No Coal Rally and Energy Talk

Please join me this Saturday for the action in solidarity with Chinese protesters against additional coal use for energy. This is about the planned coal mine at Fanny Bay. If anyone is going from Lasqueti - please call me - I need a ride! 12:45 meet at Buckley Bay.

Sheila 250-333-8754.

Further on  Energy:

Please note: David Hughes has been assisting CoalWatch as part of our technical advisory team for the last 2 years. His lecture should be interesting and informative.

The Energy Sustainability Dilemma: Implications for the
World and the Paradigm of Continuous Growth
David Hughes, a respected authority on North American and world fossil-fuel
reserves, will be speaking on Canadian and global energy sustainability at
Vancouver Island University on Wednesday January 25th at 7 PM.

David Hughes is a geoscientist who has studied energy resources for nearly four
decades, including 32 years with the Geological Survey of Canada. He developed
the National Coal Inventory to determine the availability and environmental
constraints of Canada's coal resources. As Team Leader for Unconventional Gas on
the Canadian Gas Potential Committee, he coordinated the publication of a
comprehensive assessment of Canada's unconventional natural gas potential. He
has studied, published and lectured on global energy and sustainability issues
across Canada and internationally. He is a Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and
his work has been featured in newspapers, and on radio and television. He is
president of Global Sustainability Research Inc, which is dedicated to research on
energy and sustainability issues.
The lecture will be held on Wednesday January 25th at 7 PM in Room 109, Building
356 at the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University. For more information
contact Steven Earle at the Earth Science Department at VIU (250 -753-3245, ext.
2756), or view a recent article about David Hughes and the Northern Gateway

(email me for it and I'll send it to you) sheharrington [at] gmail [dot] com