Today the HarperCons stepped into the [cesspool / polluted waters] tarsands issue to announce a water monitoring project which will take 3 years and $50 million to fully implement. the regina mom agrees with Halifax NDP MP Megan Leslie; this is a PR st…

Today the HarperCons stepped into the cesspool polluted waters tarsands issue to announce a water monitoring project which will take 3 years and $50 million to fully implement.  the regina mom agrees with Halifax NDP MP Megan Leslie; this is a PR stun…

Kids ask questions. Sometimes adults feel inadequate if they don’t have ready answers.  But when I became a teacher, I learned quickly that there’s nothing wrong with saying, “I don’t know.” Teaching children how to learn is more useful than feedi…

Recent polls suggest that public opinion of Canada’s oil sands is becoming increasingly polarized. You are either for the wholesale exploitation of the resource at any cost, or a cold turkey shutdown, at any cost.
However, many Canadians are still on t…

Canadians deserve to know the truth about what was said between the Prime Minister’s Office and Tides Canada CEO, Ross McMillan.
Some of you may be familiar with my story as a whistleblower. For those who aren’t, here’s the Coles Notes version: My na…

coal transport – motomo flickr.jpg The coal industry in the United States has found a way to increase their profits, while at the same time avoiding the cumbersome environmental standards in place to protect American citizens from coal emissio…

coal transport – motomo flickr.jpg

The coal industry in the United States has found a way to increase their profits, while at the same time avoiding the cumbersome environmental standards in plac…

Canada is an ocean nation. Our motto, A Mari Usque Ad Mare, means “from sea to sea.” Eight of 10 provinces and all three territories — home to 86 per cent of the Canadian population — are adjacent to salt water. Our coastline is more than 200,000 kil…

After 20 years of drilling, a team of Russian researchers is close to breaching the prehistoric Lake Vostok, which has been trapped deep beneath Antarctica for the last 14 million years.

Protests voicing opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project are quickly expanding.
Public hearings on the controversial tar sands oil transport route — attracting hundreds of participants on the first day and igniting incendiary sta…

What a whirlwind day. I just returned from a series of four meetings with EU Embassies in Ottawa, with more to come over the coming days. These meetings are part of a lobby-busting tour organized by the Council of Canadians, joined by the Indigenous En…

Just how dismal has this winter been for making money from solar power? Consider the performance of our solar panels so far. They bega…8 Zoom(s)

The HarperCons are certainly giving The Regina Mom a lot of opportunity to diss them. And that would be fun! Perhaps, if we give them enough rope… I know. It’s wishful thinking, mirroring theirs, apparently. As a poster at one of the web boards I f…

The HarperCons are certainly giving the regina mom a lot of opportunity to diss them.  And that would be fun! Perhaps, if we give them enough rope… I know.  It’s wishful thinking, mirroring theirs, apparently. As a poster at one of the we…

Moving big animals to places they don’t already live is at once appealing and disturbing, a sort of adolescent environmental fantasy come to life: African lions in Nebraska! Komodo dragons in Australia! But at the beginning of the 21st century, moving species around is a controversial but legitimate option.

Franke James, the artist who was blacklisted by the HarperCons, lives in Joe Oliver’s riding.  She was excited to learn that he is open to meeting with environmental groups.  So, she’s issued a public letter, taking him up on his offer an…

Nathan Cullen is MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley. His constituency encompasses much of the proposed Enbridge pipeline route. Cullen moved a successful motion in the House of Commons in December 2010 asking the government to immediately propose legislation…

Last Sunday a large crowd of people gathered at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Vancouver to hear speakers opposed both to the proposed pipeline from the tar sands and to the tankers that would then carry the heavy crude oil in huge tankers down the…

Few will deny that organic farming is more ecologically sound than conventional agriculture. But many question its ability to sustain large yields and feed the growing global population. A longitudinal study by the Rodale Institute shows that organic f…