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Archive for the ‘Environmental Issues’ Category

Alberta Oil Sands – heavy metals pollute the watershed

By David M Handelman On August 31, 2010 No Comments

The ad campaigns and publicity thrown out are nothing more than spin to make us think that the Alberta Oil sands are not so bad.  Don’t be fooled.  It is DIRTY oil, that we as consumers can’t help but consume.  And it ruins Canada’s image in the eyes of environmentalists the world over. 

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill – Classic NIMBY

By David M Handelman On August 23, 2010 No Comments

It upsets me how hypocritical the government and people of the United States are.  While the BP oil spill in the Gulf is one of the worst oil spills the world has ever seen, the response and media attention it has received are disproportionate to the attention some of the other spills have received, like the spills and dumping in the forests of Ecuador.

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Chevron Oil Spill – Take Responsibility!!

By David M Handelman On July 28, 2009 1 Comment

Chevron Corporation has maintained that despite the upcoming legal decision against it in Ecuador, it will fight the decision for years to come and not pay the judgment against it. 

“We’re not paying and we’re going to fight this for years if not decades into the future,” said Chevron spokesman Don Campbell.

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Environmental Shareholders Unite!!

By David M Handelman On July 26, 2009 1 Comment

Corporations are causing so many of the biggest problems that humans and our planet face today.  They also have the power to solve a lot of these problems.  But corporations are entities with tunnel vision towards one thing: profit.

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Are cell phones killing the bees?

By David M Handelman On April 9, 2009 1 Comment

New evidence has come to light which suggests that cell phones and the waves that they emit, may in fact be contributing to the demise of worldwide bee populations.

This is scary, because bees pollinate our crops… and if there are no bees to pollinate crops, than there will be no crops.  And if there are no crops, than there will be no food.  And the problem is happening both in North America and Europe.

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