Speaking of Pipelines. Gas Leaks Under-Reported.
This is not what the fossil fuel industry wants to hear, especially in Canada where mounting opposition to gas and bitumen pipelines challenges producers and their political minions. A new…
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The Dishonourable Senator from Northwestern Ontario: Municipal Leaders Push Back
With the way that things have been moving in Canadian politics in the past week, it feels like it’s been ages since I last wrote about the disgraceful Senator Lynn…
Guilty as Charged?
It is, by any measure, a scathing indictment of modern societies, very much including our own. The charge as dark as any faced by the worst societies in history. Only…
Thomas Jefferson, Ursula Le Guin, and Collective Rebirth
Reading a novel by Ursula Le Guin, I think, not only is she a joy to read, in so many ways, but she refused to give in to a…
Enjoyment of Life Increases by Deleting Facebook
It’s well known that Facebook is bad for your mental health, and let’s be honest it’s likely bad for humanity at large. The engineers at Facebook purposefully create algorithms to…
“A Place to Glow”
When Ontarians elected the Doug Ford Conservatives to government close to two years ago, the province chose to move in a different direction. You can debate or disagree with the…
That Notion Is Insane
In July, The Joint Review Panel released its report on the Teck Mine in Northern Alberta. Andrew Nikiforuk writes: Despite finding “significant adverse effects,” the panel declared that the mammoth…
Trudeau government enabling corporate mining exploitation in Africa
Wealthy companies often use the governments of rich countries to enact rules on poorer countries to squeeze more profits out of them. Corporate mining interests in Canada are partnered with…
Not all pipelines are created equal.
It would appear there are questions about pipelines that are dividing this country. They are dividing people, they are dividing scientists, they are dividing concerned environmentalists. The only problem is…
Will Bezos Save The Planet Before Destroying It?
Jeff Bezos has announced he will spend $10 billion on funding projects that will curb climate change. Here are some tips on how he can start in his own backyard,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – John Miller takes note of the corporate media’s bias against Wet’suwet’en land defenders and others engaged in demonstrations in solidarity. Stuart Trew comments…
Elizabeth May Responds To PM Trudeau About Wet’suwet’en Issue (Video)
This may well be one of the finest of Elizabeth’s speeches. RH
The Native Protests and the Bestial Cons
Thanks to this blockade I had to rent a car and drive to Montreal, instead of taking the train.But Seb and I got to play our favourite songs all the…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Horizontal cats.
Hustling Backwards on Vancouver Island
For those who know me or have been reading my work for a while, you might know that I have some passions outside of politics. Soccer (or as we all…
Wet’suwet’en Crisis: Whose Rule of Law?
Explained: The complex clash of legal authority, and histories, behind today’s standoffs. Katie Hyslop | TheTyee.caKatie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee. Reach her here. Christy Brown (Gitxsan-Tsimshian)…
Cute recycling advice
Watch “Empty, Clean and Dry” on #Vimeo https://vimeo.com/388545546 Excuse me? Do you know how big my kitchen is in this 90 year old house? My mud room is the winter…
Letting Nature Survive. There’s a Radical Notion.
23 former foreign ministers have penned a joint letter urging world leaders to allocate a third of our planet to nature. Humanity’s ongoing destruction of nature threatens the survival of…
To All You "Rule of Law" Progressives.
It doesn’t take much to peel back the veneer of some self-styled “progressives.” The Wet’suwet’en controversy makes that clear. In reality, most of us know Sweet Fanny Adams about our…
Slogging through the cash and trash…
It seems there is no way to post an image tweet directly from a WordPress dot com free blog without upgrading to a business account for a plug-in, or using…