I was all set to write about the pending government decision over whether to allow the purchase of Canadian oil extractor, Nexen, by the Chinese government-owned CNOOC, when I saw Jeffrey Simpson’s prediction in the Globe & Mail that the… Read More »Northern Gateway, Defend our Coast, Nexen, Climate Change and Our Uncertain Future
I heard about the study of loss of coral cover during the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns, Queensland, this July. The peer-reviewed publication was today posted on-line at the prestigious journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. … Read More »Sobering news from the Great Barrier Reef – will people wake up to the environmental crisis now?
I continue to be an ecologist concerned at the perfect storm our species is unleashing on our environment. I have difficulty seeing good solutions for the world in 2050, let alone 2100, although I know they are still out there,… Read More »Some brief thoughts on the Occupy movement, on Canada’s economy and on its heritage