Weather Porn
Since few seem willing to confront root causes, I guess that’s what these stories of weather disasters are becoming. Recommend this Post
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What does it mean for Chevron when glaciers have the right to sue?
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Last month, several major natural features were recognized – by governments and courts – as legal persons. First, the New Zealand government enacted a new law…
River High, Shore Erosion In Verdun
The Saint Lawrence has been much higher than usual this spring in Verdun. Today I walked between the Natatorium and the Marina and there were parts of the lower path…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Trade Justice reports on Justin Trudeau’s role in pushing for an international corporate giveaway through a new Trans-Pacific Partnership – even as…
It’s Too Late
As of late, after reading and viewing all of the bad news the world has to offer, especially with regard to rising sea levels and increasingly violent and intense storms…
Change You Can Believe In, Even If You Would Rather Not
It caused a ruckus (is that still a word?) back in 2013. Four years ago, can you imagine? That’s when we learned that atmospheric carbon dioxide had broken through the…
New column day
Here, on the Libs’ delayed climate change action as going beyond mere backloading of promises to outright destruction in the meantime. For further reading…– For just a few examples of…
We Reap What We Sow, Eh?
The news is very bad, but that isn’t really news for those of us who follow climate change: A new international report shows that Arctic temperatures are rising higher and…
Rafe: Christy Clark’s LNG promises are nothing but hot air
Premier Christy Clark at her government’s LNG conference (Province of BC/Flickr) We have all been screwed, blued and tattooed in the riding of West Vancouver-Sea-to-Sky, and let me tell you…
Zelig, Anyone?
I don’t know how many of you remember the 1983 Wood Allen film, Zelig, in which Allen plays an individual with the uncanny ability to take on the characteristics of…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Eva Schaherl offers her take on how to fight against climate change: Stop being distracted by the “Sad!” theatre of the Greatest Show…
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the NDP’s federal leadership campaign. – The Canadian Press reports on Pat Stogran’s official campaign launch. And Alex Ballingall highlights Stogran’s criticism of Justin Trudeau’s empty-suit governance,…
Trudeau Dissected: A Guest Post By Pamela MacNeil
In response to yesterday’s post on Justin Trudeau, frequent contributor Pamela MacNeil left the following response, which I am taking the liberty of featuring as a guest post today: Bill…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Bill McKibben highlights Justin Trudeau’s disingenuousness in pretending to care about climate change while insisting on exploiting enough fossil fuels to irreparably…
When Is The Anti-Trump Not The Anti-Trump?
Answer: When you scratch beneath the surface of Justin Trudeau’s soaring rhetoric. In his scathing assessment of our prime minister, 350.og founder Bill McKibben says that Trudeau is, in fact,…
Living in Glass Houses
Über environmentalist Bill McKibben tells us, in The Guardian today, to “stop swooning over Justin Trudeau”: Look all you want, in fact – he sure is cute, the planet’s only…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jordan Brennan and Kaylie Tiessen write that it’s long past time to set a level of federal revenue sufficient to support the social…
Climate in the 2017 BC Election
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 In an earlier post we compared the BC Liberal and BC NDP Climate plans in advance of the upcoming election. Now that the BC Green Party…
A Bigger Problem with Air Travel
It was almost four years ago that Nature, a highly reputable peer-reviewed science journal, published a paper that suggests that climate change is going to affect us sooner rather than…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Daniel Munro highlights how Uber and other service apps manipulate their workers. And The New York Times’ editorial board warns about the…