Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Simon Wren-Lewis discusses how media negligence allowed austerian economics to be treated as credible long after any pretense of academic merit has…
climate change
It’s All Connected
Humans are a lamentably short-sighted species. Sure, we understand some of the basic underlying principles that govern our existence, but that knowledge seems to have little overall impact on the…
What about climate change?
Forest fires. Flooding. Drought. Algal blooms in our lakes. Extreme temperatures. People dying in heat waves. Climate change and its effects have been headline news this year more than ever.…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Gary Mason discusses how politicians are fiddling while our planet burns. And Jonathan Watts reports on the strongest sea ice in the…
We are the cause, we are the solution
BC Government webpages pay little or no attention to climate change as a driver of wildfire. Public servants have sound advice for homeowners and recreationalists but government provides few comments…
U.S. and Canadian right-wing politicians march in lockstep as they dismiss facts as conspiracy, disagreement as criminality
Apparently infected by the decline of political discourse in the United States, the Canadian right is increasingly moving toward defining the use of facts that run counter to its narrative…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Linda Solomon Wood comments on the absurdity of the federal cabinet meeting in a province facing rampant wildfires and not planning to…
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – A new IMF working paper confirms the connection between employment deregulation and workers’ share of income. And Jennefer Laidley points out the all-too-imminent…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Mike Konczal notes that a single-minded focus on shareholder wealth – exemplified by today’s obsession with stock buybacks – has frozen workers…
Could a Red Tide Help Turn Florida Blue?
Earlier today I wrote a post examining whether the next presidential election could be fought and won on climate change. But I forgot to mention another really interesting question.Could the…
Will Mother Nature Be The One To Destroy Donald Trump?
Ever since he came to power, Donald Trump has waged an all out war on the planet.He has called climate change a "con job" and a "hoax," ripped up regulations,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Colby Smith writes about the changing role of public stock markets, which are serving primarily to allow already-wealth investors to cash out rather…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Humberto DaSilva comments on the need to recognize that it’s the distortion of the political system by the wealthy that’s left most…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Somini Sengupta writes that the extreme heat experienced so far in 2018 shows how ill-prepared humanity is for the climate change it’s…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ainslie Cruickshank reports on Grand Chief Stewart Phillip’s call to prevent catastrophic climate change rather than devoting public money toward fossil fuel subsidies.…
Hursh Lights A Match
And the fields are dry. “As a farmer in southwest Saskatchewan, this isn’t a great year. It’s been dry and hot. Crop yields as well as prices are down. Many…
Putting Everything Into Perspective
No one did it better than George Carlin. Recommend this Post
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jessica Corbett writes that Earth’s atmospheric carbon concentration has reached levels not seen in 80,000 years, while Jonathan Watts reports on a…
A Betrayal With Far-Reaching Implications
Despite the inspiring persona he peddled to win the last election, Justin Trudeau has turned out to be just another politician. As hard as that might be to accept, his…
Climate change: money today vs survival tomorrow
Even if evidence of global warming was not overwhelming, the precautionary principle dictates a radical change in the way we conduct ourselves. Yet, our governments, banks that fear stranded assets,…