Bring out the dead…
Ignoring climate change in the short term has benefits both to individuals and to organizations. Individuals do not have to make changes in the cars they drive, the products they…
Norman Farrell
Hypocrisy
on at the centre of national policy making chooses to leave government to work on the climate crisis. She is silent about her government dedication to expanding fossil fuel production,…
COVID-19 mortality burden may be 2x times higher than reported
Analysis suggests that COVID-19 was associated with many deaths in Canada that were not classified as such…
Maintaining infinite growth on a finite planet
Choose your activities carefully and do your part to maintain infinite growth on a finite planet. Put away your bicycle. P.S. Walking is even worse. Pedestrians don’t even buy bicycles.
Taxpayers pay for Earth’s destruction
When an industry is on a path to extinction, private investors exit and governments often step in, spending huge dollars that merely delay the inevitable. We should not allow that…
321 years into a 246 year cycle
Canada’s federal government gave $4.5 billion to Kinder Morgan for Trans Mountain after the owners had difficulty financing expansion of the pipeline. By 2020, the new construction budget had soared…
BC NDP, guardians of the environment… the corporate environment
The origin story of Stand.earth—previously ForestEthics, successor to Clayoquot Rainforest Coalition—illustrates how little has changed in recent decades. NGOs and concerned citizens are ever the underdogs when competing with governments…
Why care?
Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell reported experiencing an “Overview Effect”… He became profoundly aware that each and every atom in the Universe was connected in some way, and on seeing…
Privatizing public wealth
Years ago, corporations decided they should pay less for BC’s natural resources. The companies funded pressure groups, slick online websites, and social media shills. All amplified public messaging in support…
Climate action pretence
Governments impose carbon taxes ostensibly to deal with climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But effectiveness is limited since the taxes are not applied broadly or at levels sufficient…
Science deniers at the helm
British Columbia produces “the world’s cleanest natural gas.” In the same 2019 press release, Justin Trudeau echoed that statement. The fiction of BC producing clean fossil fuel originated with Premier…
Unchecked commercial fraud
Corporate media can’t be bothered to report what is happening at BC Hydro. Facts are readily available; they’re just not examined. The reason why was explained by the organization Fairness…
Oversell promises, under-deliver results
On climate change, Canadian politicians always oversell promises and underdeliver results. Canadians should tell them that is not good enough.
A valley will be destroyed
Valley of the Southern North is a love letter to The Peace Valley and the people and creatures that make it their home. The Site C dam, now under construction,…
Leadership failures
Energy democracy is a social movement aiming to create a new paradigm for electric power supply. The objective is to link social justice with technical innovations by involving local communities…
BC Government “deni-osaurs” — climate deniers
Canada’s federal government and its three western provinces are de facto climate change deniers. National Observer labelled this type denio-osaurs. All are committed to promoting increased production and export of…
For the public: no gain, much pain
In October 2014, BC energy minister Bill Bennett assured us the $7.9 billion Site C dam budget was final, fully reviewed by specialists and reliable because it included a contingency…
Minimum wage suppression — right-wing dogma
Suppression of minimum wages is a right-wing policy position that is not irrational or ill-conceived; instead, this and other acts are intelligently designed to manage and discipline low-income populations, while…
Deception and duplicity
While John Horgan’s government was almost doubling the Site C budget to C$16 billion, the Biden administration was getting ready to approve a C$3.4 billion wind project off the coast…
Expansion of natural gas infrastructure and usage is incompatible…
Science says the world must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) this decade. Canadian politicians issue press releases promising that future emissions will diminish and we’ll reach net-zero by 2050.…