tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370696362024-03-12T22:56:19.027-02:30NL Outport LifeNewfoundland forestry, forest practices, the environment, politics, rural life, sustainability, farming, food systems, ecology, ecosystems, marine & terrestrial ecosystem interaction, direct democracy, and my life in general.eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-87138401105094690142020-04-19T09:23:00.001-02:302020-04-19T09:23:07.031-02:30Such poor form...deregulate the offshore? Seems like a bad ideaImpact Assessment Agency seeking public comments until April 30, 2020, to inform development of Ministerial Regulatory Proposal to Designate Offshore Exploratory Drilling East of NL for Exclusion under the Impact Assessment Act. https://t.co/roVF3vEmAt#nlpoli #nspoli #cdnpoli— Jason R. Bull (@JasonRBull) April 19, 2020 eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-53560655191132617042015-04-05T19:52:00.002-02:302020-02-19T12:10:04.527-03:30Towards an Atlantic-wide deregulated electricity sector. The story of NL Power & NS PowerFrom 'The energy anti-trust handbook' via google books
Event Proceedings
Plugging in Atlantic Canada: AIMS/ECANS first major conference on electricity
How will competition, deregulation and privatization in the continental electricity market affect us?
Dated: 27 Oct 2000
THE ATLANTICA POWER MARKET: A Plan for Joint Action GORDON L. WEIL The AIMS Atlantica Papers eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-58976141218927341802014-02-03T12:28:00.003-03:302020-04-21T22:03:00.898-02:30The pipeline deal for 60 trillion cubic feet of natural gas offshore NL aka 'Muskrat Falls' #nlpoli #cdnpoliThe wet dream of NL Inc. for the past 15 years or so years has been to put in a natural gas export pipeline from the offshore oil & gas fields of eastern Newfoundland to points west. The natural gas pipeline system which extends up into Nova Scotia from the United States has been eyed greedily by both liberal & conservative governments in the past two decades, but no one has been able to eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-53875743710834298142012-04-12T20:39:00.002-02:302020-02-16T08:10:23.643-03:30The privatization of Canadian water is occurring right under our noses #cdnwater #nlpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoliIn the years leading up to Harper's majority the neo-con boys were busy. They were busy setting up contracts, trade deals, pipelines, transmission systems, water legislation, electorates & premierships.
This has occurred in the jurisdictions where water and electricity resources are available to export to the United States. Mainly NL, Que, BC & AB but that is not to say there hasn't beeneastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-1494315418011023542011-07-26T18:35:00.000-02:302011-07-26T18:35:30.608-02:30The Telegram - Opinion - Letters to the editor. Nalcor not telling the truth Published on July 25, 2011FINTIP
- July 25, 2011 at 12:32:37Clouter is correct of course in asserting that wind, like any other source of power, can be stored. Methods include thermal (heat sink), compressed air, hydrogen, salt, and hydro-electric (including new stand-alone facilities using pumped storage and upgrading of existing plants through resevoir expansion). Efficencies of up to 99% are claimed for some of these eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-40501982052652930972011-07-06T10:31:00.000-02:302011-07-06T10:31:59.090-02:30Fisheries Claim of Right: Community LinkagesFrom Ray Johnson and da byes over at Community Linkages...
Notice of Intent and Statement of Claim
TO: Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
I, ____________________ a Newfoundlander and Labradorian, do hereby state the
following:
WHEREAS, Canada has failed and abandoned their obligations under the Terms of
Union to effectively and responsibly manage and eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-55156340832321329942011-06-30T09:55:00.003-02:302011-06-30T10:54:19.794-02:30An interactive map of festivals from coast to coast this Summer. From The Independent.This is a great resource for travelers and vendors this summer..
MAP: Summer Festivals 2011eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-79039514977650798252011-04-29T22:14:00.000-02:302011-04-29T22:14:25.190-02:30Cod: Renewing a Bountiful CatchWatch this and learn
http://www.curra.ca/features_cod_dvd.htmeastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-49924020502085168102011-03-02T09:57:00.003-03:302011-03-04T22:01:07.912-03:30Community Linkages Report Needs More AttentionThis report written by the group Community Linkages certainly needs more airing out. It is well written, concise and could provide a good portion of the solution to the issues in our inshore fishery. It's a starting point that no politician or industry leader would take up simply because of the sheer size of the task. That is not good enough. More needs to done to stabilize the economies of our eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-92079910736411020382011-02-25T12:34:00.003-03:302011-03-02T10:48:31.276-03:30Long awaited NL Fisheries Management MOUNow's the time to stand up and make yourself heard Rural NL. This MOU is the nail in the coffin for a 500 year old way of living with the land & sea we all so dearly cherish.
Here's Jackman getting pulled apart by David Cochrane of the CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/NL/Web_Exclusive/1303113032/ID=1818322846eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-70284411866173043002011-02-24T11:23:00.003-03:302011-02-24T11:23:59.235-03:30Newfoundland National Anthemeastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-36057010929745489762011-02-09T09:05:00.002-03:302011-02-09T09:05:30.014-03:30Kruger's new enterprise on the west coastWhen Kruger shuts its doors in Corner Brook they have a few other plans up their sleeves. I wonder how this project fits into EMERA's transmission link?eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-24791817387524922112011-01-19T11:40:00.002-03:302011-01-19T11:40:41.043-03:30Harry Manx - Take this Hammereastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-89791955644134384412011-01-17T13:05:00.001-03:302011-01-17T13:06:41.907-03:30Canada dead last in freedom of information requests studyDemocracy is almost dead in Canada apparently. Is this what we want our children to inherit? Time to wake up people, the suits are gettin' a bit too comfortable in their ivory towers.eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-53522391212258482762011-01-16T21:50:00.001-03:302011-01-18T18:59:34.354-03:30Global warming is coming faster than we've been led to believe.wow. that's scary. from this artical in USA today comes some not so good news. history in the making here folks, they don't release this kind of information everyday.eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-62645572225405494692011-01-16T19:40:00.000-03:302011-01-16T19:40:57.665-03:30The first twitter revolution?Tech savvy youth in Tunisia have carried out the first revolution using social media.
Spooks beware out there....you're not the only ones who get to say Boo! now.eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-36674505417246628072011-01-15T08:24:00.000-03:302011-01-15T08:24:29.532-03:30This ain't the Niger Delta.Someone needs to tell Danny Williams that.
He seems to be trying to put himself in league with the likes of Shell Oil and their ilk. Well, he should take another look around and perhaps consider who he's dealing with. We're the same ones the Americans hired to go over to Afghanistan and try and talk some sense into the most hardened fighters in the world. That's not an easy job, and I certainly eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-76591961174388894262011-01-12T09:23:00.000-03:302011-01-12T09:23:03.059-03:30The Chinese buy in, the Americans buy them out, we lose. End of story.Here is what happens to ex-politicians once they leave our most trusted office of premier.
From the Montreal Gazette this morning.
Cliffs pays $4.9B for iron ore miner
Tobin heads the company that's dealing with the Chinese on our resources and then turns around and sells out to the Americans.
He couldn't sell our water, so he went elsewhere and is now selling our metal resources. Makes eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-86613621046258456682011-01-10T15:44:00.001-03:302011-01-10T20:09:55.790-03:30Brad Cabana has got a pairWell.
At least we know someone has a pair.
Might be THE game-changer we need around here. Hope so.
No local political ties, from out west with NL roots.
What will come from this? Stay tuned.eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-3435861279473006552010-12-29T20:31:00.000-03:302010-12-29T20:31:16.529-03:30A Few Quotes On Facts (or some such nonsense)Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other
- William Faulkner
The truth is more important than the facts
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television
- Sophiaeastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-4448243415601661102010-12-23T10:54:00.000-03:302010-12-23T10:54:01.650-03:30On finding a balance and breaking down false divides.Speaking truth to power. A revolutionary thought, or just a lost ability in a world of extraordinary rendition, torture and fear?
Always speak truth to power. It is the best and easiest way to expose those that seek to benefit from the ignorance, fear and blind trust of the masses. Too many times in the recent past have we stepped aside to let the powerful make the decisions that our children eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-4427588428573931902010-12-19T15:32:00.003-03:302010-12-21T18:55:05.481-03:30A wise old farmer speaksThe most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacrifice the lives of young people in war but have not the courage to tell us that we must be less greedy and less wasteful. Wendell Berryeastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-90830035767588703132010-12-19T08:58:00.000-03:302010-12-19T08:58:07.807-03:30I Love CBC
eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-62191139429019145752010-12-18T21:57:00.005-03:302011-01-16T21:14:33.531-03:30Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and CompetitivenessHmmmm. Wonder if Stevie let Danny in on this little ditty? Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Competitiveness
The Americans are backing in behind their borders and trying to get all our power tied into their grid before pulling the plug. Makes sense. The US is scared, and they're creating a fortress around them.
Sad. In a world where most people want openness and eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37069636.post-75728677404274564302010-08-06T10:23:00.002-02:302010-09-25T21:39:49.938-02:30Are american's gaining an interest in our energy resourcesSo. Will Danny Williams succeed in pulling the wool over everybodies eyes and privatize NALCOR energy before his exit to Florida? Hope not. But if we keep letting him run our province like a private business he'll almost have no choice.
NALCOR is worth billions, has a now almost unknown number of long-term deals signed with the likes of Shell and Petro-Canada and is looking to privatize our eastportorganichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01553823007699647336noreply@blogger.com0