Site

Categories

"Last year the Haida, an indigenous group in Canada, set out to increase their salmon stocks and save the planet. Helped by American businessman Russ George, a group of villagers dumped 100 metric tons (110.23 tons) of iron dust from a boat into the Pacific Ocean.

They wanted to see if the iron would cause a bloom of algae that could promote fish numbers and absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Instead, in March, they were raided by Canadian officials for illegal dumping at sea."

3 comments

  • DirtDoc 12 years ago

    As supportive as I am for indigenous rights, I think that conducting untested and unlicensed dumping is probably not a good response to climate change.

    Reply