Author Archives: Michael Tyas
Mining Rare Earths in NWT Might Become More Affordable, Less Polluting
A startup in Boston has discovered that "making the production of many widely used metals significantly cheaper and less polluting" is within our grasp. Infinium says it has discovered and is marketing the first of many products that might shake up the rare earth mining industry. This will have a positive effect on resource extraction growth in the Northwest Territories, one of the few regions in the world with viable rare earths reserves.
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River Roundup - Desmond Tutu Exposes Filth in the Canadian Current
After spending 99% of his time talking about magnanimity, forgiveness, and working together toward a better humanity, the news latched on to his brief foray into the oil sands. GLOVES OFF.
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National Post columnist and 'Thinker' accuses South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a spiritual leader, of speaking from the heart. Slow clap.
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T-Rev Youth Water Drummers Sing to the Slave River
It was serendipity caught on tape. When the T-Rev youth water drummers came to the beach to sing to the water, it was a great opportunity to take a peek at the other side of environmental protection: Respect and honour of the waters through song and tradition.
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SWEEP Program Unites Scientific Knowledge with Traditional Knowledge in the Slave River and Delta Region
Looking for a model for Indigenous communities seeking to work collaboratively between Traditional Knowledge and scientific knowledge? Look no further than the Slave River and Delta Partnership.
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Upstream News Roundup
Job shortages for the oilsands, caribou dying to get onto Facebook, fracking hearings in Yukon, and small town USA opposition to the 'tar sands.'
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News From Abroad: An oil pipeline rupture in Los Angeles has drenched a gentlemen's club's walls and roof and formed a pond of black gold that was 'knee deep.' Responders say it will take around 24 hours to clean up the ground, but the club will take longer after having been soaked in flammable lubricant.
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The Peace Athabasca Delta Got 99 Problems, but Site C Ain’t One
In today's gob smacking news, the Site C Environmental Assessment Joint Review Panel has determined that there will be "no measurable effect" to the Peace Athabasca Delta or the communities that call it home. How did they reach this conclusion???
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A U.N. special rapporteur (a fancy word for reporter) today blasted Canada for, among other things failure to consult around pipeline development, "which is contributing to an atmosphere of contentiousness and mistrust that is conducive neither to beneficial economic development nor social peace." He continues, "resource extraction should not occur on lands subject to aboriginal claims without adequate consultations with, and the free, prior and informed consent of, the indigenous peoples concerned." Game over? Naw.
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