But What About the Cattle?
It will be a while before we have an accurate figure but the flooding in southwest British Columbia has taken a toll of livestock in the Fraser Valley. Some cattle…
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What Do You Want for Christmas, Johnny?
Well it sure as hell ain’t water up to my arse and a new virus.
Little Did We Know. Maybe We Just Didn’t Want to Know.
Back when the science types introduced global warming to we plebs they began with a few basic predictions. The first one was that the world was going to get warmer.…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ivan Semeniuk reports on the response to the Omicron COVID variant both globally and in Canada. But Eric Topol writes that the U.S.…
The Aerial Ballet
I just watched clips of people being airlifted by helicopter to safety from torrential floodwaters. Some of those helicopters were British. Scotland is being hammered by rains and floods. It’s…
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Elderbrook w/ Bob Moses – Inner Light
This Is Rich. Insurance Companies Want Ottawa to Fund Flood/Fire Insurance.
It’s the old “privatize profit, socialize risk” scam and, if he runs true to form, it probably has some appeal to the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau or, as…
Here’s the Problem. What Do You Do With an Uninsurable House?
For most plebs their house is their home and their most valuable asset. It’s their retirement nest egg. It’s where they sink most of their disposable cash on improvements, redecorating,…
Michael Harris on How to Destroy the Conservative Brand
Stephen Harper, Jason Kenney and Erin O’Toole. To Michael Harris they’re the unforced errors of the Conservative Party. The Conservative Party of Canada’s slide into irrelevance has turned into a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matt Gurney writes that the COVID pandemic has exposed – without ameliorating – our political leaders’ inability to respond to any real crisis.…
Environment Canada’s Weekend Outlook for BC’s Southern Mainland
Here it is, straight from Environment Canada’s presses: Another front will approach the south coast on Saturday. Rain will begin for most areas Saturday morning but the heaviest rain will…
Climate Change is a Lot Like Prize Fighting
Most boxers can take a punch. The champions can take a lot of punches and keep fighting to the end. The climate emergency is not for rookies. Today, the punches…
"From Failure to Failure"
“Sold Out” Indeed – The federal climate commissioner has passed judgment on our governments’ efforts to fight climate change. It’s a well-deserved “F.” Despite three decades of effort, Canada’s carbon…
UCLA Study, Worsening Western Wildfires Man-Made
Western North America’s rapidly worsening wildfire problem is anthropogenic, i.e. man-made. A study out of UCLA confirms that VPD, or “vapor pressure deficit,” is to blame. Climate change — and…
Oh Yeah, We’ll Be Back to Normal In No Time.
When the only thing holding up the rails are – the rails – this fix will take a while. You not only have to replace what was there but you…
Nikiforuk – 7 Rules for Surviving Natural Disasters and Our Boneheaded Politicians
Climate catastrophes are coming on fast and furious these days spurring on our politicians to truly great achievements in platitudes. There’s nothing they won’t do for us, “nothing” being the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Cory Neudorf argues that a pandemic is the last time when we can afford to prioritize abstract individual interests over the collective…
Why It May Be Back to Square One for Justin Trudeau’s Bitumen Pipeline
The severe storms and floods that hit British Columbia last week, like the storms that are hammering Nova Scotia and Newfoundland today, are bringing into question the engineering standards being…
About that "Coast to Coast" Thing
This time last week the Trans-Canada highway was washed out in British Columbia. Every mountain route was washed out, along with both railways. Now it’s the east coast’s turn. The…
Retreat from Glasgow – Or Is It a Rout?
The five bad boys of fossil fuels are pretty much ignoring some of the most important things nations need to do to avert climate catastrophe. These countries are called the…