Den Kirk11 February 2013 10:00
Last Friday, on February 8, 2013. CBC aired "The Nature of Things"; David Suzuki discussed an element of the pipeline activity, called FRACKING. This is a process of obtaining natural gas from deep underground. It is another instance of the political economy of the environment. "The process uses tremendous amount of water" says Suzuki. "This is water that is gone forever from the hydrological cycle" says an interviewed environmentalist. The question is, will pipeline expansion, and fracking have huge negative effect on the environment, such as a big contributor to climate change and water scarcity? Environmental researchers believe so. Then why does the government of Canada allow such contamination of air and water?
