Return to INDEX, Salish Sea CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF POSTINGS MOST RECENT FIRST SALISH SEA KINDER MORGAN TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE, OIL SPILLS EXPANDED PIPELINE FOR EXPANDED PRODUCTION IN TAR SANDS (CLIMATE CHANGE) SEWAGE, CHOLERA & NOROVIRUS PLASTICS & MICROFIBRES Special reference to: 2018-02-27 Canada’s largest integrated energy company has filed an application for a massive new […]
Return to INDEX, Salish Sea Note from Howard: I deliberately covered a lot of ground in the Blue Book because I wanted people to see the ‘big picture’ on our inland sea and connections between issues that are often considered in isolation from one another, even though the problems never can be solved in isolation. […]
THE REPORT is at: 2018-07-13 “Estimates of exceedances of critical loads for acidifying deposition in Alberta and Saskatchewan” (water and land, nitrogen and sulphur from oil sands) COMMENT: I conclude this is a good news story, taking place over 12 years! Serendipity: In June 2006 I sat beside a water scientist who told […]
With thanks to Elaine: https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/18/9897/2018/acp-18-9897-2018.html NOTE, thanks to Wikipedia, CATION An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons). A cation is a positively-charged ion, while an anion is negatively charged. Because of their opposite electric […]
You may have guessed: I am making plans now, to attend the following. Please help spread the word. And let your MP know your position (not necessarily the same as mine!). Thanks! Sandra – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – CORRECTION: I did not write the notice […]
https://thenarwhal.ca/this-is-giant-mine/?utm_source=The+Narwhal+Newsletter&utm_campaign=906cd971fb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f6a05fddb8-906cd971fb-108492563 Please go to the above link. This gold mine was once so dangerous that it killed a toddler who ate snow two kilometres away. Canada’s second-largest environmental liability is inside Yellowknife city limits — and intrinsically tied to the city’s history and future. The federal government has now inherited the billion-dollar cleanup effort that […]
Our network began almost 20 years ago, in an effort to protect water. – – – – – – – – – – – – Young Canadian Coco Love Alcorn, songwriter and musician, wrote The River. In the youtube, she’s the one with short black hair, front, left. coco love alcorn Published on Apr 15, […]
This is a local issue, but one that affects everyone. Please see the “Comments” (from the newspaper) at the bottom of this posting. Water and/or Oceans people: please weigh in at URL: https://www.pqbnews.com/news/bowser-residents-protest-marine-sewage-outfall-plan/ with information. I, too, will add an on-line Comment, but don’t have time at the moment. Thanks! Sandra Michael […]
RELATED: 2018-05-19 Summary, NO, Health Canada DID NOT de-register the neonic imidacloprid Lawsuit blaming pesticides for bee deaths will go ahead Environmental groups say lawsuit will proceed to full hearing after appeal failed The Canadian Press A lawsuit that blames pesticides for the collapse of bee populations will go ahead following a Federal Court ruling […]
I explained to my NDP MP that he has been misled by old information, re the PMRA and the withdrawal of imidacloprid (a “neonic” – bee killer). GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE: PMRA = Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada. Director of the PMRA – Richard Aucoin. Deputy Minister, Health – Simon Kennedy, his bio Minister […]