ScienceDaily (June 17, 2011) — It's summer wildflower season in the Rocky Mountains, a time when high-peaks meadows are dotted with riotous color. But for how long? Details here.
Bee photo by l.p.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Greenpeace Leader Boards an Arctic Drilling Rig - & Pays a Price! (Video)
PLT: This is precicely the madness I was referring to in my article, "Are Business Interests Giving Bad Advice to the Government of Canada on Climate Change?" Greenpeace is once again to be commended for their courageous action!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Natural Gas Is No Climate Change 'Panacea', Warns International Energy Agency
The Guardian - June '11
Reliance on gas would lead the world to a 3.5C temperature rise, and out-of-control global warming, says new research. Details here.
Reliance on gas would lead the world to a 3.5C temperature rise, and out-of-control global warming, says new research. Details here.
WATCH: Dangers of Natural Gas Extraction (Video)
Fracking is a burgeoning technology being used to extract natural gas locked within rock formations. Fluid is pumped into natural or man made fractures under high pressure to open up cracks and access hard to reach reservoirs. Critics are calling for a moratorium on fracking, saying it poses serious health risks to nearby residents, damages the environment and could even cause small earthquakes. Supporters say those claims are overblown, and fracking is essential to Alberta's natural gas industry. Is fracking dangerous? Is it critical to our economic future? How should Alberta proceed? Joining us for this discussion is Jessica Ernst, Rosebud resident and former energy sector consultant is now suing Encana; Tim Marchant, Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Energy Geopolitics at the University of Calgary; and Ben Parfitt, Resource Policy Analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Watch video here. (l.) Once quite farmland, turned into a "fracking" site in the US. "Although no complete list of the cocktail of chemicals used in this process exists, information obtained from environmental clean-up sites demonstrates that known toxins are routinely being used, including hydrochloric acid, diesel fuel (which contains benzene, tuolene, and xylene) as well as formaldehyde, polyacrylimides, arsenic, and chromates." Sourcewatch.org ===== COMMENT: "I wish, just once, these corporations would admit to what they are doing, instead of always denying the obvious." Margaret Romak |
Manitoba Search Crews Enter Flood Zone
CBC News - Jun 16, 2011 Teams will stabilize properties so that owners can safely retrieve items. Details here.
Toronto Star photo
Toronto Star photo
PLT: According to the provincial government's latest flood bulletin, 2,527 Manitobans have now been forced from their homes by the massive flooding. This has surely become an event "of biblical proportions." Except, in this case, does God really have that much to do with it?
Friday, June 17, 2011
Food Prices Not Likely to Decline for Some Time, says UN Report
17/06/11 – The international community will be facing higher food prices and volatility in commodity markets for some time, according to…Details here.
l.p. photo
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