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…
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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…
Creeping Illiteracy Across Canada
It seems literacy isn’t a top priority for hewers of wood and drawers of water. Literacy skills that a student develops in school can be lost in jobs where muscle…
Bill Maher Shows He’s Still a Pompous Bag of Hot Air
I caught a little of Bill Maher’s RealTime season opener last night. I used to be a regular follower until Maher’s ego got the best of him as he launched…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Owen Jones points out how attempts to primarily blame the public for the spread of COVID serve primarily to distract from unsafe workplace…
Musical interlude
Metric – Gold Guns Girls
Pfizer Tells Canada, "Sorry." Remember When Canada Was a World Leader in Developing Vaccines?
Just as the number of Covid-19 infections is rising, the promised supply of Pfizer’s vaccine is turning into just that – a promise. It seems the American giant is having…
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Theresa May was a truly mediocre prime minister of the United Kingdom. She was weak, hesitant and grasping. Yet, of all her sins, perhaps the worst was her decision, weeks…
Republicans, Fearing for Their Lives, Voted Against Impeachment
Were Republican representatives afraid to vote to impeach Donald Trump? The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin writes that House Republicans have been successfully extorted. “Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) in a recent…