Comox Glacier 2013 to 2019 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…
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]
BC hydro Dams environmentally could be as bad as the Alberta Oil Sands
Homes are heated by wood, oil, gas, and BC Hydro. The hazards of wood, oil and gas are well known but there is a major environmental cost of BC Hydro’s dams, a lot of it unseen, and little known to the public, which must be included in this discussion. -Thousands of productive salmon runs are…
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…
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…