The Other Shoe Drops, New Covid Variant More Lethal
Wouldn’t it be great if Canada still had a world-class laboratory manufacturing vaccines? We did but we don’t, not any more. Word coming out of the UK that the more…
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Ah, the Fragrant Scent of Pines
Remember the days of “no drama Obama”? Despite the still unresolved disasters of the past four years, those days of relative tranquility seem to be coming back. It’s sort of…
It’s Utterly Electrifying. EVs Arrive at Critical Mass.
It’s a terrible week to add to Jason Kenney’s woes but the days of internal combustion are growing shorter with each passing year. Six years ago the Swiss bank, UBS,…
Julie, er, Your Excellency, Don’t Let the Door Hit Your Ass On Your Way Out
Governor General Julie Payette and her muscle, Assunta di Lorenzo, are toast. Both have resigned following the release of a scathing report of workplace culture at Rideau Hall. Julie and…
Oh, Please. Please, Please, Please. Do It. Go For It.
Before Donald Trump departed Andrews Air Force base yesterday, he told the relatively small gathering of well-wishers that he would be back “in some form.” That cryptic line sparked a…
One Day. So Many Smiles.
It seemed like the world was smiling yesterday as the United States shed one president and greeted another. No one can tell how president Biden will fare in dealing with…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jim Stanford explores how a just transition plan can ensure that workers have new opportunities in the midst of a needed shift…
Keystone XL is Dead, Again.
That didn’t take long. President Joe Biden has revoked the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline expansion. Word was out he’d kill KXL on Day One. He did just…
Now the White Supremacists Go Fishing
Who knew? Apparently the QAnon crowd were expecting fireworks today in the form of Trump forces swooping down and arresting Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and their lackeys under a declaration…
"We’ll Be Back, In Some Form."
We can only hope that it’s a spectral presence. As Trump bid farewell to a modest crowd gathered at Andrews Air Force base, his parting words were “We’ll be back…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Conflicted cats.
McConnell – Capitol Insurrection was "Provoked" by Trump
Maybe it’s because he knows Trump will be gone from the White House in less than 24 hours but, for whatever reason, still Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has come…
Too Hot To Handle
They’re roasting. They’re poor and they’re vulnerable. No, they’re not Honduran or Guatemalan. They’re Americans. Yesterday I wrote about how parts of Central America are becoming increasingly less habitable. Heatwaves,…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jim Stanford discusses the reality that even from the standpoint of GDP and economic activity, we’re better off implementing strong enough measures…
Just a Thought on Pipelines
Here’s an idea. When a government has to pump billions of dollars into a pipeline because the private sector won’t touch it then we should ask “why?” Kinder Morgan, the…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Scott Gilmore discusses how our elected leaders have failed us in responding to COVID-19. Shannon Devine offers a warning to the Ford PCs…
At Some Level, Each of Us Knows This
We’ve left it much too late to stop it and we’re just going to have to face the consequences of our folly. It’s one thing to recognize that our high-carbon…
The On-Again, Off-Again KXL Pipeline
CBC is reporting that Joe Biden intends to move quickly after his inauguration this Wednesday to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated…
On climate pollution
Martin Olzynski’s submission this week has called plenty of attention to the Kenney UCP’s funding of climate denialism through an inquiry attacking environmentalism. But let’s note that the response to…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Kate Aronoff writes about the need for a functional and representative democracy to ensure that public demand for climate action is actually…