Thanks for the great article. Well presented, clear explanantions without overuse of technical terms, and a horrifying picture or two. Well, I personally find it horrible that we're considering strip mining an area that size. I hope against hope that the entire operation will grind to a halt, but fear profitablility will continue to be provided by our ever-generous to large corporations government.

The removal this year of a significant tax advantage for Canada's income trusts
For those who don't know that may be talking about, income trusts were essentially a tax loophole that had major corporations re-defining themselves as income trusts, to avoid what are already low corporate profit tax rates. It was a rare sensible taxation move from the conservative government.

"Well, I personally find it horrible that we're considering strip mining an area that size."

Yeah? Funny know no seems to have a problem with mountaintop removal blasting in the hills of the U.S. Appalachian Mountains in one of the most ecologically diverse areas in the world, not even even that great greenie Al Gore, who lives within less than a day's driving distance. Instead, effort is expended at fighting windpower and laughing at solar development.

Our bizarre fuzzy logic is sickening.

RC

The explosives used for "mountaintop removal" in West Virginia are equivalent to 270 Hiroshima bombs, every year.