Vivian Krause styles her self as an "independent researcher." Her work is increasingly a favourite of right wing columnists on Postmedia and now Sunmedia The spin from the conservative columnists, now echoed by the Conservative government is that the environmental opposition to the Northern Gateway is all coming from US based environmental foundations, with the […]
Environment-Science-Fishery A study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute is warning that mollusks, especially oysters and mussels, are increasingly vulnerable to the acidification of the oceans caused by rising carbon dioxide emissions. A news release from the institute on Aug. 2 notes As CO2 levels driven by fossil fuel use have increased in the atmosphere […]
Environment Fisheries minister Keith Ashfield and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans today issued a news release concerning the controversy over the muzzling of DFO scientist Kristi Miller and her genetic study of Fraser River salmon which suggests a virus may be responsible for the decline of the stock. Although Miller published her study in […]
Watershed Sentinel Tar Sands Express - Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline or the Railway? As billionaires invest in the railways and oil tanker traffic skyrockets along the BC coast, it looks as though the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline may have been a ruse all along - a classic "bait and switch" - with a number of […]