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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Factoids, truthiness and the promulgation of misinformation in the oil sands debate
This morning I opened up my twitter account and the “while you were away” feature had an interesting tweet highlighted. It was from the National Observer which reports itself to be: “a new publication founded by the Vancouver Observer’s award-winning … Continue reading
Posted in Oil Sands
3 Comments
Some pitfalls in the road to an affordable, low-carbon energy future
I was chatting on Twitter yesterday and had another interesting discussion with one of the people with whom I regularly spar. He is a recent convert to environmental activism and, like many of his kin, has a limited science background … Continue reading
Posted in Leap Manifesto, Renewable Energy
1 Comment
The Machiavellian battle against climate change using Energy East
As many of my regular readers have probably noticed, I have been asked to produce the occasional blog post at the Canadian edition of the Huffington Post. My most recent post deals with the Energy East Pipeline (Energy East Pipeline … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy East, Pipelines
16 Comments
More thoughts on Aquifers, Shills and the Commoditization of Groundwater
Late last week I posted my thoughts on Aquifers, Drought and the Nestlé water bottling plant in Hope and the response has been overwhelming. My Twitter and Facebook feeds exploded and I was even interviewed by a local radio station … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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On Aquifers, Drought and the Nestlé water bottling plant in Hope
Today’s topic comes to us courtesy of my local newscast. As many of my readers know, much of the Pacific Northwest (including parts of British Columbia) is under drought. As a consequence of the drought-like conditions we have been put … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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A Chemist in Langley 