PLANET IN PERIL

by Larry Powell   Below is a complaint I launched with the CBC Ombudsman, Kirk LaPoint (above).   It arose from an interview on the CBC Radio program, The House. (Read "PLT" Takes Former Ambassador to Task for Bullshit Comments on the Keystone XL Pipeline" ) l.p. ===== Kirk LaPoint, Ombudsman, CBC. Dear. Mr. LaPoint, Please consider this a formal complaint about a program aired on "The House" on Sat. July 23rd, 2011. In it, a former Canadian ambassador to the US, Derek Burney, strongly defended the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which is scheduled to carry tar sands oil from Alberta, to the Texas Gulf Coast. Burney accused environmentalists opposed to the project of being "emotional" and "violent," although he was never challenged to give examples of what he meant. It turns out,(according to Wikipedia) Mr. Burney is on the board of Trans Canada Pipelines, builders of the project. This, however, was never revealed during the inter

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ScienceDaily (July 28, 2011) — Global population is expected to hit 7 billion later this year, up from 6 billion in 1999. Details here. A crowded beach in China. Courtesy of AcidCow.com

ScienceDaily (July 29, 2011)  Water isn't the only thing pouring over Niagara Falls. Pollution from fires... Details here. Courtesty of 4 Season Tours

Suzanne Goldenberg - guardian.co.uk - 28/07/11 US government conducts 'integrity inquiry' on federal biologist amid lobbying by oil firms for Arctic permits . Details here. My Grandson admires a fake bear at the zoo. One day, will that be all that's left? PLT photo .

The Common Sense Canadian - 27 July 2011 - by Rafe Mair The revelation by two Vancouver newspapers that a Department of Fisheries scientist has been muzzled simply underscores how badly they have covered environmental matters in general. Details here.

W. Gifford-Jones MD - 07/22/20 - Wpg. Free Press Consumers killing themselves with salt. Details here.