It's Time to Fight the Status Quo
By Bill McKibben - Solution Climate protest, Regina, SK. 2009. PLT photo My solution is: get outraged. Full story here.
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A Local Manitoba Government Seems Set to Ignore Concerns Over a Planned Sewage Lagoon
Dear Editor, It looks like my local government, the RM of Shell River, is pressing ahead with secret plans for a sewage lagoon with no intention of looking at alternatives. It's now been a month since a Manitoba company, Blue Diamond Technologies, briefed a meeting of the RM Council. Blue Diamond has invented a system to treat and purify both hog and human waste, using a patented chemical process. Company officials are confident their technology is cleaner, greener, less stinky and even cheaper (possibly much cheaper) than an old-style lagoon! (See "Company offers new way to deal with human waste" in the May 29th edition of "The Review," p. 9. Please read!) Just today, one of those officials told me, they are still waiting to hear back from the RM, in terms of doing a follow-up or taking a closer look! My elected representatives also seem just as determined as ever to keep information about the new lagoon from the public. They have
World's Environmental Outlook Grim, UN Warns
By Kazi Stastna, CBC News - Jun 6, 2012 A "crop-duster" sprays harmful chemicals on a field in western Manitoba, CA. (PLT photo.) Little progress made on goals set by nations. Details here .
Emphasis on Oil Sands Called a ‘Historic Mistake for Canada’
Richard Blackwell - The Globe and Mail A high-profile adviser on renewable energy to the European Union says Canada is making a huge mistake in placing so much emphasis on the oil sands as the key component of the country’s energy policy. Full story here.