Tag: Mackenzie Valley
A Panda was spotted in Paulatuk
Dan Slavik December 9, 2011
Unfamiliar species are being spotted outside of the tiny Arctic hamlet of Paulatuk.
Rising tensions: Transboundary troubles in Canada’s largest river basin
Guest Blogger July 9, 2010
Tony Maas and Robert Sanford write for Water Canada on "messy politics" and the Mackenzie River Basin.
Why pick your poison, when a healthy option is available?
Keith Stewart May 10, 2010
As we run out of cheap and easily accessible fossil fuels, we are turning increasingly to sources like the oil sands, shale gas and deep off-shore drilling that have much larger ecological footprints to extract and process.
“Conservation first” and the Mackenzie Gas Project
Monte Hummel April 1, 2010
WWF carefully chose the $16 billion Mackenzie Gas Project - the largest project proposed so far for the Canadian Arctic - as a test case for our "conservation first" principle. This means sequencing conservation measures up-front, as a condition of economic development. For example, we argued that the people most affected by this project must be given the opportunity to identify and reserve areas they want to protect in a natural state, before the project proceeds. This was also supported by the majority of northerners who testified before the Joint Review Panel (JRP) hearings.
Potential impacts of the proposed Mackenzie Gas Pipeline
Josh Laughren December 30, 2009
If you are playing close attention in this holiday season, you might notice a deceptively quiet announcement tomorrow.