It’s a dirty business — the new gold rush that is blackening Canada’s name


	It’s a dirty business — the new gold rush that is blackening Canada’s name

JICWyllie

11-4-2009 12:01 PM

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1-climate change, 1-ecocide, 1-policy, 1-profits, 2-increase, 2-risks, 3-forecast, 3-reported, 4-canada

JICWyllie says:

A picture of man-made hell where pristine carbon reducing forest thrived only a few years ago. People choose both to create and to live in it. And Canadian governments subsidise the process.

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