Sleepwalking Into Dystopia
The climate science community is finally coming out of the closet.Three weeks ago I had an exchange with a prominent climate scientist. I asked what were our chances of world…
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Sleepwalking Into Dystopia
The climate science community is finally coming out of the closet.Three weeks ago I had an exchange with a prominent climate scientist. I asked what were our chances of world…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your long weekend reading. – David Macdonald writes that if there’s a risk of a recession being caused by interest rate hikes, it’s because people with…
Playing the Inflation Blame Game
Robert Reich says the corporate sector is trying to punish workers for today’s inflation problem. The UC Berkley prof and former US Labor Secretary writes that big corporations are exploiting…
Playing the Inflation Blame Game
Robert Reich says the corporate sector is trying to punish workers for today's inflation problem. The UC Berkley prof and former US Labor Secretary writes that big corporations are exploiting…
Playing the Inflation Blame Game
Robert Reich says the corporate sector is trying to punish workers for today's inflation problem. The UC Berkley prof and former US Labor Secretary writes that big corporations are exploiting…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Matthew Sitman writes about the fundamentally anti-social values being pushed by U.S. Republicans and their right-wing cousins – as well as the desperate…
Why Won’t the Trudeau Government Claw Back the Fossil Giants’ Windfall Profits?
For the past half century the fossil energy giants have been logging an average daily profit of 3 billion dollars. Every day. $3 billion. Like clockwork. Since 1970 that comes…
Why Won’t the Trudeau Government Claw Back the Fossil Giants’ Windfall Profits?
For the past half century the fossil energy giants have been logging an average daily profit of 3 billion dollars. Every day. $3 billion. Like clockwork. Since 1970 that comes…
Why Won’t the Trudeau Government Claw Back the Fossil Giants’ Windfall Profits?
For the past half century the fossil energy giants have been logging an average daily profit of 3 billion dollars. Every day. $3 billion. Like clockwork. Since 1970 that comes…
Saturday Night Cat Blogging
Laundered cats.
Musical interlude
PVRIS – Anyone Else
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rhythm Sachdeva reports on research which has documented the effectiveness of COVID-19 testing in advance of events (just in time for governments to…
Okay, Shoot the Messenger. Go Ahead.
Every season has its tell-tales. In North America summer is heralded by blue-green algae blooms, toxic garbage that spreads through our lakes and rivers. This stuff poses a threat to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Andrew Gregory reports on new research showing that tens of millions of adults may already be facing long-term loss of smell and/or…
It’s Earth Overshoot Day, 2022
Another Earth Overshoot Day is upon us. Funny how they keep showing up earlier each year. This year’s pitch is one partnership for the planet. Uh, yeah, sure. Overshoot –…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Adams examines the evidence that COVID-19 remains infectious far longer than assumed by politicized public health messaging. And Ted Raymond reports that…
Noooo, Say It Ain’t So. Lovelock, Dead at 103.
James Lovelock is dead. The legendary climate scientist, best known for his Gaia Hypothesis, died on his 103rd birthday. Fittingly, Lovelock died at home surrounded by family. Lovelock, who was…
Liberal, Tory, Same Old Murderous Story.
The theme of this year’s UN climate summit, COP27, will be adaptation, a very diplomatic way of saying what to do now that you’ve shit your pants. Adaptation is the…