It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust: Diving under the Antarctic ice to get close to the much-feared leopard seal, photographer Paul Nicklen found an extraordinary new friend. Share his hilarious, passionate stories of the polar wonderlands, illustrated by glorious images of the animals who live on and under the ice.
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Montreal Simon: The Big Storm and My American Nightmare
It's been a living nightmare. The dirtiest election I've ever seen.An election corrupted by Big Money, two billion dollars worth of attack ads, and more Big Lies than you can count.A frightening spectacle of a country so bitterly divided, it's eating itself alive.Read more »
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Sandy Wind Blows
The largest hurricane recorded is underway, and it’s hitting the US and Canada. Is it because of climate change? The short answer is, yes. If you’re asking that question because you’re wondering if climate change is real, the answer is, yes it is real and we have to make a
Continue reading350 or bust: Meteorologist At A Loss For Expletives To Describe What Hurricane Sandy Could Do
“If you think mitigated climate change is expensive, try unmitigated climate change.” Dr. Richard Gammon The “Frankenstorm” combination of Hurricane Sandy, super-storm conditions, and climate change is starting to pummel the North American East Coast as I write this. The Weather Channel’s Bryan Norcross said: “This is a beyond-strange situation.
Continue reading350 or bust: MTV Breaks Climate Silence
Last week, MTV’s Sway Williams broke the climate silence that has been present throughout the American election during an interview with President Barack Obama: * TRANSCRIPT: Q: Until this year global climate change has been discussed in every presidential debate since 1988. It was a big part of your previous
Continue readingImpolitical: Mother Nature weighs in
Not going to talk about climate change during the U.S. presidential election? Mother Nature may be taking her revenge, in the form of the storm bearing down on the U.S. east coast and which will affect many here in eastern Canada. Joe Romm has some of the science explaining how
Continue readingPop The Stack: FIPA Treaty to go into Effect Thursday…Is It Right For Canada? Why the Hurry?
This Thursday a new treaty is due to come into effect between Canada and China without debate or public discussion. It is called an Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with China. The basic idea for it is that our companies, both resource companies and others, do not always get
Continue readingPop The Stack: FIPA Treaty to go into Effect Thursday…Is It Right For Canada? Why the Hurry?
This Thursday a new treaty is due to come into effect between Canada and China without debate or public discussion. It is called an Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with China. The basic idea for it is that our companies, both resource companies and others, do not always get
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: PowerShift 2012 Conference Day 1 (VIDEO)
More than 1000 youth from across Canada are currently gathered in Ottawa for the for the PowerShift 2012 conference. The 4-day conference seeks to push the Harper Government to act to stop climate change and social injustice, and end annual handouts of “$1.4 billion in taxpayer money to the richest, dirtiest corporations in the world.” More on The Canadian Progressive’s
Continue reading350 or bust: Climate Change and the Frankenstorm
Reblogged from The Green Word: Frankenstorm Sandy. Image: Climate Denial Crock of the Week. A hurricane is coming to the Atlantic coast of North America. Nothing new for this time of the year… that’s why they call it “Hurricane Season”! However, this hurricane (which goes by the name Sandy) is
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: Power Shift 2012 Conference Begins With Powerful Presentations
Electric young keynote activist speakers and live performances before 1000 attendees kicked off the Power Shift 2012 conference last night at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau. MCs Brigette DePape and Clayton Thomas-Mueller of set the tone for the rest of the night – and the 4-day conference – when they invited the
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
Saturday Night Live had some fun spoofing the second presidential debate last weekend:
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: 1000 youth converge in Ottawa to demand just solutions to climate and economic crises
by We Are Powershift From October 26 to October 29, 1000 youth from across the country will converge at Power Shift 2012 in Ottawa to galvanize a broad movement pushing the federal government to aggressively reduce carbon emissions and tackle the corporations that are fueling climate change, building on the momentum
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: The Canadian Progressive covers Power Shift 2012
The Canadian Progressive’s publisher and progressive political blogger, Obert Madondo, will be reporting on the 4-day Power Shift 2012 conference taking place in Ottawa and Gatineau on October 26-29, 2012. More than 1000 youth from across Canada are expected for the conference, which seeks to “galvanize a broad movement” pushing the
Continue reading350 or bust: Creation In Peril: Protect What You Love
Tomorrow I’m going to be spending much of the day at Creation in Peril: Protect What You Love, a conference on faith and the environment. This is one of the videos that I will be sharing there. One person can make such a big difference, but many people are too
Continue reading350 or bust: Canada-China Investment Treaty Threatens Canadian Security, Sovereignty, And Democracy
What Stephen Harper has proven in his six year tenure as Prime Minister of Canada, particularly during his 18 months leading a majority government in the House of Commons, is that Canadian democracy is not as healthy as Canadians have assumed. In fact, it is clear that our democracy is
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Three Reasons why Obama’s Second Term will be a Transformative One
The Great Storyteller Not only America but the rest of the world would benefit from President Obama being voted in for a second term, because that term will be a positive and transformative one for all of us. I am asking you to Tweet and email a link to this
Continue reading350 or bust: Canadians Answer The Call To Defend Our Coast While Climate Silence Reigns South of Border
It was a cool rainy day in Victoria, British Columbia yesterday, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from coming out to the B.C. Legislature to show both the provincial and the federal governments that they are opposed to the two pipelines that industry and governments want to build to
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: BC’s Natural Gas Strategy nothing more than a fairy tale
I have an oped in Saturday’s Vancouver Sun. The editor wanted me to focus on the claims of economic gains for BC, so the piece ended up being a complementary piece to the Behind the Numbers report on GHG emissions and the Natural Gas Strategy. The title was his choice not
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