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Logging Impacts in the Chapman Creek Watershed
There are 466 watershed in British Columbia. More than a quarter have problems with logging activities. The requirements to protect drinking water are not always clear or enforceable. In the interview that follows, Hans Penner of the Elphinstone Logging Focus talks about logging Impacts in the Chapman Creek Watershed.
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Time to get the Record about Germany’s Emissions Straight
World GHG Emissions are 61% over 1990 levels; Germany’s are 23% below
Originally Published on Clean Technica
By Roy L Hales
Maybe you remember the headlines about 2013. “Merkel’s Green shift backfires as German pollution jumps“; “Germany now EU’s worst polluter as CO2 emissions rise.” It was the third year in a row CO2 levels rose. The critics howled that Energiewende was failing, but is that true? It’s time to get the record about Germany’s emissions straight
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Opposition to the proposed LNG project on Lelu Island
The Skeena River is one of the most productive salmon bearing rivers in British Columbia. Thousands of years before the first European colonists arrived, it was providing First Nations with food. A week ago, First Nations throughout the Skeena Watershed declared their opposition to the proposed LNG project on Lelu Island, grave lack of consultation and massive damage to salmon habitat.
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North America’s #1 Urban Cultivator
Originally Published in Clean Technica
By Roy L Hales
The problem with buying greens in a supermarket is that they usually lost half of their nutrients within a day of being cut. As anyone with a garden knows, freshness translates into taste. A Vancouver company brings this freshness into kitchens. North America’s #1 Urban Cultivator gives restaurants and homeowners an opportunity to grow micro-greens and herbs year round.
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