VIHA shouldn't have to buy carbon offsets

Jordan Bateman, the director of the B.C. division of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, thinks the B.C. government is strong-arming health authorities to take money away from the care of patients in order to meet, what he believes, are unrealistic demands.

His concern is that "$14 million in taxes - across the province" is not going to the health care of patients.

New carbon emissions rules could cost UC, CSU $28 million - The Orange County Register

SACRAMENTO – Large campuses in the University of California and California State University systems are bracing for the implementation of new state rules that will force them to cut carbon emissions or pay as much as $28 million a year to offset their greenhouse gases.

Polar Bear vs. The Black Guillemot - YouTube

Polar bear have come to Cooper Island due to shrinking icepacks. For 4 decades, George Divoky has researched the breeding biology of black guillemots in the Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska. Click here to view the positive effect of Nanuk cases on bird fledgling success since 2009

1. If this bear is starving, why does it look so healthy?

2. If we think the bears are starving, why should we go out of our way to interfere and deny them a food source?