We owe a lot to Carl-Gustav Rossby, the Swedish-born American scientist who pioneered research into atmospheric thermodynamics at MIT and was instrumental in the university establishing America’s first department of meteorology. Today, Rossby’s name is most commonly associated with this: This image depicts what are sometimes called “Rossby Waves”, the
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Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jack Peat argues for trickle-up economics to ensure that everybody shares in our common resources (while also encouraging economic development): Good capitalism is the ability to promote incentives and opportunity in equal measure. Sway too far one way and the potential of
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Welcome to the 1,000th Politics, Re-Spun Editorial!
Steve Harper, the greatest threat to Canadian security in the modern era. Happy August! Happy Day! I have a few comments about this, the 1,000th editorial at Politics, Re-Spun. But you can read them below, about my sabbatical plan, new visions for this almost 12-year-old website, and other things. But
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: FOAD #Tarsands
With the mountain of evidence piling up against dirty tarsand bitumen extraction, those who’ve sucked on the oilpatch teat too long to maintain any perspective, are desperate to save face. Some think saving face means making fun of mine. @saskboy New compelling evidence that saskboys goatee is a climate change
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jenna Smialiek reports on Gabriel Zucman’s conclusion that the .1% has managed to prevent the rest of us from even approaching reasonable estimates as to how much wealth is being hoarded at the top. And Bryce Covert discusses how that carefully-cultivated lack of
Continue reading350 or bust: Neither Moth Nor Rust
In memory of my mom, whom we are officially saying goodbye to this afternoon at a memorial service. * * JonBrooks.ca
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Stark Prediction of Sea Level Rise By 2040
Posted by MoS, the Disaffected Lib: There have been a number of reports over the past year or two that, taken collectively, seem to point to major changes underway in the Arctic. It’s not one thing but a number of changes that are synergistic, each building on the other. These
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on the need to take downside risks into account in discussing industrial development – especially when our water, land and lives are at stake. For further reading…– The CP and Jenni Sheppard report on the many warning signs which should have identified the causes of the Mount Polley spill
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: It’s Getting Worse, Fast, and We’re Not Getting Ready
“It” refers to severe storm events of the type that flooded Toronto and Calgary in 2013 and that deluged Burlington just days ago. Environment Canada’s senior climatologist David Phillips warns that governments need to plan for a lot more of these wild weather events. “These [once in] 50-year floods are
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Glaring Contrast
It is refreshing to see that, unlike in Canada where government scientists cannot speak about climate change, American government employees are not afraid to draw some harsh correlations between it and environmental destruction. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Tar Sands Refinery Cries "Uncle" on Climate Change – Seeks Taxpayer Bailout
The Delaware City Refining Company doesn’t just refine oil, it refines bitumen from the Tar Sands. The company, however, is intensely aware of the dangers of climate change, so much so in fact that it’s seeking tax dollars to protect its refinery from “tidal encroachment” – another way of saying
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Don’ Worry, Be Happy – It’s Only the Arctic So Who Cares?
You know when you’ve eaten something dodgy and you get that rumbling in your guts that tells you this is no time to go too far from the throne? Well, that’s sort of what may be going on in the Arctic right now. There’s a definite rumbling across the far
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canadians deserve more honesty than Prime Minister Harper is willing to give them.
Canadians deserve more honesty than Prime Minister Harper is willing to give them. He’s too busy defending Big Oil to tackle climate change, or even tell the truth about it. And that’s what has Dr. Jaccard — and many other Canadian scientists — so upset. Read his whole essay
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Toxic Algae Bloom Leaves 500,000 Without Drinking Water in Ohio
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Water shortages are a serious concern in the Cowichan Valley with record low levels in the Cowichan River threatening salmon survival. Water use regulations restricting use have been kicked into place throughout the valley as we pray for rain. Yes, it is a challenge and one that
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Canadian rockers join Blue Dot tour – David Suzuki’s swan song
David Suzuki and rocker Neil Young will be teaming up again for the “Blue Dot” tour (Photo: davidsuzuki.org) A now-famous 1972 photo of Earth taken by Apollo 17 astronauts from 45,000 kilometres away became known as “the blue marble”. The late scientist Carl Sagan described a 1990 picture taken from
Continue reading350 or bust: The Dumbest Decision in the World
Australian comedian FriendlyJordies doesn’t mince words in his video response to Prime Minister Tony Abbot axing the carbon tax this month. * Australia repeals controversial carbon tax A Carbon Tax That Can Rise From Australia’s Ashes
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