Both the Conservative government of Stephen Harper and Enbridge Northern Gateway have "poisoned the well" against industrial developers in the northwest of BC and that is increasing resistance to all projects, Skeena Bulkley Valley MP and NDP House Leader told reporters Thursday, February 14. Cullen was speaking during a regular conference call held with northwest […]
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The first fossil of a bird, or a bird-dinosaur relative, the archaeopteryx, has fascinated scientists for 150 years since it was first discovered in a quarry in Germany. For all that time there has been a debate, was archaeopteryx, a bird or a dinosaur? Could it fly or were the wings, tipped with claws, helping […]
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 […]
EnvironmentPost Media News Feds silence scientist over West Coast salmon study Post Media News reports that the Privy Council Office, part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office, is refusing to allow a prominent scientist speak to the media and the public about her study on the collapse of salmon stocks on the west coast, suggesting […]