If you were tuned into the news at all yesterday you will have seen mention of the US Governments release of its third National Climate Assessment. The conclusions were stark and made clear that Climate Change is upon us in the form of extreme weather and acidifying oceans and only we humans could be responsible …
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Did you know Port Alberni owns some of its own forest land? Check it out at http://www.communityforest.ca These lands are public lands, outside of the Dunsmuir/Private lands owned by Island Timberlands and Timberwest. The line runs right through Sproat Lake, you can see it forming the right boundary of the Sproat tenure in the image …
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Amongst other big announcements yesterday ( 😉 ) there was one from the company that has been proposing to ship coal through Port Alberni for a good chunk of the last decade. Compliance Energy Corporation, parent company of Compliance Coal Corporation, and chief proponent of the proposed Raven Underground Coal Mine near Buckley Bay released …
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