Sooner or later it was bound to happen. Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, writes that if those holding the reins of power choose to treat environmental activists as extremists then so be it. I suppose we always knew it would come to a fight eventually. The only question was when. First,
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Cowichan Conversations: ‘Just asking for a safe future’: Thousands of B.C. students protest political inaction on climate change
Students are hitting the streets on a global scale demanding that the ‘adults’ wake up and stand up for the our climate and the coming generations. Many no doubt were inspired by Greta Thunberg, Read more…
Continue reading350 or bust: 350orbust: Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu
For those of you who have been faithful followers of my blog since it started in 2009, for my most recent followers, and for everyone in between, it’s time to make it official: I will not be blogging at 350orbust.com any longer. Although I did sa…
Continue readingPolitical Eh-conomy: Let’s not be too quick to cheer for the market as oil prices slump
Another title for this piece could be oil prices and politics. The last few weeks have been full of worries about the fate of Canada’s oil sector. Global oil prices are falling, pipelines are stalled and a few prominent tar sands investments have been canceled. All of these stories have been accompanied by cheering from the
Continue readingPolitical Eh-conomy: What’s the risk? Climate activism aiming at supply and demand
One way to think about climate activism is to see if it focuses on the supply of or demand for fossil fuels – pipelines or cars, hydrocarbons or carbon emissions. This distinction is not a new one, is doubtless very simplistic and has often been used to chastise activists. Here,
Continue reading350 or bust: It’s A Mystery
Nothing in life ever stays the same, so why should this blog be any different? Since 350orbust was created in November of 2009, in response to 350.org’s “International Day of Climate Action” campaign in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference, I have been transformed. While Copenhagen was a
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