The Myth of Clean LNG
Liquid natural gas is regularly pitched as a “transition fuel” to help wean us off oil and gas as our economy moves to alternative clean energy. That’s a lie. Green…
The Mound of Sound
CNN Calls It – 2020, Team Oil versus Team Climate
The cable news network, CNN, contends that, when Americans go to the polls next year, there will be one winner and one loser, Team Oil or Team Climate Change. Voters…
David Suzuki: True leaders work for us, not the fossil-fuel industry
David Suzuki takes a look at Canada’s petro-pols in an op-ed in the Georgia Strait. Politicians often justify their undying support for the fossil-fuel industry by claiming they’re looking out…
Why We’ll Never Get Meaningful Action on Climate Change.
The facts are curious. We have come so far in the development of alternative, clean energy at costs far lower than fossil fuels that the developed world in particular could…
Ready for Prime Minister Boris?
I’ve been listening to LBC Radio London to get the latest after Theresa May’s announcement that she’ll step down as prime minister in just two weeks. It’s believed her successor…
The Moral Capitulation of the News Media
Bill Moyers asks, “What if we covered the climate crisis like we did the start of the second world war?“ Moyers addressed young journalists to mark the launch of Covering…
Scheer versus Trudeau – the Lesser of Two Weasels
Michael Harris has penned, “An Early Voting Guide to Trudeau (Bad) and Scheer (Worse).” Before Liberal hearts soar, Harris says they’re both lousy choices – Trudeau slightly less lousy. His…
If You Can’t Believe the World Is Massively Overcrowded
Get an eyeful of this: These are climbers queuing to summit the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest. Hundreds of climbers hoping to make it to the summit of the world’s…
Another Bad Day for Justin
It wasn’t the first time Trudeau’s security officers have thrown a woman to the ground but, this time, it was a 74-year old granny, part of a group of Trans-Mountain…
Just Make Sure No One’s Looking
Ottawa is preparing to relax regulations governing the release of effluent from some Tar Sands tailing ponds. It was bound to happen in the Great Northern Petro-State of Canada. Ottawa…
It Will Take More Than Words to Deal With Climate Change
The Parliamentary Pissing Contest is well underway with Andrew Scheer and Justin Trudeau battling it out, each claiming to have the best chance of fulfilling Stephen Harper‘s 2030 carbon emissions…
Bank of Canada Warns: Beware of Carbon Dumpster Fires
Bad tidings for the Petro-Pols of Parliament Hill. The Bank of Canada warns of looming carbon-asset “fire sales” that could destabilize our economy. The shift to a low-carbon economy is…
Louisiana Wakes Up, Looks Around and Cries, "We’re Screwed."
One of the most backward, impoverished states of the entire UuuuNited States of ‘Merica has figured out it’s, well, it’s screwed. The epiphany came in the form of a roadmap…
"Silly Old Fart" or "The Conrad Black Story"
Just trying to come up with titles for a biography of Conrad Black, Lord Lightfingers of Piddle Puddle. Wait, how about, “Black, the Dotage Years”? What I admire most about…
Changing World, Changing Words
It’s a sign of these fast-changing times. The Guardian is changing its lexicon of climate change terms beginning with “climate change.” What was appropriate 20 years ago doesn’t work that…
China’s Long Game – Waiting for Trump to Bring Down the United States
China’s economic prowess is just part of its rivalry with the United States. This is a standard part of an ascending power taking its rightful place alongside a once-dominant power.…
CBC – Winds of Change Sweeping Across Canada
The CBC’s Eric Grenier has discovered that the Canadian people are developing an appetite for change. Grenier focuses on Canada’s traditionally stodgy politics. Not since the Great Depression disrupted sitting…
He’ll Always Be a Felon to Me
Lots of people make mistakes, run afoul of the law, get convicted and do a stretch in prison only to eventually receive a pardon. Here’s my take. The significance of…
Greenwashing the House of Commons
If you want to gauge the sincerity of our political parties’ plans to tackle climate change, a good starting point would be to see if they’re turning it into a…