Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The Edmonton Journal makes it clear that the Cons’ efforts to stymie any global climate change agreement aren’t without some serious controversy even…
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Peruvian Mayor Worried Over Gay Water Supply
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…
BC Tap Water Alliance Calls for Resignation of Energy Minister Coleman Over Fracking
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...
Politics play prominently at the 54th Venice Biennale
Water is the political motif for a significant number of works and death stalks the corridors of the Venice Biennale.
Civics, Humour, Space, and Water
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…
Underworlds Takes Views of the Chemical Coast – New photography by Isabelle Hayeur
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…
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…
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,…
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