BC experiment makes waves at UN Oct 28, 2012 / 8:12 am Canada
may be called onto the carpet this week as nations gather in the
United Kingdom to negotiate the terms of an international treaty
to regulate the controversial practice of geoengineering. A
First Nations salmon restoration group in Haida Gwaii has
attracted worldwide attention after dumping more than 100 metric
tonnes of iron into the Pacific Ocean in a process known as
ocean fertilization. Many scientists from around the world have
condemned the unsanctioned experiment, and the federal
government says it is investigating. But Canada is a hotbed of
geoengineering, says a watchdog group, and has been involved in
similar experiments in the past. Geoengineering is the
deliberate modification of the environment as a means of
combating climate change. "Some countries would like to see
geoengineering more acceptable than it has been, and Canada's in
that bunch of countries," said Jim Thomas, spokesman for
Montreal-based ETC Group, which opposes the pract