If the Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster was in my Area

Just in case you, like most of the mainstream media, has forgotten that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster continues to grow, have a look at the following website; http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ Type in your location and the computer geniuses behind this website have made it so that you can see just how big the Gulf of Mexico [...]

The Proposal to Legalise Whale Killing Defeated!!

Here is a good news update from our friends at Avaaz; Dear friends, We did it! The proposal to legalise whale killing went down in flames in Morocco — and our campaign helped to tip the balance. In a few short weeks, we built the biggest whale-saving petition in history, signed by an extraordinary 1.2 [...]

Two Months Later the Oil Continues to Flow

In the can-you-believe-it-file, it has already been two months that oil has been flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. From the Boston dot com website; 62 days have passed since the initial explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the crude oil and natural gas continue to gush from the [...]

Click Here to Sign the Petition Against Commercial Whaling

While we do not agree with EVERY campaign that the well-intentioned people from Avaaz embark on, maintaining the moratorium on whale hunting is one campaign that we support and endorse wholeheartedly. The following information came to us from Avaaz. In one week, the International Whaling Commission will hold its final vote on a proposal to legalize commercial [...]

Niger Delta Faces Exxon Valdez Sized Oil Spill EVERY Year

The following article from the New York Times popped up on our Twitter feed. The damage caused by ongoing oil spills, damage that has been going on in Niger, for DECADES is breathtaking in its proportions. And nobody seems to care. What the hell? An Exxon Valdez-sized spill every year for the last fifty years [...]

Rachel Maddow on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Our intrepid East-side Investigative reporter came up with some sad news today; essentially, what is old is new again. If you think you the uncontained (and seemingly uncontainable) Gulf of Mexico oil spill is all new, watch the following video of Rachel Maddow titled, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”  However, just [...]

Twitter on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

From our Twitter feed we saw this little gem about the tragedy of the ongoing BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; RT @LiberalHitGirl: I didn’t look today, did the free market clean up the oil yet? What a horrifying and disgusting mess of unimaginable magnitude this oil spill has become. And there is still no [...]

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Continues to Flow

The following information came to us from the Avaaz community. I encourage you to read and act. Imagine, everyday there is another 2,500,000 gallons of crude oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. Before the spill, U.S. President Obama and Congressional leaders were planning to ramp up offshore drilling. Now, with the spill, the politics [...]

Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster for the BC Coast?

When you think about lifting the moratorium on off-shore oil exploration and drilling along the BC coast, have a quick peak at what is going on in the Gulf of Mexico. And consider that British Petroleum was one of the organizations that was arguing against using the underwater auto-shut-off system that is currently required. The [...]

The Site C Project; Campbell’s Legacy?

A press release from the BC government…perhaps this is Premier Campbell’s legacy project? The monument he will leave behind as he rides off into retirement? Hudson’s Hope – The B.C. government announced today that it will move forward with the Site C Clean Energy Project (Site C). The Site C project will be the third [...]

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