Time to Get Tough with China?
In some provinces you can’t go into bars or restaurants without a vaccine “passport,” proof that you have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. Next month Canadians will be…
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It’s "Adapt or Die." What we’ll pay for ignoring climate adaptation.
I wonder if, in decades to come, we’ll see the Covid pandemic as a crisis that kept us from responding to the climate emergency. It’s clear now that, when it…
He’s Back. Well, That Was Quick.
William Shatner has successfully traveled from Earth to the edge of space and back in about the same time he takes for his morning bathroom break. At 90 he goes…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Fickling responds to the attempt by petropoliticians to blame high gas prices on limited climate action rather than the vagaries of commodity…
The Hammer Falls. China Retreats on Climate Change.
Less than 3 weeks from the opening of the Cop26 Glasgow climate summit, China has reversed course. China plans to build more coal-fired power plants and has hinted that it…
A Country Mile – Losing the Fight to Fend Off Climate Catastrophe
If humanity is to avert catastrophic climate change we really have to up our game. Current plans are estimated to fall 60 per cent short of what’s needed to achieve…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Uplifted cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ian Sample and Peter Walker report on the Parliamentary inquiry which has found the UK’s response to COVID-19 to be one of…
The Road to Glasgow – Three Weeks and Counting
Biden climate czar, John Kerry, is expecting great things at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. But, with globalism in cardiac arrest and an energy crisis arriving just in time…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Blair McBride writes about the long-term medical crisis Alberta can expect as people are unable or unwilling to have normal diagnoses carried out…
Some Good News. It’s Been Awhile.
One of the gravest threats of climate breakdown is drought. Pretty much every living thing won’t without adequate amounts of water. Animals die. Crops don’t grow. It’s a mess. But…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ricky Leong discusses the complete lack of any reasonable explanation for the UCP’s failure to protect the health of Albertans in the…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Adam Hunter points out the stark gap between public health officials emphasizing the need for protections against community transmission of COVID-19, and Scott…
Musical interlude
Raye & Rudimental – Regardless
They’re Banging That War Drum Again
To hear them tell it, China is picking a fight with Taiwan, sending an armada of bombers and fighters into Taiwanese air space. By “them” I mean the hawks in…
A House Divided
There have been a number of American pundits predicting that the Republicans will retake control of the Senate next year and add the House and the presidency in 2024 in…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Thomas Saunders discusses how COVID-19 transmission through schools is resulting in effectively a separate epidemic among children and parents. Kathy Eagar offers a…
The Rot of Democracies – Elliot Cohen
Liberal democracy, as widely observed, is in retreat around the world. How much more can it take before it’s in rout? Tribalism is sweeping America. We have in our own…
Choose Yer Poison – Again. America Stress Tested.
Kudos to Joe Biden. He’s conducted something of a “stress test” for America, a precautionary step Canada’s government ought to have taken a long time ago. On Thursday, the White…
Up in Smoke. 300 Sq. Mi. of Amazon Rainforest Lost Every Day.
The Amazon rainforest is disappearing at what should be an alarming rate. 312 sq. mi. or 808 sq. kms. every day. Over the past 30 years humans have destroyed a…