Climate Change

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Wild Pacific salmon face an upstream battle for survival

| September 21, 2016

Salmon have been swimming in Pacific Northwest waters for at least seven million years, as indicated by fossils of large saber-tooth salmon found in the area. During that time, they've been a key species in intricate, interconnected coastal ecosystems, bringing nitrogen and other nutrients from the ocean and up streams and rivers to spawning grounds, feeding whales, bears and eagles and fertilizing the magnificent coastal rainforests along the way. For as long as people have lived in the area, salmon have been an important food source and have helped shape cultural identities.

Welcome to the Anthropocene, are environmentalists equipped to respond?

Roger Annis

| September 15, 2016

On September 5, 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa, members of the "Working Group on the Anthropocene" presented findings of their research to the annual International Geological Congress. A research paper by the group of 35 scientists, commissioned by the Congress, was published in January of this year, concluding that a new, "functionally and stratigraphically distinct" unit of geologic time has begun.

Airline emissions are flying too high

David Suzuki

| September 14, 2016

In July, Solar Impulse 2 became the first airplane to fly around the world without using fuel. At the same time, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been working on electric planes. These developments mean air travel and transport could become more environmentally friendly, with less pollution and fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and planes would be quieter.

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Stupidity insurance: NEB in depth

September 13, 2016

| We dig into the ongoing National Energy Board scandals, with skepticism about their independence and unbiased perspective. Also Dakota Access Pipeline protest updates and more...

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Dear Min. McKenna: Reject the super-polluting Pacific NorthWest LNG project

Matt Horne

| September 8, 2016

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1A 0A6

Re: Pacific NorthWest LNG’s carbon pollution under B.C.'s new climate plan

Dear Minister McKenna:

In light of the B.C. government's recently released climate plan, we have revisited our analysis of the Pacific NorthWest (PNW) LNG project ("the Project"), with a focus on the carbon pollution from the terminal and its associated upstream development.

The Crystal Serenity: A Titanic for the modern age

Scott Vrooman

| September 1, 2016

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Gord Downie took a moment during his final concert to send Canada's thoughts towards the people of the North. But he's not the only hero bringing long-overdue attention to their plight. The other is the Crystal Serenity, one of the world's largest cruise ships, currently touring through the Northwest Passage.

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Nature is not benign, it's responsive

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When I got home from the cottage Monday, there were signs of struggle in the kitchen, like scratched, torn packaging on rice cakes. Mice? But why didn't the cat disperse them as he always does? Rats? Later I heard scuffling and went back in: a squirrel!

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