Manufacturing jobs have been declinining as a percentage of total jobs in most OECD countries for several decades, with Ontario being especially hard-hit as a jurisdiction. At the end of the Second World War, manufacturing jobs accounted for 26% of all Canadian jobs; by 2007, this figure had dropped to just 12%. And as I’ve […]
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DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Jon Stewart 1, Politfact 0: Fox News Viewers Are The Most Misinformed
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I have a lot of respect for political fact checking sites. I think they play a critical role, especially in our misinformation-saturated political and media environm…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: The Fox News Effect: Sea Level Edition
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Climate scientists–and other scientists–are always improving and updating their methods. That’s how science works. And it’s a very good and honorable thing–or at …
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: The Pawlenty Plan Part 1
Republicans talk about how the government is broke and we can’t afford to continue to spend the way are spending. In the video Pawlenty sent to declare his candidacy he said “Are country is in big trouble we have far too much debt” (watch here). In Paw…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: President Obama’s Fracking Panel Unmoved By Pennsylvanians’ Water Concerns
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On Monday, the Natural Gas Subcommittee, from Energy Department Secretary Stephen Chu’s Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), held its second public meeting. Around 400 people …
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: NBC/GE, Dylan Ratigan Show, and the Methane Gas-Media Industrial Complex
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Yesterday, I published an article for the Center for Media and Democracy’s PRWatch titled, “MSNBC’s (GE’s) Dylan Ratigan Show ‘Firewater?’ Series: Natural Gas Industry…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: My On Trek To Washington trip!
I will be going to Washington next week I hope to keep you posted on my voyage. You may recall the title of this post it comes from the famous On Trek To Ottawa in which people in the worker camps the government set up thought the country. In BC pe…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Interior Dept Okays Thousands Of New Unconventional Gas Wells In Utah
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Last week, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that his department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are fast-tracking unconventional gas drilling permits in Utah&…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Tom Ridge Claimed "I’m Not a Lobbyist" on Colbert Report, But The Facts Prove Otherwise
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Tom Ridge, on the Thursday, June 9 edition of the Colbert Report, claimed he is “not a lobbyist.” A quick glance at his resume shows that nothing could be further from the …
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: EPA Again Faults State Department Keystone XL Assessment as "Insufficient"
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The controversial Keystone XL project proposed by Canadian dirty oil giant TransCanada was dealt a potentially devastating blow on its quest for federal approval after …
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Will Republicans Attack Climate Preparedness Even at the Cost of National Security?
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Recently, House Republicans—constantly trying to frustrate all manner of climate change measures by the administration—took a cl…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: First Real Debate!
The race for Obama’s opponent is now almost at the beginning. It’s not quite there to say many candidates are still not fully in. Candidate’s like Bachman, Palin and Giuliani all major factors at this point at least according to the polls aren’t even i…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Arkansas Families Launch Lawsuits Against Southwestern For Polluting Their Water; New Brunswick Is Open For Drilling
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Houston-based Southwestern Energy Co. is facing more lawsuits because of destructive hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) practices. Southwestern is already accused of conta…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Breaking: TransCanada Keystone I Pipeline Shut Down Indefinitely Due to Safety Concerns
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Following a string of oil spills, TransCanada’s Keystone I tar sands oil pipeline has been indefinitely shut down, and banned from restarting operations. To…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Apache Corp Pulls Out Of New Brunswick Gas Fracking Project
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Halifax’s Corridor Resources Ltd. has announced that Apache Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Houston’s Apache Corporation, is giving up on unconventional…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Does Capitalism Save Lives?
I was watching CNBC and happened to see this panel about how the number of Americans killed by natural disasters has declined over time. It was also noted that, in early 2010, fewer people died in Chile’s earthquake than in Haiti’s earthquake. The discussion quite reasonably outlined how improvements in emergency preparedness, building codes, and […]
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Illinois Has a Lot More to Go
As of today homosexual couples will now have some of the rights as a heterosexual couple does, but it is no were near enough. It may be a step in the right direction, but nowhere near full equality. I think that Gay marriage should be legal in all 50 s…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: The Ron Paul Risk?
Ron Paul was a Libertarian for a long time now even ran for president as a Libertarian. Ron Paul surprised many skeptics last election getting a lot of money in a short amount of time , and getting more than expected support in many area’s of the cou…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: President Giuliani!
The latest poll in the republican party is that the leader of the pact is Rudy Giuliani (the guy who isn’t running just yet). Romney is second and he is due to make it official in one week. Another guy who is going to be in the race is Rick Santorum …
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Huckabee Won’t Run.
One of the most like able and most suggestion as the solution to beat Obama in 2012 was Huckabee, But this Saturday Huckabee said that he wouldn’t run. Now the Question becomes where is Hucabee’s supporters going to go. In the latest polls it has him l…
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