Wednesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your mid-week reading.- Jeremy Corbyn writes about the denialism involved in refusing to deal with the climate crisis with language and action proportionate to its dangers.…
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Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jeremy Appel reports on a new study showing that Alberta has both avoided developing the capacity to manage tailings pond spills, and misinformed…
Forest protection, a vital climate action
The Province can unleash a squad of public relations staff and announce BC is on track to meet its climate targets. Like other provinces, BC has no independent method for…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Andrew Nikiforuk writes that Canada is currently failing to carry out any energy transition, as any expanded use of renewables is only being added…
Anomy: A Disturbance of the Collective Order
A few articles have come out recently concerned with the trajectory we're taking, particularly choices being made by young adults. But we need to acknowledge the upheaval we're currently living…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Macdonald offers this year's report on CEO compensation in Canada - showing how company men are being handed obscene pay packages while…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your new year.- Michael Mann and Peter Hotez write about the combined threat posed by climate change, pandemics and an anti-science message which makes it far…
Suppression is the Goal: A Final Covid Plea for 2024
We've survived 2024, but excess mortality compared to pre-pandemic rates is quite high for young adults (18-44), and in school-aged kids, it continues to increase year over year, with 2024…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that to end your year.- Matthew Rosza examines how humanity as a whole is falling far short of its professed climate change commitments even though we have the…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- The UN sets out Antonio Guterres' New Year's message calling for us to divert course from the road to climate ruin. Hannah Osborne examines…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Lauren Sommer discusses how 2024 is shattering all records and expectations as the hottest year in the recorded history of the Earth. Freddy…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Robert Reich comments on the U.S.' out-of-control oligarchy - while noting there are precedents in turning the tide. Alexander Hurst calls out Elon Musk…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Iris Gorfinkel rightly asks why Doug Ford (among other politicians) doesn't want people to know if they have COVID-19 when that knowledge would…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Kat Kerlin writes about new research showing that the true social cost of carbon pollution is over $280 per ton - far higher than…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jo Lauder, Tyne Logan, Fran Rimrod, Alex Lim and Stacy Gougoulis discuss how a largely-forgotten 2009 heat wave is the deadliest natural disaster…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Will Noel, Lia Codrington and Scott MacDougall examine the lessons to be learned from jurisdictions who have been making a successful transition to renewable…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Laurie Laybourn and James Dyke comment on the developing doom loop as fear, hardship and political instability created by a climate breakdown in progress…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Julia Conley reports on the continued accumulation of riches in the hands of a few, as the total wealth of billionaires has more…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Oliver Milman examines how insurance rates in the U.S. are pricing in climate risks - and pushing insurance out of reach for people facing…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- John Ganz discusses how a number of tech tycoons chose to support Donald Trump as part of a broader distaste for democracy and…