Energy storage developments
The world’s long-duration energy storage installations in 2030 are projected to be 15 times the level of storage capacity at the end of 2021. These will facilitate a shift to…
2022
Today’s News: I think we know where this is going
If there are any two politicians in Canada who always know which way the wind is blowing, it’s Justin Trudeau and Rob Ford. So today Trudeau stood behind Ford and…
Former Edmonton PC MLA, set to serve two years of house arrest, once promised to donate entire salary for scholarships
Back in 2008, while running as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the Alberta Legislature, Carl Benito made the spectacular promise to donate his entire MLA salary to create a scholarship…
Winds of change
Although humans have harnessed wind energy for 1,400 years or more, global capacity only began to grow substantially in the 21st century. Even though, growth is a fraction of that…
Haiti deserves respect, not another invasion
US Marines patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, March 9, 2004. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. There is something astonishingly shameless about the way the global community treats Haiti. Its former colonizer,…
Danielle Smith wants Russia to win
@ABDanielleSmith says "the only solution" for Ukraine is "neutrality" – as in, let Putin win. Oh, and she falsely claims Ukraine has nuclear weapons. It doesn't, and hasn't since 1996.…
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 17, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: City of Ottawa, police officials to appear at Emergencies Act inquiry this week #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3T9lGct – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Powell, Putin, and MBS are on the verge of throwing the entire world into depression
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Crown Prince and Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud at the G20 summit in Osaka. Photo courtesy the Kremlin/Twitter. Did…
Meanwhile, In The Land Of The Looney
Danielle Smith cultivates her tribe. H/t de Adder However, those inoculated against her lunacy beg to differ. Anti-vaxxers are wilfully ignorant and uncaring about their responsibilities in society. To my…
Can He Do It?
Michael Harris writes that Pierre Poilievre won’t bring Justin Trudeau down: “I don’t see any signs of traction for Pierre Poilievre.” These words were spoken on background by a senior…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of October 17, 2022
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 17, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 17, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Five things to know as the Emergencies Act public inquiry gets underway…
Turkey’s worsening crisis leaves youth with little hope
A billboard depicting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Photo by Groundhopping Merseburg/Flickr. Inflation has risen at such a rapid rate in Turkey that people have a hard time assessing whether…
FreeDumb Convoy Greatest Hits
Now that the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings are getting underway, Canada is being reminded of just how awful the convoy crisis was, not only in Ottawa but also across…
The Trump Disease.
It has travelled far. It has infected many. They call it the Trump disease. It infects the incompetents, the crazies of world politics. It encourages them to reach for the…
Support for Freedom Convoy in Alberta was an inch wide and an inch deep, research for inquiry suggests
Now that the public hearings mandated by law after use of the federal Emergencies Act are under way, we are reminded that Canadian support for the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protesters…
Today’s tonic: “Danielle Smith’s populist playbook: make the dominant feel marginalized”
Today’s tonic: “Danielle Smith’s populist playbook: make the dominant feel marginalized” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/opinion-danielle-smith-populism-playbook-1.6617059 #extremism #rightwing #populism #cdnpoli
A Letter to UCP MLAs
Dear UCP MLAs: I’m a constituent without an MLA because your new leader decided I don’t need one. Apparently urban issues (unlike rural issues) are the same all across the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melissa Lopez-Martinez reports on the belated effort to get Canadians to resume taking precautions against the spread of COVID-19. And the Guardian…
Earth has lost four-fifths of fresh water and 70% of wildlife populations in 50 years
Wildlife population numbers have plummeted by 69 percent on average since 1970, according to the 2022 Living Planet Report. Photo from Pixabay. The 2022 Living Planet report is out and…