Tag: environment

We know this decision cannot be simple for you. Kinder Morgan, a big oil company out of the United States, wants to spend a great deal of money in Canada on a pipeline expansion that they propose will make Canadians a lot of money. It’s understandable that you have to look at the potential economic impacts an expanded oil industry could provide for your programs and the people of our nation, and not outright reject every idea to which a few individuals object.

Images of distraught sea animals being strangled or hampered by plastic six-pack rings are burned into our collective memories. The connective bits of plastic were

Microbeads are tiny little pieces of plastic widely used in skin and hair care products for their exfoliating properties. But the scientific evidence that shows

It’s been 45 years since Earth Day started, and despite all our advances in science, the world still needs our help. Fortunately, these advances in

There are an awful lot of pipelines in the works. On May 10, tens of thousands of people across Canada took to the streets and parks to protest against their building, expansion and rerouting. The proposed Northern Gateway pipelines and the expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline are the main concerns in BC. The Energy East and Line 9 pipelines are the big worries in eastern Canada; the planned completion of the Keystone XL pipeline across the USA to the Texas gulf coast matters most to our friends south of the border. There is very good reason for all of this concern and protest.