The grandfather of American climate change research, James Hansen, got himself arrested June 23 protesting at a coal mine in West Virginia.
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The Peel and the politicians: Yukon premier at centre of storm over watershed
There is a smell up north and it is not from the boreal and sub-alpine flowers taking advantage of the short but wonderful Yukon summer.
Rather it is the stink of political interference caused by the Yukon Premier in the type of information bureaucrats from the Yukon Environment Department can submit to an independent, arms-length-from-government land use planning commission.
Weak draft plan for the Peel
The Peel Watershed Planning Commission is attempting to gather information regarding the importance of environmental, economic, social and cultural values for the entire Peel River watershed.
Blood and oil in Peru's Amazon
Indigenous people in Peru find an oil spill. Extraction industries and free trade agreements are among the causes of bloody repression in Peru's Amazon. (Photo: Ben Powless)
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Free entry, fair play and Canada's far north
The Peel River watershed is a vast expanse of wilderness in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
It flows from the stunning Werneke mountains -- a northern extension of the Canadian Rockies -- north through the heart of the Yukon, crossing the border into the Northwest Territories, joining the Mackenzie River and eventually feeding the Beaufort Sea.
A haven for wildlife
It is a haven for migratory woodland and barren ground caribou, boreal songbirds and waterfowl. It is among the northern limit of Canada’s largest ecosystem -- the boreal forest and is a valuable contributor to this largest terrestrial carbon bank account on the planet.
