Entries from January 2008

A Forest for the Trees

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve posted a version of my Globe and Mail article on Guyana’s rainforest proposal here.

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Tags: Environment

Guyana’s Modest Proposal

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

My feature on the future of Guyana’s rainforest appeared in Saturday’s Globe and Mail (Focus). Unfortunately, unless you’re a subscriber you’ll have to pay to read the article online—a practice which most other major North American dailies, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, have dropped. For those who can’t access the article, […]

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Tags: Environment

Tarry-eyed

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Seeing as Canada is doing little to curb the destruction being wrought on the boreal forest by Alberta’s tar sands development or the staggering amount of waste water & greenhouse gas emissions generated to produce a single barrel of oil, it’s a relief at least to see Americans applying some pressure. A recently passed […]

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Tags: Environment

Roads, North & South

January 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

My article on Québec’s Lower North Shore is finally out in the current issue of Canadian Geographic. You can find a snippet here. Comments most welcome, especially if you’re a Coaster.
To supplement the magazine story they also had me draft a web journal of my journey by snowmobile.
Material from the trip will likely find it’s […]

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Tags: Travel