Water
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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I read recently about plans by various Hydro companies to introduce so-called Smart Meters, supposedly to catch all those indoor pot growers who are taking all the electricity without paying for it. On the one hand it sounds like a good idea but so-called smart power grids are not secure. An article which appeared in [...]
Baths aren’t just for the birds! Bees and other beneficial insects – ladybugs, butterflies, and predatory wasps – all need fresh water to drink but most can’t land in a conventional bird bath without crashing. “They’re like tanks with wings,” says bee master Brian Campbell. “They need islands in the water to touch down on.” [...]
Water is becoming more precious than oil in a lot of places around the globe; even astronauts have recorded pictures that reveal there is less water on the planet now than in previous decades. It’s no wonder then that large food processing companies like Nestle want to get in on the water business which is [...]
