Garbage Mining
Tapping into the waste revenue stream GIBSONS,BC—Buddy Boyd is a garbage miner. But he doesn't need a pick axe or a thick latex onesie to do the job. Nor does he smell the way one might imagine. Boyd...
View ArticleEnvironment Canada Terminates Funding to Environmental Networks
Biggest loser is government, say environmentalists HALIFAX—Grassroots environmental groups and organizers were hit hard by the federal government's announcement on October 13 that the half-million...
View ArticleAfrican Activists Blast Unconventional Extraction
Tar sands highlighted in lead up to UN climate summit in South Africa DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA—In Durban this week, you're blinded by green. From billboards to uniforms, it's impossible to miss that this...
View ArticleStern Warning
Nova Scotia environmentalists say government must revise lease of public lands to private corporations HALIFAX—“In 1961 we leveraged a tremendous amount of Crown Land to get a company to come to Nova...
View ArticleCanadian-owned Mine Fuels Violence in Mexico
Residents of San José del Progreso are deeply divided over the mine SAN JOSE DEL PROGRESO, MEXICO—It's been almost three years since hundreds of people took direct action to temporarily shut down...
View ArticlePeace Region Boom
Growth in northern town leaves residents feeling the pinch WINNIPEG—Home to 12,000 permanent residents, Dawson Creek, BC, is surrounded by productive agricultural land and is known as the place where...
View ArticleWiebo’s Final Battle
HYTHE, AB—It’s not if, but when. Eco-warrior Wiebo Ludwig is preparing for death. With his weight now under 150 pounds, he predicts he’ll be gone in just weeks, a victim of cancer of the esophagus....
View Article"What They Call Development, We Call Destruction"
Grassy Narrows resistance to corporate logging continues WINNIPEG—In December 2011, Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) released its “Long Term Management Direction,” a ten-year “development...
View ArticleChilean Supreme Court Red Lights Goldcorp Mine
Indigenous community leader celebrates ruling, promises continued opposition MEXICO—On Friday, the Chilean Supreme Court ratified a lower court ruling that rendered Goldcorp's environmental assessment...
View ArticleSloughs of Despond
Fracking wastewater ponds languish in Hants County HALIFAX—Hydraulic fracturing wastewater shown to contain high levels of radioactive contaminants has been sitting in two open containment pits in...
View ArticleFlawed Process, Flawed Project
Controversy flows on the Northern Gateway pipeline and Canada’s oil economy VANCOUVER—Since January, the federal Joint Review Panel (JRP) has been touring Alberta and BC, accepting public statements...
View ArticleWho Pays When Your Well is Sucked Dry and Your Home is Contaminated?
Supreme Court denies Port Colborne class action victory, squashes hopes for communities affected by industry across Canada for compensation in the courts PENOBSQUIS, NB—Wilf Pearson was a jovial but...
View ArticleFunding Evaporates for Freshwater Science Research
Proposed closure of experimental lakes threatens important, ongoing research WINNIPEG—Freshwater science researchers in Canada could soon find themselves without a world renowned, one-of-a-kind...
View Article"Green Bitumen?!"
Nuclear reactors in the tar sands SASKATOON—What do you get when you cross a nuclear reactor with a hydraulic shovel-full of tar sands? The answer, according to the Canadian Energy Research Institute,...
View ArticleAnti-Fracking Protest in Nova Scotia Draws Hundreds, Shuts Down Highway
Protesters want province to halt gas exploration at Nova Scotia's largest lake AULD'S COVE, NS—Upwards of 200 people, coming from all corners of Nova Scotia, responded to the imminent threat of...
View ArticleSWN rebuffed in New Brunswick back woods
Local families chase off ATV, security truck hit and run, UN observers arrive BROWNS YARD, NEW BRUNSWICK – By Sunday, June 23rd, SWN Resource Canada’s highly contested and protested seismic testing...
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