I’m Sure There’s a Good Answer but What?
Okay, D-Day celebrations to commemorate the Normandy landings in 1944. The last tranche of veterans on hand for the 75th commemoration, bless them all. What I don’t get is the…
The Mound of Sound
Would You Like Fries With That?
A whole new culinary tradition may be in store with news that humans eat plastic. A lot of plastic. On average, we eat at least 50,000 particles of microplastic per…
The Little Shit is At It Again. Scheer – Pipelines are "National Unity."
Despite those among us who vouchsafe Andrew Scheer, the Tory leader is a malevolent little shit. The latest proof is Scheer’s attack on Trudeau, accusing the incredibly petro-friendly prime minister…
Absolve This
A certain former Liberal, by his own account a Liberal of some past prominence, has gone out of his way to vouchsafe that Andrew Scheer is not even a bit…
Forget About the Long Term. We Might be Lucky to Reach the Mid-Term.
By 2050 human civilization, as we’ve known it, could be over. That’s the conclusion of an Aussie think tank in a report written by a former fossil fuel executive and…
Okay, Now Can We Stop?
So much for good intentions – of which the Road to Hell is paved. For the seventh consecutive year, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are up. They’re just going up and,…
Siren Call of the Despots or The Dictators’ Dance
It’s fair to say, no matter if you support the Liberals, NDP or Greens, you probably see menace in the rise of rightwing populism. It’s a tenacious thing, one that…
The Council of Canadians on Trudeau’s Billion Dollar Blunder
The Council of Canadians has released a report on “How Canadians bought a climate killing pipeline.” The report was prepared by Gordon Laxer, political economist and professor emeritus at the…
A Self-Confessed Climate Hypocrite Speaks
The Observer’s Sonia Sodha freely admits she is a climate hypocrite. She wants action on climate change. She has even voted Green. But she just can’t bring herself to do…
A Most Dangerous Time
Dominant powers come and go. Rome dominated for centuries and then it was gone. In more recent times, Spain, the Netherlands, and Britain have been top dog only to be…
How Canada Claimed the Pole
Just in time, Canada has produced research backing our claim to the North Pole. And they got that research aboard a Coast Guard ship, the Louis St. Laurent. From Canadian…
It’s That Time of Year Again
It’s the distinct slapping sound made by the rotors of Huey helicopters that marks the beginning of a new season. The helos are from the forest fire fighting school a…
Fracking and Dams Don’t Mix
When you’ve got a dam you’ve got a reservoir and the last thing you want is a truly seismic event. The Tyee’s Andrew Nikiforuk writes that even Alberta can figure…
2,800 Years to Clean Up Alberta’s Petro-Mess
Let’s just call it ‘reclamation.’ The return of Alberta’s oil and bitumen fields to a pristine, natural state. The bad news? It could take up to 2,800 years. The good…
What Climate Change Looks Like
Northern India is nearing all-time record heat. The city of Churu hit 50.6 degrees Celsius not far off the record of 51 degrees. The Indian people are also having to…
How to Size Up Our Chances of a Viable Future
By now we’re pretty much clear on climate change. We’ve done a mountain of research, experimentation and analysis. There’s plenty of science at our fingertips. We even know, with remarkable…
Jagmeet Channels Groucho
Groucho Marx once quipped, “Those are my principles and, if you don’t like them, well, I have others.” That came to mind as I read the NDP’s Environmental Election Epiphany…
GENOCIDE
The National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women will report that the thousands of indigenous women murdered and vanished in recent decades is a “Canadian genocide.” The report, obtained…