Tom Friedman and the Great Climate Paradox
The New York Times columnist, Tom Friedman, has attended most of the climate summits over the past quarter century, Glasgow included. The big change he found this year is younger…
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Afghanistan. There Was Never Anything to Save.
Our 20 year fool’s errand. The country’s last finance minister before the Taliban return has given an interview to BBC. Khalid Payenda says his country fell, not to the Taliban,…
The Framework Convention Fails. Not Enough Nails.
The Glasgow climate summit, COP 26, or, as Prince Charles called it, our “Last Chance Saloon,” has lived up to none of the hype. There’ll be no Kumbaya moment. If…
This is why we can’t have even minimally acceptable things
Here we go again. And somehow, the latest round of hysteria includes the Cons learning nothing from the failure of their attacks on coalitions or other forms of inter-party cooperation…
Monbiot, It’s Our Only Chance – Make Extreme Wealth Extinct.
Guardian eco-scribe, George Monbiot, writes that the ultra rich will be our ruin unless we get them first. Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich. The…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Festive cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Bruce Arthur offers a reminder that we know perfectly well how to limit the damage done by COVID-19 as long as a…
There’s Heat and Then There’s Wet Bulb 35
With today’s report from the Washington Post that many of the estimates submitted to the UN have significantly understated greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 24 per cent, the…
The Globe’s "O’Toole Paradox"
The Globe editorial board is giddy at how Tory backbenchers have gotten, “out from under the thumb of domineering party leaders who view them as little more than biotic voting…
Figures Don’t Lie but Liars Figure. COP 26 -"A Bit of a Fantasy."
A Washington Post investigation finds that many nations are lying about their greenhouse gas emissions. Malaysia’s latest catalogue of its greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations reads like a…
Red State America Reaps the Whirlwind
Since Covid vaccines became widely available, death rates in Red states are roughly three times that of Blue states. The more you like Trump the more you’re apt to die…
The Art of the Possible. Is It Enough? Not Anymore.
We’re in a crisis. Any doubt of that was erased by the summer’s killer heat domes, worsening wildfires, and prairie droughts. It’s also manifest in our warming and acidifying seas,…
Fancy This – a Carbon Tax on Imports.
This would have the global freetraders howling in outrage. Britain’s environment minister is floating the idea of imposing a carbon tax on imported meat products. said that in the long…
Nooo, We Don’ Wanna!
I know, let’s save the planet. Yeah… Okay, here’s what we have to do. Nooo, we don’ wanna… A study finds we all want to fight climate change – except…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Adam Miller highlights what we can do to limit the spread of COVID-19 over the winter to come. And Pratyush Dayal reports…
And Now, a Word From David Suzuki
One of Canada’s most prominent climate advocates, David Suzuki, doesn’t always see eye to eye with our prime minister. He’s tried but he sees straight through Mr. Trudeau. “When Trudeau…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Zak Vescera reports on the Moe government’s full awareness that their elimination of public health measures would produce exactly the spike in cases…
Quebec Breaks With Fossil Energy
Quebec has become Canada’s first jurisdiction to sign onto the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance launched at the Glasgow climate summit this week. The alliance members vow to keep fossil…
Musical interlude
Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine