This is an excellent video from Al-Jazeera which shows how a reporter was harassed and followed as he tried to get some answers at the Alberta Tar sands.
There is a reforestation crisis in British Columbia and very few people know about its existence. Over 700,000 hectares once logged for timber are now barren landscapes; a gaping void on a sheet of statistics. On top of this, an additional 673,000 hectares of crown land has been burned due to forest fires. On top [...]
This week is Polar Week (March 15-19) and the polar bears won’t be celebrating. Polar bears and Bluefin Tuna have a lot in common. They are both endangered species – one from climate change and the other from over fishing and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has announced that it’s okay [...]
Solar energy accounts for only .01 % of U.S. generating capacity. Don’t hold your breath waiting for a solar provider to take the place of your gas station anytime soon. Why is that? Green power needs investments for start-up and development. Where are the government subsidies? Right now, wind power costs 50% more than power [...]
British Forestry Commissioner Tim Rollinson gave a lecture recently at the University of British Columbia highlighting the importance of forests as the world’s population grows to an estimated 8 billion people in the next fifteen years. Forests are at the forefront in the fight against climate change, to lock up carbon, oxygenate the atmosphere and [...]
Celebrate our earth’s biodiversity this year by appreciating and taking action to preserve our flora and fauna. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has an excellent website featuring biodiversity, climate change and sustainable energy. You can also see beautiful photos on their site Species of the Day www.iucnredlist.org.
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Here is a really good video that talks about the effects of climate change on the mountain pine beetle population. These tiny little beetles normally are killed off during cold winters but British Columbia hasn’t seen cold weather for over ten years now. As a result, the mountain pine beetles are multiplying at an exponential [...]
Continue reading about Climate Change and the Mountain Pine Beetle
Here are some organizations that are pushing for change during these climate talks in Copenhagen: http://hopenhagen.org – “Turn Copenhagen into Hopenhagen” http://tcktcktck.org – “Tck Tck Tck – The world is ready” www.sealthedeal2009.org – Seal the Deal – United Nations Environment’s website for Copenhagen
The Guardian has a comprehensive website on the Copenhagen Climate Summit. Visit www.guardian.co.uk/environment Another informative site is the Green Detectives www.greendetectives.net which talks about the climate talks from an American perspective.
