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More Industry Linked Earthquakes Recorded in Alberta
More Industry Linked Earthquakes Recorded in Alberta New seismic reporting system ‘a good start’ but ‘not foolproof,’ says hazard expert. More industry-linked earthquakes have shaken up Alberta’s oil and gas fields in recent weeks from Fox Creek to Peace River, say experts and regulators. In Fox Creek, Alberta, where industry triggered a 4.4 magnitude earthquake, a company fracking […]
Stop oilsands expansion, Canadian and U.S. researchers say
Stop oilsands expansion, Canadian and U.S. researchers say Group cites concerns about carbon pollution, environmental contamination, aboriginal rights More than 100 Canadian and U.S. researchers are calling on Canada to end expansion of its oilsands, for 10 reasons that they describe as “grounded in science.” “Based on evidence raised across our many disciplines, we offer […]
Are we prepared to change to prevent climate change?
Are we prepared to change to prevent climate change? What is needed to get us out of our comfort zone and fight for our children’s future? If you ask, let’s say, a seven year old, it’s all pretty clear. If it’s the way we live, consume and produce that causes climate change, why don’t we […]
Climate change will push Canadian business onside
Climate change will push Canadian business onside Companies seem conservative today, but just watch when they reach the profitable tipping point Until he lost his shirt in the Dirty Thirties, a relative of mine was an influential businessman in southern Saskatchewan. Among his interests was a livery stable, with a blacksmith, harnesses, buggy whips and everything you needed to keep […]
West Coast of North America to be Slammed by 2016 with 80% As Much Fukushima Radiation As Japan
West Coast of North America to be Slammed by 2016 with 80% As Much Fukushima Radiation As Japan A professor from Japan’s Fukushima University Institute of Environmental Radioactivity (Michio Aoyama) told Kyodo in April that the West Coast of North America will be hit with around 800 terabecquerels of Cesium- 137 by 2016. EneNews notes that […]
The G7 and its 85–year carbon pledge
The G7 and its 85–year carbon pledge The G7 gives itself a lifetime to fulfil its climate change promise If you thought it was hard to keep up your New Year’s resolution, try keeping an 85-year pledge. That’s exactly what Canada and the other G7 countries are committing themselves to as they try to get control […]
Oil and Arctic Ocean Make A Highly Troublesome Mix
Oil and Arctic Ocean Make A Highly Troublesome Mix As the U.S. and Russia take the first halting steps to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean, experts say the harsh climate, icy seas, and lack of any infrastructure means a sizeable oil spill would be very difficult to clean up and could cause […]
US Federal Report Confirms Water Pollution by Fracking
US Federal Report Confirms Water Pollution by Fracking Based on limited data, EPA study finds no ‘widespread’ impacts. Despite being limited by data gaps, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that hydraulic fracturing technology has polluted ground and surface water in cases ranging from Alberta to Pennsylvania. The 500-page draft report reverses the […]
The Cost of China’s Industrialization: 700 Million People with Diabesity /Cancer /Lung Disease and 225 Million with Mental Disorders
The Cost of China’s Industrialization: 700 Million People with Diabesity /Cancer /Lung Disease and 225 Million with Mental Disorders That the China Story is going to implode is already baked into the public health catastrophe that will unfold with a vengeance in the coming decade. The financial pundits gushing over “The China Story”–that the Middle […]
The Carbon Ranch
The Carbon Ranch Novelist and historian Wallace Stegner once said that every book should try to answer an anguished question. I believe the same is true for ideas, movements, and emergency efforts. In the case of climate change, an anguished question is this: what can we do right now to help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide […]
Difficult to invest in green energy in Canada without Big Oil
Difficult to invest in green energy in Canada without Big Oil Divestiture movement continues as organizations clean carbon holdings from portfolios If you thought the divestiture movement was losing steam, Norway’s recent announcement shows there still is momentum around the world to stop investing in fossil fuels. The country has confirmed that its hefty $900-billion government pension fund, considered the largest sovereign wealth […]
Genetically Modified Mosquito Sparks a Controversy in Florida
Genetically Modified Mosquito Sparks a Controversy in Florida Officials in the Florida Keys are seeking to use a GM mosquito that could help prevent a recurrence of dengue fever there. But fears among some residents — which scientists say are unfounded — are slowing the release of mosquitoes whose offspring are genetically programmed to die. When […]
Why the Colorado River Basin Crisis is No Surprise
Why the Colorado River Basin Crisis is No Surprise They Were Warned 70 Years Ago and Still Haven’t Acted Perhaps you have heard how urgent it is for the upper basin states to take water from the Colorado River before those “Californians use it all up?” This us-versus-them attitude, as a justification to take more […]
EPA Study: Fracking Puts Drinking Water Supplies at Risk of Contamination
EPA Study: Fracking Puts Drinking Water Supplies at Risk of Contamination The Environmental Protection Agency has released its long awaited draft assessment of the impacts that fracking has on the nation’s drinking water supplies — confirming that the process does indeed contaminate water. “From our assessment, we conclude there are above and below ground mechanisms by which hydraulic […]
