Monthly Archives: November 2004
Risk of spill too great
Letter to the Editor of the Victoria Times Colonist, 22 November 2004 The recent oil spill off the shore of Newfoundland will hopefully put to rest the agitation for oil and gas drilling on the West Coast. The Campbell Liberal government is demanding an end to a federal moratorium on offshore drilling. Serving the agenda … Continue reading
Condos and ice caps
Letter to the Editor of Monday Magazine (Victoria), 25 November 2004 Scientists identify deforestation and fossil fuel consumption as the major forces driving global warming. In BC, the provincial government seems hell-bent on expanding these destructive practices, through intensified logging of old-growth and delicate forests, and through the opening of oil and gas drilling off … Continue reading »