Monday, January 28, 2013

State Waters Might See More Oil-Tanker Traffic


Seattle Times
Oil-tanker traffic is expected to increase in Washington waters under an expansion proposal by a Canadian pipeline company. Full story here.

PLT: It just never stops, does it? The oil creeps continue to spread their poison like a deadly cancer. Do they ever sleep?

Could Hockey Become an Endangered Sport?


by David Suzuki


Photo Credit: kris krüg
One benefit of the National Hockey League strike: it gave people time to play outside on real ice! But outdoor skating could face the same difficulties as the NHL – a drastically shorter season or outright cancellation. Research from Montreal’s McGill and Concordia universities shows global warming is already having an effect on outdoor rinks in Canada

“Many locations across the country have seen significant decreases in the length of the OSS [outdoor skating season], as measured by the number of cold winter days conducive to the creation of rink ice,” their study states. “This is particularly true across the Prairies, and in Southwest Canada, which showed the largest (and most statistically significant) decreases in the calculated OSS length between 1951 and 2005.”

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Diesel Fumes More Damaging to Health Than Petrol Engines


The Observer - UK

Ministry report says 'green' cars contribute significantly to air pollution and lung diseases. Details here.

Patrons of Community Pastures on the Eastern Prairies Have Their First Meeting


Trevor Herriot's Blog. 
PLT photo
Manitoba Pasture-Users band together to keep pastures under public ownership. 

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Canadian Approach to Water Desalination Holds Great Potential


Toronto Star

Canada, the land of abundant fresh water, has little need for desalination technologies to quench the thirst of its citizens. This makes it all the more amazing that Canadians are behind some of the most innovative new approaches to taking salt out of seawater, the need for which is expected to rise substantially over the coming years. Details here.

From Walden Pond to the White House


Huffington Post - If you could do it nonstop, it would take you six days to walk from Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond to President Barack Obama's White House. For the Sierra Club, that journey has taken much longer. For 120 years, we have remained committed to using every "lawful means" to achieve our objectives. Now, for the first time in our history, we are prepared to go further. Full story here.

PLT: It's about time!

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Edgar Schmidt and Canadian Democracy


By Dennis Gruending
Edgar Schmidt, a senior lawyer in the federal Department of Justice, has taken a courageous and highly unusual step. Details here.

THE MERCHANTS OF MENACE. How puppets in government and some in academe are helping corporate hog producers have their way in Manitoba, Canada. An E-book

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