This Week on GR

by C. L. Cook

This week: Drew Mildon on the devastated site of the infamous Canadian Tar Sands projects. There, what were waste ponds have grown to lakes, soon to become inland seas of toxic destruction; and, rapacious greed and horrific environmental practices combine with apocalyptic effectiveness to destroy landscapes and the living things within them south of 60 too.

 

 

For the last few years, Canadian freelance journalist Jennifer Moore has watched the mining industry chew up South America. She's in Honduras now, watching the generals; Victoria Street Newz publisher, and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft, currently riding through America, not always easily, at the bottom of the hour for the view from there.

 

Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca.  He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, www.pacificfreepress.com.

 

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"There's a new lake district in Alberta - but you don't want to pop in there to cool off on a hot sunny day." So writes Canadian lawyer, Drew Mildon of the devastated site of the infamous Tar Sands projects. There, what were waste ponds have grown to lakes, and if Stephen Harper and his ilk in the tar business have there way those lakes will become great toxic inland seas. This is just one of the national sacrificial areas the current government, and the entirety of the Canadian political scene, thinks an acceptable price to pay for the nation's economic future. But not everyone is so enthused by the poison legacy the Tar Sands are creating. Mildon and Woodward and Company, the law firm he works for, are representing the Beaver Lake Cree Nation in a suit they have launched against the Canadian government over its sanction of the destruction of Canada's north. Drew Mildon in the first half.

And; Canada is not the only place rapacious greed and horrific environmental practices combine with apocalyptic effectiveness to destroy landscapes and the living things within them. For the last few years, Canadian freelance journalist Jennifer Moore has documented destructive mining operations in South America, many of them perpetrated by Canadian listed companies. She's now in Honduras, watching the monumental events unfold there in the wake of June's military Coup d'Etat. Jennifer Moore and keeping an eye on the generals in the second half.

And; Victoira Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us from her sojourn to the great state of Texas to keep us abreast of the goings on in Crazy Land at the bottom of the hour.