Article by Dr. Andrew Glikson in countercurrents.org.
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Enviro rally this Saturday features Rafe Mair
Article in the Agassiz-Harrison Observer. The rally starts at noon at the Harrison Mills Community Hall. Read article
Federal MPs cancel oilsands pollution probe, destroy report
Article by Mike De Souza in the Vancouver Sun.
“The government is in the process of categorizing industry-produced substances that could either be toxic or harmful, but has excluded naphthenic acid from the list, and left it off another list of substances that companies are required to track and report.
“The exclusion is ‘alarming,’ according to a letter sent Tuesday to Environment Minister Jim Prentice and Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, since the federal and Alberta governments have already identified it as a primary source of pollution in liquid waste dumped into ponds after companies extract oil from the region.”
Nature Fighting Back Against Gulf Oil Spill
Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Damien Gillis, Gilad Atzmon, Janine Bandcroft
Canucks star defenceman joins the salmon protection brigade
Article by Robyn Smith in The Tyee. “Vancouver Canucks defenceman Willie Mitchell is the latest star to voice support for the protection of British Columbia’s wild salmon and the move towards closed containment farming, joining William Shatner in a growing cast of celebrity salmon defenders.” Read article
Farmed salmon fail organic test
Letter to the editor by Chris Genovali of the Raincoast Consaervation Society in the Times Colonist.
“the B.C. fish farm industry relies on the application of the agricultural drug Slice to address chronic sea lice outbreaks.
“Emamectin benzoate is the active ingredient in Slice, which is administered in feed. The use of Slice is a concern to scientists like David Carpenter, professor at the environmental health and toxicology division at the University of Albany in New York. Carpenter has said that ’emamectin is one of a class of drugs known to block a major inhibitory neural transmitter in the brain. Animal studies have demonstrated exposure to this chemical during development causes changes in behaviour and growth as well as pathological changes in the brain.'”
Fallout from Enbridge’s Michigan oil spill spreads to BC
Article by Carrie Tait and Julie Fortier in the Financial Post. “[Enbridge CEO Pat] Daniel said earlier Wednesday that the company will sit down with opponents of its proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to the Kitimat, B.C. to discuss the concerns they may have in the wake of the Michigan spill.”
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Article by Tim Martin of the Associated Press: Gov’t warned company about oil pipeline monitoring
B.C.’s dishonesty on climate change
Op-ed piece by Marc Jaccard and Brad Griffin in the Vancouver Sun. “The government approved the EnCana shale-gas processing plant in northeastern B.C. without requiring the plant to install carbon capture and storage.”
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Canadians not getting a true picture of the war
Article by Ethan Baron in The Province about the Wikileaks documents on Afghanistan and responses from former BC Premier Ujjal Dosanjh and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon. Read article