Tag Archives: fossil fuels

Could You Live Off-Grid?

Living off-grid has come to mean more than just removing yourself from the energy grid. Now growing your own food, using renewable energy and supplying your own water are all part of the off-grid experience.

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Does the Tragedy at Lac-Mégantic Strengthen the Case for the Keystone XL Pipeline?

On July 6 2013, the small town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec suffered an unspeakable tragedy when a goods train carrying crude oil derailed creating a fire that killed dozens of residents, spilled 100,000 liters of oil into the Chaudière River, decimated the downtown area and left the city with a $4 million cleanup bill. Does this tragedy lend weight to proponents of the TransCanada Keystone XL and the Enbridge Line 9B pipelines?

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