Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Monica Potts writes that Americans' dissatisfaction with their economy has never been about vibes or temporary price spikes, but reflects a lack of both…
climate change
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Julian Spector writes that renewable power sources and battery storage are becoming ensconced as the best energy supply option for any government which…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Alistair Alexander discusses how AI has been turned into a multi-trillion-dollar collapse machine, while Benjamin Lopez Steven and Kate McKenna report on the Carney…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paul Campos examines how workers of all education levels in the U.S. have seen their wages stagnate over the past 25 years while…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Ajit Niranian discusses Europe's unprecedented spring heat wave which is putting large number of lives at risk, while Neha Bhatt reports on the even…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Bill McGuire discusses what the next few decades figure to look like as what's currently considered extreme heat becomes all too normal. And Andrew…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Genevieve Guenther and Michael Mann offer a reminder that climate denial - from Donald Trump or anybody else - won't avert the consequences…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how some of the wealthiest men on the planet have supplicated themselves before Donald Trump in the hope of stifling both…
Change is possible, but unlikely
Climate change is not a problem that can be solved within the current economic system without deep structural change.
The People Speak
Sometime when I write, I wonder how many of my views are shared by others. Given current media political coverage, it is often difficult to gauge. That is one of…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Michael Mechanic examines the new depths of corruption being reached by the Trump regime in using public money to reward his violent supporters.…
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…
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…