The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has rejected premier Moe’s claim that the minuscule federal carbon tax is somehow unconstitutional. Almost no one, except that dimwit Moe, thought any court would…
As our environment slides into meltdown, David Suzuki has a word of warning – don’t count on your political leadership to do the right thing. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and…
The New York Times is taking down its paywall – for three days. Happy World Press Freedom Day.
This is what climate change looks like today in eastern India.
A UN scientific panel is about to release a jarring report. We are heading for extinction. The world’s leading scientists will warn the planet’s life-support systems are approaching a danger…
One of the most overlooked elements of the Extinction Rebellion is the demand for truth. They want government to tell the truth. Governments, ours very much included, tell a political…
Since that first time I heard Greta Thunberg, I sensed that something wonderful might be about to happen. Eventually she inspired a resistance. The school children’s revolt and then Extinction…
From CNN: Lawmakers in the UK Parliament have declared “an environment and climate emergency,” making it the first country in the world to do so, according to the opposition Labour…
Word is that Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has vanquished rival Juan Guaido. The decisive moment came yesterday when the military failed to shift allegiance to Guaido. Now, the International Crisis Group…
New research shows that global warming has been transforming our soil since the early 1900’s. The NASA-Columbia University study itself is available here. Global warming has been fueling droughts since…
From National Public Radio, NPR: A new report by an energy watchdog group says companies are betting over a trillion dollars in risky gas pipeline projects. Global Energy Monitor says…
“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” Abraham Lincoln…
As I look to the east I see nothing but menace. A vast plain controlled by thugs with names like Scheer and Kenney, Moe, Pallister and Ford. A place despoiled…
Jeremy Corbyn, today, in the House of Commons. This should make us all disgusted with our federal parties and our petro-provinces alike. The Liberals, and their apologists, have no excuse…
Who knew? Populists have a ravenous appetite for conspiracy theories. You can feed those bastards just about anything and they’ll thrive on it. And people like Donald Trump would be…
The time for dithering is gone. We need a government more committed to the fight against climate change than any we’ve ever known. We need an “induced implosion” of the…
Hardly a day passes without some mass shooting in America. The memorable shootings tend to involve mass mayhem – bodies everywhere. Schools get our attention whether a university, high school…
I just realized that, from British Columbia’s eastern border, the barbarians are in control all the way to Quebec. Scheer and Kenney, Moe, Pallister and Ford. Two thousand miles of…
The government says it’s just a few billion dollars a year, no big deal. The IMF tags Canada’s direct and indirect subsidies and benefits to the Oil Patch at something…
Right out of the gate, Justin Trudeau is balking at serious action on climate change. Speaking on Sunday night, Justin Trudeau, the prime minister, suggested that using federal money to…
