Gentlemen — Adjust Your SpreadsheetsAttention: fossil fuel marketers. A large market has just signaled its intention to close. China joins the U.K., Norway, the…
Will there be a Cultural Food Desert in Chinatown?There is a horrifying trend in Vancouver’s Chinatown where more than fifty per cent of the green grocers, butchers and…
BC Hydro Plans for Change from Massey Bridge Provincial Marching Orders Back to the south side of the Fraser River where the B.C. Hydro corporation, a crown agency is already…
Climate Change: Evidence from all overPeter Berkeley reports in from Queensland. From ABC News: Winter in Australia this year was hot and dry with the…
A Black Elephant Named Harvey“It’s catastrophic, unprecedented, epic,” said Patrick Blood, a National Weather Service meteorologist. “Whatever adjective you want to use.” Brock Long, administrator of…
Port Metro Vancouver Eats into Agricultural Land ReserveIn the same way that on-line shopping trends and changing retail tastes are taking a bite out of the stand-alone…
US National Climate Assessment Leaked to Press, Will it be Released?The New York Times reports on a draft report from thirteen federal agencies that is not yet public. The news is…
Massey Crossing Tunnel Vision,Locals Speak Out about Bridging the GapThere is now direct crossing controversy in Delta where the editor of the Delta Optimist has gone on record favouring the option…
Observations on New York City, Central Park and the High LineI have just returned from New York City where I spent a day with Mitchell Silver the Park Commissioner for…
Can Massey Tunnel "Bottleneck" be relieved by Short Sea Shipping? The CBC reports on a rather sensible potential solution to reducing traffic south of the Fraser River through “short sea…
Featured Comment — Thoughts On EnergyWe seem to be moving into a new era in energy production where fossil fuels’ popularity is declining even more…
To Bridge or Not To Bridge the Massey Tunnel?Ted Murphy of the Delta Optimist ponders what is going to happen to those plans for the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project,…
San Jose California Partners with Google on new Transit VillageThe Mercury News reports that San Jose City Council has approved to negotiate only with Google to sell 16 city-owned parcels…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner