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Crosshairs on Yellowstone!
On PBS.org website, the much acclaimed series, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea", is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown;... BC Parks in Jeopardy: Doors Opening to Vehicles on Hiking Trails
(Posted with permission from Dr. Horejsi) 09 January 2013 - Analysis and comments by Dr. Brian L. Horejsi It is simply difficult for many British Columbians to imagine that managers of the provincial Park... She "hasn't been the same" since Lucky was lost
"Gregory Gron says he knows it sounds comical, and maybe even crazy: A $1,000 reward for the safe return of a teddy bear. But that's exactly what he is doing because his four-year-old daughter Victoria "hasn't been the same" since the day her best friend Lucky was lost....Victory! Obama Ends Bush-era 'No More Wilderness' Edict
" In a big victory for conservation advocates across the country, the Obama administration on Thursday announced it would finally end President George W. Bush's damaging "No More Wilderness" order. Since 2003, the... Lack of transparency over DNV $750,000 federal grant project
I had first approached the couple local print newspapers to pursue an investigative look into why there was all the secrecy around this project. They didn't bite. Nothing has come of it. To date, nobody seems to know anything, and the District officials aren’t... Are Conventional Environmental Journalists an Endangered Species?
When the economy fails, the environment is the first to suffer -- that seems to also include conventional environmental reporting found in print and television journalism. " For all the media reports about a surge in "green jobs," one place we won't likely be seeing them is...
created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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210 views | 22 recommendations | 3 comments
Are BC's cities and towns turning into little fiefdoms?
Who is running our cities in BC? And what can citizens do when governance of them seem to be spinning out of control? Do you think our un-elected city management staff have too much power, and along with our elected officials, tend to abuse the power of public office...
created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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752 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
Canadian Tory government is a friend of the ANWR
The Bush administration's controversial plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling was approved by the House of Representatives in 2001, but the Tory government has quietly voiced its...
created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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The black hole of unknowing
" As to global annihilation, I’m stumped. Most of us wouldn’t recognise a strangelet if it casually devoured us in the street There’s a slim chance –...
created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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The Sopranos redux
Sometimes reality can be stranger than fiction. "Coquitlam RCMP and a local newspaper say they have been contacted by an anonymous tipster who claims he has the bullet-riddled body of an escaped gangster stored in...
created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Your God or mine? Orissa burning
"Not many Indians would have known where Kandhamal is on the country's map or even that it is a part of the state of Orissa. But Kandhamal is burning and the world has sat up to take note.For nearly two weeks,...
created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Three dead at BC mushroom farm
"An industrial accident at a mushroom farm in British Columbia's Langley Township has left three people dead and two others in serious condition.Dozens of firefighters and three air ambulances were called to the...
created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1321 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
Holy Ribbiting Art!
"ROME - An Italian museum on Thursday defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican had condemned as... "Big Bang" or Black Hole?
"GENEVA - Tests have cleared the way for the start-up next month of an experiment to restage a mini-version underground of the "Big Bang" which created the universe 15 billion years ago, the project chief said on...
created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1290 views | 29 recommendations | 11 comments
Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder
"A more discreet charmNational Post Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2008A certain Father Antonio Rungi of the southern Italian diocese of Modragone has come up with what is quite...
created by Federsavage | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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