Environment Fishery Halibut Link There is growing anger to the north of us in Alaska, over halibut allocation policies by the US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration. If Kitimat is the centre of opposition by the recreational halibut sector in … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Energy LNG Links Post-earthquake Japan is said to be one of the main markets for liquified natural gas that will flow through the LNG terminals under construction and proposed for the port of Kitimat. Since the earthquake Japan has been … Continue reading
Energy Environment links U.S. president Barack Obama’s press secretary, Jay Carney, was asked about the continuing demonstrations in Washington against the Alberta oil sands and the Keystone XL pipeline proposal during a “gaggle” (an informal news conference) aboard Air Force … Continue reading
Environment Fishery Links Comox Valley Echo Halibut decision tramples rights >Larry PetersonI am absolutely stinking mad.DFO is going to close down recreational halibut fishing as of Sept. 5? This action is an attack on my rights as a taxpaying, law-abiding … Continue reading
Environment Link A study by the U.S. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is reporting that microbes, mostly bacteria, but also archaea (single cell organisms without a cell nucleus) and fungi, played key roles in mitigating both the Exxon Valdez oil spill … Continue reading
Environment Fishery The International Pacific Halibut Commission is trying a new way of tracking halibut migration using technology invented for smart phones and tablets. The same high tech that lets your smart phone or tablet know the screen should … Continue reading
Environment FisheryOriginally posted Aug 23, 2011 1:15 PTUpdated Aug. 23, 2011, 2104 PT. .Just after noon on August 22, 2011, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans quietly announced that the it was closing the Pacific region recreational halibut fishery as … Continue reading
Energy The Hart Energy E&P (exploration and production) newsletter is reporting that an Overland, Kansas based company, Black & Veatch, a multi-billion dollar, employee-owned engineering firm founded in 1915, is beginning front end engineering (FEED) for the second proposed Kitimat … Continue reading
Energy Link New York Times Japan Quake Is Causing Costly Shift to Fossil Fuels Japan, the world’s third-largest user of electricity behind China and the United States, had counted on an expansion of nuclear power to contain energy costs and … Continue reading