Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “the earth laughs in flowers” but that was before the cut flower business came into being. If you’re living in North America, chances are the cut flowers you are looking at come from Colombia, one of the major exporters. Three out of every four freshly cut flowers sold in the [...]
Who wants to dam the Similkameen River in southern BC? Shanker’s Bend Hydropower Project is an 80 metre high, $260 million US water storage and hydroelectric project. The dam would be located eight km northwest of Oroville, WA. The dam would flood 10-15 miles into Canada, inundating Palmer Lake, the town of Nighthawk, and the [...]
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Where is Canada’s fake lake? One of the buildings the federal government built for the G8 summit includes a “fake lake” which cost millions of dollars. According to the Toronto Star: Prime Minister Harper said: “These aren’t expenditures for a fake lake but rather for a pavilion to promote Canadian tourism. Thousands of people will [...]
In 1952, the following obituary appeared in the Nechako Chronicle: OBITUARY Passed away, on Wednesday, October 8, 1952, at 10:27 a.m., the ageless and mighty Nechako River. The passing, which brings great sorrow to residents of the Nechako Valley, was slow and agonizing to the tens of thousands of minnows, trout and the few salmon [...]
Anaheim California is looking at recycling their water as part of their 2060 project. In the meantime, they are constructing a small scale purple pipe water reclamation project which will service their City Hall buildings. From their website: “The Waste Water Demonstration Project is a perfect example of how the City of Anaheim needs to [...]
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 [...]
Originally from the east coast of North America, the invasive spartina (also known as cordgrass) is choking estuaries and waterways along the Pacific Coast. Spartina has very dense root systems that trap sediments and raise the height of the mud flats. This alters the habitat favored by native eelgrass, which provides key rearing areas for [...]
Tailings ponds in northern Alberta are killing migratory birds.
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Almost a year ago I wrote a post regarding the fate of Canada’s Navigable Water Protection Act (NWPA). It turns out that the federal government got its wish and later this year they came up with the Minor Works and Waters (NWPA) Order. This means that if the body of water is considered minor, then [...]
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El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU) plans to incorporate purple pipes as part of its upcoming projects. EPWU has been delivering reclaimed water throughout the community since 1963 and is steadily building its network of purple pipes to recycle water for industrial and agricultural purposes. Now, for $1.24 you can drive up to one of their [...]
