Whom to Believe

It is appropriate that Donald Trump should be an ardent supporter of the fossil fuel industry. After all, who better than North America’s premier fantasist to promote an industry that has consistently indulged in such fantastic claims regarding its economic benefits? Unfortunately, Trump is not the only politician to be swept up by the press statement and reports issued by the oil companies. Once you begin to dig a little deeper into many of the claims made by these companies, you begin to wonder whether the politicians or the media ever read more that the summary of these reports. They forget that as with most things in life, the devil is often in the detail.

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Christy Morrissey

In 1962 Rachel Carson published the book Silent Spring describing DDT’s toxic impact on the environment. In spite of fierce opposition from chemical companies, her book led to a wide spread ban on the use of DDT; led to the creation of the US environmental protection agency (EPA) and was probably the beginning of the environmental movement.

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Don't Park Your Bike Now

In previous columns Gary Snyder and Pat Marten have written about why they cycle through the winter. Both of them need to get to their job every day and this needs to happen reasonably efficiently. This need affects their approach cycling, particularly winter cycling. I am in a different situation. I am retired. I don't need to get to a job, nevertheless I still want to get around reasonably efficiently. I also want to be physically fit, I want to live comfortably within my means, and I want to do my part to pass a friendly world on to my children and grandchildren.

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La Broquerie needs your support on rural pathways

The RM of La Broquerie is looking at creating a network of rural pathways to increase connectivity and to provide safe commuter corridors for walking and cycling.

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The New Pollution

The term “sustainability” is in many ways replacing the old term “environmentalism”, in large part because we’re beginning to recognize just how much we rely upon our environment: human life simply isn’t sustainable without it, and when the environment is damaged, inevitably so is our quality of life.

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