The year I was born, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were 356 parts per million. The safe upper limit was 350 ppm. Since then, globally, we have increased that concentration to 410 ppm. This is a climate changed. When I heard about Justin Trudeau’s decision to buy out the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan, I […]
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Letters to the editor, October 12, 2017
Clearcut and dried I’m happy to be reading about the most important issue in the province (“Clearcutting our losses,” cover story by Joan Baxter, Oct 5). Everything else pales when we face a future without habitats for species besides human. There are majestic beasts in this province—not just rats and squirrels/pigeons of the city. Let’s […]
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In memoriam: Energy East (2013-2017)
Energy East, the gargantuan, $16-billion pipeline project that would have transported over one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to New Brunswick, has died. It was four-years-old. Parent company TransCanada announced the death of its 4,500-kilometre pipeline baby on Thursday morning. Chief executive officer Russ Girling offered his thanks to the businesses, Irvings and […]
