor who nobody expected to win. == Things could be worse. These disasters will…
Montreal photographer Isabelle Hayeur first trained her camera on waterfronts in 2008 to create “Underworlds”, now open at Division Gallery in Montreal. Long observing the transformations of her own local…
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…
Corn: feeding our cars rather than our species.
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.…
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…
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…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Andrew Jackson attacks the myth of expansionary austerity, particularly from a Canadian perspective:(T)here is very rarely any such thing as expansionary austerity, according…
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…
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...
Stop a massive open-pit mine in Ontario. It threatens our farms, our water and our economy.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 A shocking story from Mark Hume in the Globe and Mail on June 12th reveals ...
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...
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,…
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…
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