Anyone Who Refuses To Connect The Dots Here
... will never accept the fact of climate change:Want more information on the dangers posed by algae blooms? Click here.And just remember, sports fans, these are only the preliminary rounds.Oh,…
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The News Keeps Gettting Worse
In a column on Tuesday, environmental blogger Robert Scribbler noted that the Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream had merged with the Southern Hemisphere Jet Stream.“It’s the very picture of weather weirding…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Mary O'Hara reviews Daniel Hatcher's new book on the U.S.' poverty industry which seeks to exploit public supports for private gain:(A) new book published…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Noah Zon points out that while it's impossible to avoid rhetoric about eliminating "red tape" for businesses, we've seen gratuitous barriers put in…
Sustainability Needs To Be More Than Just A Word
A Star letter-writer has an insight on sustainability well-worth sharing: Re: Canada a model for sustainable forestry, Letter June 19Reading the response to Thomas Walkom’s editorial from Forest Products Association…
May This Day Never Come
I pray we never get to the day when scenes like the following become so commonplace that we regard them with only the passing interest we might today express in…
Our Unfathomable Equanimity
While the world convulses and gyrates over the results of the Brexit vote, I can't help but wonder why not even a scintilla of that passion can be brought to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Oxfam points out the latest World Wealth Report showing that extreme inequality and wealth continue to grow around the globe. And AFP reports…
Leader Post Sees Coal Future As Reality
The Leader Post published my letter, and a couple weeks later Murray Mandryk cites the same inexplicable 30-40 years canard. He also makes the same conclusion as Johnstone, which is…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Neil Irwin writes about the White House Council of Economic Advisers' study of employment policy which found that superior protections for workers (rather…
If Earth Was A Restaurant From The 1990s
One of the big problems with climate change, is even if Europe and Asia manage to create low carbon infrastructure and societies, it’s like a non-smoking section of a restaurant.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Andrew Leach's after-the-fact addendum to his review of Alberta's climate change policy offers an important reminder as to the costs of inaction on climate…
I Kmow You Are Probably Tired Of This
.... but I suspect that our earth is growing even more weary:Recommend this Post
The Burning Planet and the Nasty Surprise
It's going to be a really hot weekend in the place where I live, so I'm hoping to spend as much time as possible at the beach.But I wonder how…
Take Your Mind Off Things
Sometimes The Beaverton really understands me. This morning on CBC Morning Edition, Sheila Coles had Mark Jacobson as a guest. He’s a Stanford professor who I mentioned in my letter…
Gas Production, not Power Byproduct
This clip makes it seem as if CCS is more about producing gas to enhance oil recovery, and not so much about trapping a dangerous byproduct of dirty electricity production.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Sherri Torjman discusses how the the gig economy is based mostly on evading protections for workers - and how the both employment law…
Now I know why my friends don’t want to hear about climate change
About three years ago I decided to devote a lot of time to writing about the threat of climate change. I felt then – and feel now – that the…
Now I know why my friends don’t want to hear about climate change
About three years ago I decided to devote a lot of time to writing about the threat of climate change. I felt then – and feel now – that the…