Two Thirds of Britons Believe World in "Climate Emergency"
Good. It seems the British people have done what their political caste has so far refused to do. They have concluded that the world is in a state of climate…
The Mound of Sound
Poll: Europeans Place the Environment as Top Priority
So much for “it’s the economy, stupid.” No, stupid, not any more. The main focus of the next European Parliament should be on protecting the environment, according to a survey…
EPA Warns US Communities to Brace For Worsening Climate Change Impacts
Gee, who knew? Despite a White House and Congress chock full of climate change deniers, the US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a stark warning to American municipalities. Get ready.…
Little Green Men, Who Cares?
Cue the dreaded “War of the Worlds” mass panic. What? It didn’t happen? No, it didn’t. The American public seem decidedly nonplussed at the acknowledgement, by a fairly senior Pentagon…
White Supremacy Flourishes When the Political Caste Start Flirting.
Max Boot has a lesson for all of us but especially for those who have developed a sudden fondness for Andrew Scheer. The American conservative writer warns it’s no longer…
If You’re Pouring Gasoline On the Fire, Don’t Pretend You’re Fighting the Flames.
It’s funny, with the October elections nearing, how concerned the Conservatives and Liberals are becoming about climate change or, at least, the flooding that has ravaged eastern Canada and the…
A Window Into the Hateful Minds of Canada’s Far Right
The Globe & Mail has got its hands on what they were never supposed to see – 150,000 chat room messages exchanged among Canadian rightwing extremists. They come from all…
Okay, This Might Sting a Little Bit. Time for Ottawa to Declare Climate Change a National Emergency.
Imagine the nerve – debating climate change as a national emergency. Britain’s Labour Party intends to force a debate on the issue this week in Parliament. Labour will this week…
The UFO Controversy is Back, Thanks To the US Navy
Pilots of the United States Navy are logging unidentified flying objects, UFOs, in American airspace several times a month. Now the navy brass are taking their reports seriously. As first…
The Toronto Sun Channels the NRA
This is straight out of the National Rifle Association playbook. Whenever America suffers another mass shooting (several times weekly of late), the NRA and the gun lobby along with their…
Conservatives – In Too Deep, Too Long to Change Now
At some point we’re going to have to write off conservatives, Tories and Blue Liberals alike, when it comes to climate change. They’re either outright, dyed in the wool, deniers…
What Are You Hearing?
I’ve recently had some interesting conversations with friends in Vancouver and Ontario. In each case the other side brought up the issue of climate change and, specifically, how it might…
Remember, This Is Early-Onset Climate Change.
Eastern Canada is reeling from flooding that even Doug Ford admits is the result of climate change – and, hard as this is to say, he’s right. The hydrologic cycle…
The Vendetta Deepens?
Kinsella is hinting he has some new strategy to attack Justin Trudeau and the Liberals as the election nears. He tweeted this to someone who objected to his relentless attacks…
Finally, Some Good News for the Trudeau Liberals
Is Canada back in black? CTV reports that the federal government is now running a surplus. A preliminary estimate of the federal books says the government posted a surplus of…
It’s Becoming a Tense, Angrier World
With the path we’re on today this probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise but a study finds that we are becoming more anxious and angrier than in the…
Mexico Bumps Canada as America’s Largest Trading Partner
Despite all of Donald Trump’s bluster about Mexico and its people, America’s southern neighbour has become its largest trading partner. U.S. census data released last week showed that Mexico’s trade…
Attenborough Calls Us Out, All of Us.
Let’s drop the farcical notion that we haven’t screwed our youngest generation and those that will follow them. Let’s stop pretending. Listen to naturalist, David Attenborough who says their plight,…
The Bill for Thawing Permafrost? Try 70 Trillion Dollars (USD)
This is one we’re not going to be able to duck. We can’t kick this can down the road. It’s already underway, one of the knock-on effects of existing global…
Ford Says Ontario Has Done Enough.
At least there’s something Doug Ford can thank his Liberal predecessor for – cutting Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions. He’s positively boastful about that, to the point where he’s shining an…