2013 to 2019 Before and after slider (above ) The photo on the left was taken the 4th week of September, 2013. The photo on the right was taken the 4th week of September, 2019. All the glacier photos have been shot from the bird observation deck on the Dyke Road in Courtenay, BC, about…
An Open and Shut Case of Ecocide at East Creek, Brooks Peninsula
Use the before and after Slider to see how Lemare Logging drove in deep and as fast as possible to make sure it was unusable for saving. 2014 to 2016 [Google Earth Image]
Where have all the Tyee gone?
If you were a sport fisherman in the Comox Valley before the 1990’s, you know how good the fishing in the Strait of Georgia used to be. Chinook, Coho, and Pink were plentiful, though Tyee [30 pounds plus Chinook] had already been declining in our waters for several years. But even then we heard tales…
Holiday Lights during a climate emergency
Back in May of this year, the city of Courtenay declared a climate emergency, but what does that mean? Usually, it would mean taking drastic measures immediately or as soon as possible. According to NASA, the amount of light visible from space increases by 20% to 30%, and as much as 50% in the suburbs…
2013 to 2019 Before and After Slider of Comox Glacier Ice Loss
2013 to 2019 Before and after slider (above ) The photo on the left was taken the 4th week of September, 2013. The photo on the right was taken the 4th week of September, 2019. All the glacier photos have been shot from the bird observation deck on the Dyke Road in Courtenay, BC, about…
Solar Solutions
Forbes Magazine — not exactly your typical environmental magazine — says; “We could power the entire World by harnessing Solar Energy from 1% of the Sahara.” It goes on to say; “There is no way coal, oil, wind, geothermal, or nuclear can compete with this.” It’s not only Forbes making this kind of definitive statement, which…
A rerun of the East Coast cod disaster
There are few internet resources as good as YouTube to forcibly remind you of a historical event which is relevant to today. In 1992, the Canadian fisheries minister, John Crosby, angrily reminded protesting cod fisherman in Newfoundland that “I didn’t take the fish from the [expletive] water.” A pretty dramatic moment, still available on YouTube….
The Need for a Personal Carbon Cap
Here in the Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island, BC, we are very lucky. We have the Salish Sea, beautiful forests, an abundance of lakes, and above all that, an extensive alpine environment with a wealth of glaciers, which, sadly, are receding fast — depriving us of a valuable water resource. The largest of these glaciers,…
To Greta Thunberg “We got ours you’re on your own”
Ever since Ronald Reagan ignorantly and spitefully removed Jimmy Carter’s solar panels from the White House, I have been reading columns like Tom Fletcher’s, which repeat the same worn-out, obsolete arguments. His columns dismiss, indeed, completely write off the concerns of young people for their