A major discontent among the people of Ontario in the Election (June 7) is the price of energy. i.e Nuclear Energy. They call it a “hydro” problem. Excerpt from Global News: WATCH: How big is Ontario’s hydro problem? And can the Liberals, NDP or PCs fix it? The Progressive Conservatives have done their best to […]
Chief Maureen Thomas said: Short clip, 2016, Chief Maureen Thomas (National Observer). Transcribed, (29 second marker): At the end of the day, it comes right down to water, food. For us, a number of our community members have fallen ill because the shellfish is so poisoned. They continue to eat it. When you keep depleting […]
Jim Harding’s new book (Jan 2018), Moving Beyond: Neo-liberalism in Saskatchewan Jim writes: See our new website at QVEA.CA Also I have a new short book out which looks back at our Saskatchewan political history from a “green” perspective. You can download at my webpage: crowsnestecology.wordpress.com – – – – – – – – – […]
My appreciation to Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee for his patience in the CBC interview of him, and for taking the nuclear waste issue to the United Nations. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/nuclear-waste-disposal-in-canada-is-an-accident-waiting-to-happen-says-indigenous-leader-1.4629258 Nuclear waste disposal in Canada is ‘an accident waiting to happen,’ says Indigenous leader ‘People are gambling with people’s lives,’ says grand council chief of the […]
Catherine McKenna was interviewed on CBC Radio – – 2018-03-18 Environment minister Catherine McKenna on contradiction at heart of Canada’s energy policy, CBC Sunday Edition News, three days earlier, Justin Trudeau’s government sees nuclear energy as “an important part of Canada’s current clean energy basket”and is lobbying foreign nations to include it in climate change […]
The Guardian is in the U.K. This article uses the term “fly-tipping”, not a term we use here. I looked it up: as I understand, it is “tipping” (as in garbage being “tipped” from a truck at a dump) and “on the fly” meaning “in a hurry” or “on the run”. In this context, it […]
A breath-taking example, please forward to any Canadian who has doubts. /Sandra = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = With thanks to Gordon Edwards: like a bad dream . . . NICE = Nuclear Innovation, Clean Energy New posting on the NRCan web […]
(Scroll down to the announcement from Tufts.) ECONOMIC INDICATORS: JUST ONE of the problems: The Accounting system defines what is included in “Operating Costs”. Then, (simplified): Revenue minus Expenses (costs) is Profit. Profits are available for distribution to Investors. The fewer costs you pay, the more that can be paid to investors (and […]
BP has been shut out of more off-shore drilling in the U.S., by American citizens along the Eastern Seaboard. (What a surprise, after the Gulf Oil Disaster!) So where does BP go next? . . Please help out these people in Nova Scotia by spreading the information. There’s an action item (petition), too: a […]
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-march-18-2018-1.4579165/environment-minister-catherine-mckenna-on-the-contradiction-at-the-heart-of-canada-s-energy-policy-1.4579184 Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna says the Kinder Morgan pipeline can be part of the transition from fossil fuels to a low-carbon economy. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press) Oil pipelines have been touted as nation-building projects in Canada, a term that evokes bold feats of nation-spanning infrastructure, such as the Canadian Pacific […]