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Dan Moutal
The Paris Agreement withdrawal
John Oliver gives a great summary of why Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement makes absolutely no sense Or as David Roberts puts it: An agreement cannot be…
If we could overturn global warming … how exiting would that be?
What drives scientists? – Richard Alley’s Golden Nugget h/t Variable Variability
This is science; it is not something to toy with
It is not something to say I chose not to believe e-mc2; YOU DONT HAVE THAT OPTION! When you have an established scientific emergent truth, it is true whether or…
Radiation treatment 1 of 25
I started my 25 Radiation treatments today. 1 down and 24 to go.
The very definition of willful ignorance
Chair of House Science Committee Says the Journal ‘Science’ Is Not Objective
I am getting radiated
The hope is that the radiation will stop the growth of my tumour. It wont’t, however, remove it. The success rate is roughly equivalent of the success rate of surgery…
Remember a simpler time…
… before the EPA
Hans Rossling
Hans Rosling, one of the most enlightening science communicators, passed away last week. It was his first Ted talk that thrust renowned Swedish academic Hans Rosling into the international spotlight…
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The greatest story ever told ended today: Stuart McLean, the host of CBC Radio’s The Vinyl Café and an award-winning humorist, has died at age 68 after a battle with…
I Have a Tumour…
I have a tumour; the good news is that the doctors believe it is benign. The bad news is that while it may be non-malignant it definitely isn’t benign (at…
Republican ‘elder statesmen’ officially call for a carbon tax
This is exceedingly good news! Yes these elder statesmen Republicans aren’t elected members of the government, and yes it will be difficult to convince elected Republicans of the importance of…
Hatred doesn’t stop at the border
After the horrific events at the Mosque in Quebec it is worth remembering that hatred doesn’t stop at the border. The suspect in the deadly attack on a Quebec City…
Things not to do on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Trump Bars Refugees and Citizens of 7 Muslim Countries WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday closed the nation’s borders to refugees from around the world, ordering that families fleeing the…
This is what the politicization of science looks like
For a while now, those who deny climate change (like the majority of elected Republican officials) have complained that climate science has been politicized and therefore cannot be trusted. The…
The pipeline opponents have to keep on winning forever, while those trying to build them only have to win once
The opponents of the Keystone XL and other pipelines have to keep on winning, forever, while those trying to build pipelines, or similar projects, only have to win once I…
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was the best Dictator the Cubans ever had, But Cubans deserve better than a dictatorship.
It’s never game over
This isn’t a 2ºC or bust fight. It’s a fight to limit consequences. It’s a fight for every 1/10 of a degree. If we fail to hold to 2ºC, we…