Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Simon Mundy examines the growing recognition that the combination of solar power and batteries - both of which are plummeting in price - makes…
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Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carl Meyer explains how the Carney Libs are looking to push resource extraction at the expense of social and environmental realities to an…
All Manner Of Excuses
In the debased environment that now constitutes our politics, our 'leaders' can without a doubt justify just about anything they do as being in the national interest. For example, if…
Canada’s polluting forests—from sink to source
Canada, the land of wide open spaces, of oceans, prairies, forests and mountains, is a... The post Canada’s polluting forests—from sink to source first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Nicholas Kristof rightly characterizes the Trump/Musk demolition of US foreign aid as reflecting the world's wealthiest and most powerful men attacking the world's…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Olufemi Taiwo discusses how the political and corporate elite have declared that consequences for bad decisions will apply only to the plebes…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ian Bremmer highlights how countries around the globe are hedging their bets rather than risking being taken down as the U.S. collapses. And Karen…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Daisy Dunne examines the takeaways from the Santa Marta energy transition conference, which offered needed hope that it's possible to cooperate at a…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Alec Luhn warns that the potential consequences of the breakdown of the AMOC current include the release of far more of the carbon pollution…
Just transition warriors walk the talk
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be a motherhood issue. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased... The post Just transition warriors walk the talk first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jonathan Watts and Fiona Harvey report on Gustavo Petro's warning about the dangers of accepting suicidal petropolitics. And Laura Paddison discusses how the fossil…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Samantha Hancox-Li writes about the need to build a new woke political movement that actively fights against the forces of reaction rather than…
A Strong Voice Of Condemnation
Unless we live our lives under a blanket, we are aware of the rapidly deteriorating conditions on earth thanks to climate change. Every day brings new horror stories of widespread…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jeff Masters points out how the climate breakdown is making hurricanes and other severe weather far worse than would otherwise be the case. And…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Graham Readfearn reports on new research showing how more and more people are facing non-survivable heat - and that matters are getting worse…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Andreas Rinke reports on the European countries working toward a windfall tax on yet another wave of predatory oil profits. And Mark Hertsgaard…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Robert Kagan is the latest to notice that the U.S. is a rogue superpower whose capricious action under the Trump regime has undermined…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Mike Gaworecki reports on new research showing how the climate breakdown is affecting everyday life. Aliyah Marko-Omene reports on warnings that Saskatchewan may be…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Oliver Milman reports on a new study showing that the U.S. has inflicted $10 trillion in climate damage just since 1990, with China ranking…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Mona Charen writes that Donald Trump's war in Iran can't be explained by any motive other than a sheer ego trip. Steven Beschloss…