Prince Rupert casts a wary eye on Chicago

Globe and Mail
I am very grateful that the The Tyee has this neat column headed “Reported Elsewhere” which meant I finally caught up with this story. You may have heard that Barrack Obama has gone on record as opposing CN’s acquisition of the EJ&E (”The Juice”) a railway in suburban Chicago that would help [...]

World’s largest tuna destroyer

We chased it for 5 days, but as dawn broke over the Pacific this morning we finally confronted the biggest tuna fishing vessel in the world. The Spanish-owned and flagged tuna purse seiner “Albatun Tres” is known as a ‘super, super seiner’ and can net 3,000 tonnes of tuna in a single fishing trip. This is almost double the entire annual catch of some Pacific island countries.

Flood Threat Prompts Evacuations in Quake-Hit China

Tigers, Elephants Returning to War-Torn Cambodia Forest

Just as wildlife begins to trickle back to the protected Mondulkiri reserve, a development boom may put more pressure on the fragile environment, experts say.

VIDEO: China Quake Lake Drained

Greenpeace Confronts World’s Biggest Tuna Vessel

Today Greenpeace took action against the biggest and most devastatingly efficient tuna catching vessel in the world,
Spanish owned purse seiner Albatun Tres. The vessel was caught deploying its
net inside Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, a proposed Marine Protected Area
(1). Greenpeace ship Esperanza has been following the vessel for the past
five days. This boat is so big, it is known as a ‘super, super seiner’.
Activists laid a 25 metre floating banner reading ‘No Fish, No Future’ into
the net in an attempt to prevent the net from being hauled.

CASA: Clean Air Strategic Alliance – 2007 Audited Financial Statement

Upcoming Event

Just because the academic year is ending does not mean that there are no more events at SFU. This one looks worthwhile though “sea levels rising in Richmond” is a bit odd. I mean when sea levels rise entire coastlines are affected. You can be certain that if the sea level is higher [...]

Green burials

Environmentalist and author Mark Harris says that green burials are a powerful and compelling way to leave the planet, in this CBC News interview. After spending our lives drawing vast amounts of resources from the planet, green burial affords us one last great opportunity to give back to the environment, he says. Would you consider a green funeral? Why or why not?

WWF-Canada receives conservation award

In kicking off Energy Conservation Week in Ontario, Peter Love of the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Conservation Bureau presented WWF-Canada with an award this morning. The Certificate of Recognition “recognizes the leadership role taken by organizations that have made long-term commitments to conserve electricity in Ontario,” and was given to WWF-Canada to acknowledge the success of Earth Hour.