Why an over-budget Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project will still not...
Last week new details emerged about ongoing cost increases on the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) Project. If news media is to be believed, the price of the pipeline will likely exceed $17...
View ArticleWhy you needn’t fear the “Dirty Dozen” fruits and vegetables
There are certain things you can count on with the coming of spring. Two of the earliest are the arrival of the first Mexican and Californian strawberries in the produce aisle and the Environmental...
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BC’s new School Food Guidelines: an attempt by bureaucrats to squeeze the joy...
I am the parent of three school-aged kids and the president of our local elementary school Parent Advisory Council (PAC). Last night our PAC looked at BC’s Proposed 2022 BC School Foods Guidelines For...
View ArticleReviewing Seth Klein’s A Good War – An interesting historical treatise that...
I finally bit the bullet and read “A Good War” by Seth Klein. The book describes itself as an exploration of: how we can align our politics and economy with what the science says we must do to address...
View ArticleUnderstanding the role of, and opportunities for, Canadian fossil fuels in...
In my review of Seth Klein’s A Good War, I took issue with the author’s statement that in order to fight climate change we need to eliminate the fossil fuel industry. I have repeatedly pointed out how...
View ArticleUnderstanding Risk Assessment as a form of Sustainable and Green Remediation
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to write more posts that explain, in plain language, how our environmental regime in BC protects the public with respect to contaminated sites and to help clear up...
View ArticleAre Gas Stoves Really Responsible for 12.7% of Current Childhood Asthma Cases...
The news has been full recently with stories about the risk of childhood asthma caused by natural gas stoves. As someone who specializes in risk assessment and has experience with indoor air chemistry...
View ArticleA parent’s thoughts on BC’s new K-12 reporting system
I am the parent of three school-aged children, the husband of a teacher, a long-time DPAC Representative and am the former PAC President in a school that piloted the new grading and report card system...
View ArticleUnderstanding the asbestos risks associated with any search of the Prairie...
A lot has been written in the media, and on social media, about the proposal to search the Prairie Green Landfill for the victims of Jeremy Skibicki. It is believed that the bodies of at least two,...
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What does the science say about CAPE’s – Fossil Fuel Ads Make Us Sick campaign?
Regular readers of this blog know of my ongoing disappointment with the MDs at the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE). No group has so consistently disappointed me with the...
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