California’s ongoing drought portends another miserable wildfire season across the West. UC Berkley prof, Andrew Schwartz, writes that California is going from bad to worse. Schwartz has just concluded the…
There’s no way out of this unless we break the fossil fuelers grip on our politicians. The fossil fuel industry and its influence over policy was the major elephant in…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk discusses how the pandemic denial of Boris Johnson, Jason Kenney, Scott Moe and others is only ensuring that more people…
The latest chapter in the IPCC’s third major report says that we have a very narrow chance of averting 1.5 degree warming. But, if we make the big sacrifices and…
The Tyee’s Andrew Nikiforuk writes that we’re being left to our fates as province by province lifts Covid-19 restrictions. Like most modern politicians, Johnson couldn’t be bothered with dealing with…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Michael Marshall offers a reminder that even where it hasn’t been able to achieve its ideal goal, a zero-COVID strategy has produced far…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ezra Cheung reports on research showing the increasing severity of the Omicron BA.2 variant for children in Hong Kong, while David Axe…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Star’s editorial board weighs in on the reality that wishful thinking isn’t a substitute for responsible public health measures as another COVID…
Kavinsky feat. Kareen Lomax – Cameo
Assorted content to end your week. – Nicola Davis writes about the large number of people getting reinfected with COVID in the UK, while Andrew Gregory reports on new research…
The devil, as usual, is in the details. There was plenty of bombast today in Ottawa as the Trudeau government announced bold targets to cut Canadian CO2 emissions by 45…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Phil Tank writes that the Saskatchewan Party has only reluctantly held off on eliminating even what little information it still provided the…
Canada’s chartered banks love fossil fuels. Despite all the dire warnings of climate catastrophe, our banks, like our federal government, are big on bitumen. Canada’s five biggest banks increased their…
And the winner is the stealth bomb truck from Lockheed Martin. Canada wants to buy 88 F-35s for some reason. Maybe it has something to do with courting America’s favour.…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen report on the latest COVID-19 wave and its direct connection to the elimination of public health protections. Eric…
Furnished cats.
So, putative CPC leadership front runner Pierre Poilievre wants to rejig our economy and monetary policy to use cryptocurrency. In Poilievre’s mind, central banks have “too much power”, and expanding…
Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hanover Ruck – these outfits know a thing or two about risks and usually give you the straight goods. They’re the giants that retail insurers rely…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Adam Kleczkowski examines the effectiveness of COVID-19 interventions two years into the pandemic, while noting the importance of applying the precautionary principle…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Laura Spinney offers a reminder that the few places which actually made an effort at a COVID Zero strategy have fared far better…
