Lynne Wheeler, Comox Valley Record, December 28, 2011

Dear editor,

I remember squaring off against 'the environmentalists' back in the '90s when a person didn't want to admit that they worked in the forest industry.

Today, I am an activist working hard to preserve a future for my grandson and future generations.

Brennan Clarke, Globe and Mail, Oct. 30, 2011

Victoria - For more than two decades, Rob Saunders grew his shellfish larvae in ordinary seawater drawn from the pristine natural environment of Baynes Sound, one of the most productive shellfish farming areas on B.C.’s West Coast.

By Ray Grigg, Montreal Gazette, August 12, 2011

Responsibility for reducing carbon dioxide emissions is falling to cities, municipalities and regional districts because wider efforts during the last 30 years to ameliorate the threat of global climate change are not working. Multiple negotiations sponsored by the United Nation's have been unsuccessful. Developing nations such as China, India and Brazil are determined to follow the destructive example of industrialized countries which, in turn, are reluctant to risk economic advantage by reducing their emissions.

MARK JACCARD, Globe and Mail, Aug. 11, 2011

Stephen Harper can’t allow new coal-fired electricity plants to be built, such as the one Maxim Power is proposing in Alberta, and achieve his promise to reduce Canadian greenhouse-gas emissions 17 per cent by 2020. As a researcher of energy-economy systems, I say this with virtual certainty. I also know that any scholar in my field would agree with me, and that the Prime Minister’s expert advisers would tell him the same thing. The reasons are simple.

Marc Lee, CCPA Policy Note, July 11th, 2011

Any day now the BC government should be releasing the latest greenhouse gas data for the province, and we will see if any progress is being made towards a legislated 33% reduction in emissions by 2020 (relative to 2007 levels; data will be for 2009 and we know that emissions rose in 2008).

John Snyder, Comox Valley Echo, July 01, 2011

Recently, while reviewing the Updated Project Description for the proposed Raven Underground Coal Mine Project, I came across the following:

"Estimated methane emissions from the mine aT 127,500 cubic meters per day." The following are calculations I did based on those estimates on methane emissions:

Marc Gaudreau, Comox Valley Echo, November 02, 2010

Our provincial government is REQUIRING municipalities to institute targets, policies and actions for greenhouse gas reduction to comply with bill 27. Does anyone understand it?

Nick Ward, Comox Valley Echo, November 02, 2010

The science is clear. Carbon dioxide and methane are causing real climate change and the source of excess greenhouse gases is human activity. Among scientists, there is little debate. The theory is accepted.