Yes. The Oil Sands. Canada is going down fast, especially now that
Harper is here for another 4 years. But the protests have not let up on
Oil Sands. Fewer countries want this dirty oil, and despite talk of
further development, this is a no-brainer when it comes to high cost of
extraction and waste. Just one tailings pond incident which resulted in
dozens of dead ducks went a surprising long way. Government can't keep
subsidizing it, and interest rates are rising. Natural gas extraction,
unfortunately, isn't as heavily subsidized because exploration is no
longer a factor.
I'm hoping, for US citizens' sake, for all life affected, that
sustainables, renewables take off so fast because they have to, that
fracking won't grow worse.
The NY Times article almost mirrors something we were watching on Nat
Geo, except they failed to mention, Darryl points out, that the food
sources for Caribou are shifting because of global warming.
That they want to cull the wolves is disgusting. It's not just about the
caribou. This would merely add to the near one million creatures already
being snared. I had the following letter published in the Victoria Times
Colonist recently regarding leghold traps:
http://savethewolf.net/leghold-traps/
Why are leghold traps still legal? <http://savethewolf.net/leghold-traps/>
By
Admin <http://savethewolf.net/author/Admin/>
-- April 21, 2011*Posted in: *Featured Stories
<http://savethewolf.net/category/featured-stories/>
??*By Natalia Kuzmyn, Times Colonist April 20, 2011 [ Story & Credit all
go to Times Colonist
<http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/leghold+traps+still+legal/4645694/story.html>
]*
Re: "Wolf trap snares dog in Sechelt," April 15. Leghold Traps
Must it take a pet or human walking into a leghold trap to make the
public aware of the legal placement of these cruel objects?
Why are body-gripping traps still legal in Canada? They torture or kill
about a million wild creatures annually. Trappers and legislators alike
seem oblivious to the pain and anguish experienced by any victims.
Wolves are the scapegoats for industry-altered grazing grounds of their
natural prey. Rural planning for new housing encroaches on woodland
borders the deer prefer. It's a sad reflection on society and on
government wildlife protection management skills. These animals are a
gift with territorial rights; they play an important role in nature, and
dying for human purposes isn't it.
The Association for Protection of FurBearing Animals seem alone in
calling for an outright ban on trapping. They deserve our support in
such endeavours.
Natalia Kuzmyn Oak Bay
© Copyright (c) The Victoria Times Colonist
On 6/27/2011 7:10 PM, Ray Harrell wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/science/28caribou.html?hpw
REH
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ray Harrell
*Sent:* Monday, June 27, 2011 8:17 PM
*To:* 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'
*Subject:* Re: [Futurework] more frackin' hell
Our community's land is on the list for this stuff. What do you not
understand about the U.S. Supreme Court essentially banning class
action suits?
REH
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *D and N
*Sent:* Monday, June 27, 2011 8:12 PM
*To:* RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION
*Subject:* [Futurework] more frackin' hell
One thing I didn't realize when I last posted something on fracking
was the number of environmental safety exemptions the industry has
enjoyed since Dick Cheney and his Bush puppet passed a bill in 2005.
Or else I forgot, and, just having seen the scary documentary called
"Gasland", I was so outraged and deeply saddened to rediscover this
slow-eco-terrorist industry had managed to get the bill passed. The
other terrifying thing is of course just how much of America has been
fracked and how little is left to frack.
A well is good for 18 frackings; as of 2010 they may have gone
through 40 trillion gallons of water just for drilling and processing.
Each well requiring hundreds of trips by tank trucks of various kinds.
I'm not sure how much water has been polluted, but it looks like
almost half. "Processed" water alone covers the land's former green
space. The air above these natural gas wells is full of pollutants
landing on the crop and pasture lands, and little Jimmy will be eating
the beef from the cows who drink the polluted water and eat the toxic
grass and breathe the toxic air. There's not a road that exists in
rural America, it seems, that doesn't have a gas well on it now
because the industry knows that there's a natural gas sea under half
the country.
Just how *f'n stupid* are these oil and gas suit-psychos? Then there's
the rest of the planet for not stopping them in their tracks. But
keeping up with the greed has become more than tiresome, far too
costly to combat, and most often an exercise in futility. Way too many
causes out there. It's high time Congress and the Senate were served
some of that post-fracking adjacently situated drinking water they
pretend is safe. Hey, just kidding! They deserve so much more--really!
Don't we live in the most interesting times? seems too complacent to
do the trick any more.
Oh, did I mention polluting to destroy bio-life as the greatest
short-term career for everyone without a soul?
Natalia
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/06/fracking.html
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