Alberta coal mine spill heading to N.W.T. - North. The Northwest Territories’ Environment Minister, Michael Miltenberger, says toxins from a massive coal mine spill in Alberta are making their way north.
On Oct. 31, Sherritt International's Obed Mountain coal mine spilled about 1 billion litres of contaminated water into the Athabasca River. The mine is no longer operating. The spill happened when a retaining wall collapsed, unleashing the equivalent of about 400 Olympic-sized swimming pools of contaminated water. The Alberta government says the contaminated water is now making its way through the Athabasca River. It should reach the Slave River and Great Slave Lake close to the beginning of December. Perspective: How My Firm Saved Brooklyn Bridge Park From Sandy's Fury. Two of our recent parks in New York City--Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) and Segment Five of Hudson River Park--were both significantly inundated with several feet of salt water during Hurricane Sandy.
At mid-tide, with thousands of fellow Brooklynites, I stood on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade above BBP and watched as the violently rushing floodwaters of the East River, which had already subsumed the piers and the shoreline edge, continued to bring what would eventually amount to several feet of salt water over major sections of the park. At that point, when I could see that the flooding would indeed be massive, I went back to my apartment, closed the blinds (went to sleep), and returned to the same view the next day.
Science, not just technology, key to Canada’s success. In the past few weeks, Conservative ministers in both the Canadian and Albertan governments have repeatedly stated that we must direct more of our country’s research funding and effort into science and technology to boost the country’s economy.
It’s heartening to see government appreciation of the potential economic benefits of science, but truly unfortunate that by “science and technology” these governments appear to mean only technology. Climate Change Is Making Canada Look More Like the United States - John Metcalfe. Abbotsford going green with compost in new year.
The City of Abbotsford has made a resolution to go green in 2013 and it starts this week. As of Wednesday, compostable waste, including kitchen scraps and yard waste, will be picked up every week, along with blue bags of recyclables. Regular garbage will be collected every two weeks, with a limit of three 80L containers per household. There is no limit to the amount of compostable waste containers and recycling bags placed out each week for collection. The city has provided all households with a lidded kitchen pail for collection of all food waste, which includes anything animal or vegetable.
Abbotsford set up the citywide composting program to eliminate food and yard waste and other organic matter from the garbage stream. The program's goals are to reduce greenhouse gases and emissions associated with landfills and reduce tipping fee costs for the city, and ultimately, the taxpayer. China to flatten 700 mountains for new metropolis in the desert. Au Groenland, des déchets bloqués en eaux profondes. 'My place is destroyed': Albertan in wake of Red Deer River oil spill. Gord Johnston’s tranquil life along the Red Deer River in central Alberta was shattered Thursday night as the nauseating scent of crude oil hung in the air and a coffee-coloured liquid lapped the banks near his home.
He reported the oil leak and, within two hours, a helicopter dispatched by a local oil company landed on his 57-acre property near Sundre, Alta., to fly him over the devastating scene. Mr. The Value of Trees. "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.
" - William Blake Two hundred years later, Blake's words ring truer than ever. In Santa Monica, city officials are moving forward with a plan to remove 54 mature fig trees as part of a new urban design project. Artist Gillian Ware, who divides her time between the UK and Los Angeles, caught wind of the plan, and made a swift transition to activist, joining the movement to save the trees. Edward Burtynsky and Chris Jordan: Visualizing the Ends of Oil. River was: 34,131,100 points. Free Association Design (F.A.D.) More Than Charismatic: The Ecology of Big Animals. Lire en études urbaines. 1.
Résumé Ce collectif réunit les contributions d’une vingtaine d’auteurs et vise à faire l’état des connaissances scientifiques (résultats acquis, controverses, questions vives) du vaste champ de recherche « ville et environnement ». L’ouvrage se concentre sur les relations entre les sociétés urbanisées et leurs environnements naturels et construits. Les auteurs ayant participé à l’ouvrage s’inscrivent dans un courant de pensées qui appréhende la ville à travers diverses approches reliant entre elles les différentes échelles des écosystèmes urbains.
Il devient ainsi possible de rendre compte des composantes naturelles, construites et sociales de la ville et d’observer leurs répercussions sur les bases de l’écologie urbaine, des sciences de la ville et par conséquent, des actions urbaines. L’ouvrage se divise en quatre parties. 2.Contenu Introduction Chapitre 1 – Ville et environnement : pour un changement de paradigme Jean-Pierre Lévy Métabolismes Actions Liste des auteurs.