This climate hawk is taking the day off – hope you enjoy this video, too, while you enjoy your Saturday!
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The Disaffected Lib: China’s New Climate, And Yours
Southern China has been enduring the worst drought in half a century but not any longer. Now the region is inundated by flood waters, it’s newly engorged rivers, including the Yangtze, overflowing their banks. 550,000 people have already been r…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Pentagon Releases New Clean Energy Strategy
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The U.S. Department of Defense has released a new strategy for how the U.S. military will address growing concerns over energy consumption. The military remains the single largest c…
Continue reading350 or bust: Bangladesh Surpasses Solar Energy Goal of One Million Homes, Sets New Target
I’ve declared today to be “Good News Friday” on 350orbust. It doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of bad news out there, but today we’re going to focus on some feel-good stories to start the weekend off. From a country …
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Stories From the March on Blair Mountain – Part 1 The March
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I arrived a few days early to headquarters in Marmet, WV with an overly large pack that threatened to topple me over with one slightly unbalanced step. A sleeping bag, m…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: This Saturday in Canada: Stop the Tar Sands
This email is going out to all 350 supporters in Canada regarding a global action taking place this Saturday, June 18th being coordinated by several of our partner organizations.
Dear friends,
The Candian tar sands are the largest industrial project …
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Thinking About Sustainable Cities
– Your lawn can’t legally look like this? People are understandably mystified by some of the things I do, they have different outlooks on life. When they see a TV in the garbage they think, “Someone upgraded to a Plasma,” while I think, “There’s a few more pounds of lead to leach into drinking water.” […]
Continue reading350 or bust: David Wins Against Pesticide Goliath
Fellow climate hawk Lori from over at Adventures In Climate Change recently shared how wonderful this new documentary, A Chemical Reaction, is. At the risk of raising the ire of Francis, our anti-documentary curmudgeon, I’m posting this link to…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Report: Broad Bipartisan Support For Action On Climate Change
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A new report by George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication shows that voters in America are concerned about global climate change, and would support…
Continue reading350 or bust: White Water, Black Gold
You can’t practice abstinence while running a brothel. Yet politicians of almost all stripes talk simultaneously about developing the Alberta oil sands while getting serous about reducing carbon emissions. Sound like a crock? It is. Mitchell Ande…
Continue readingImpolitical: Go Canucks…and a few other things
It’s the big Canucks game day and all so people are likely not going to be very interested in Canadian politics. But some big things are happening that bear mentioning.
First of all, the ludicrous situation with how the two strike actions going on in …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Atmospheric Trust Litigation
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Do the governments of the world have a legal duty to protect the atmosphere…
Continue reading350 or bust: Eating Local Is Delicious With Rhubarb Kuchen
Here in northern Ontario where I live, rhubarb is the first harvest from the garden that we look forward to. In anticipation of a meal of homemade pasta and grilled eggplant that’s planned for tonight (thanks to Michael who is willing to shar…
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Hack Pundit Of The Week: Bronwyn Eyre
I often wonder if newspapers aren’t better off publishing high school essays instead of paying columnists. The writing might suffer but the research would be much better.Case in point: Bronwyn Eyre’s new column in Saskatoon’s Star Phoenix focusing on c…
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” ~ Albert Einstein
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On incomplete reporting
Yes, it’s a problem if the Cons are giving different answers about climate-change policy to different audiences. But I’m not sure how the difference between federal action making next to no difference and its making even less than that makes for a more…
Continue reading350 or bust: Analysis of Britain’s Shape After Sea Level Rise, Ken To Barbie “It’s Over”, And More News
It’s Friday, and I’m just wrapping up two very time-consuming work projects, which means I’m in the mood for some good news, and a good laugh – come to think of it, I’m always in the mood for those things. Anyway, here&#…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Bill McKibben’s Recent Op-Ed On Climate and Severe Weather Remixed Into Video
Check out this excellent video version of Bill McKibben’s recent Washington Post op-ed “A link between climate change and Joplin Tornadoes? Never!” Narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plonomedia.com, the video is a great visual representatio…
Continue reading350 or bust: The Trouble With Carbon
More from The Agenda With Steve Paikin, this week broadcasting from the Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 – Ingenuity in Energy Solutions being held at the University of Waterloo. Last night’s discussion focused on transportation and how they w…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- With health care once again receiving plenty of attention on the U.S. political scene thanks to the Republicans’ plan to dismantle publicly-funded Medicare, the differences between Canada and the U.S. are once a…
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