Posted by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
From a birds eye view, the Syncrude tar sands mining waste ponds stretch out glistening attractively in the sun. On a long migration north to nest, I can see how 500 ducks would decide to land on one of...continued→
Posted by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Yesterday in Edmonton, Dr. Jeff Wells told an audience at the University of Alberta that scientists have an obligation to give the public an honest appraisal of the costs of tar sands oil development. Jeff was referring to the new...continued→
Posted by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
This Saturday, I'm off to Barcelona where conservationists from all over the world are gathering for the World Conservation Congress. For me this will be a time to talk about a region that is often overlooked in global biodiversity discussions:...continued→
