350orbust: Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu
For those of you who have been faithful followers of my blog since it started in 2009, for my most recent followers, and for everyone in between, it’s time to…
climate change
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Errol Mendes points out that any commitment to securing human rights in our foreign policy is currently limited by the lack of any systematic…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jordan Yadoo discusses the increasing inequality in lifespans across the income scale. Roderick Benns writes that Belleville (along with Cornwall) has joined the movement…
Where’s Wall’s Western Strategy Now?
It wasn’t very long ago that Brad Wall was a part of shaping western Canada. He wanted BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and maybe even Manitoba to agree on LCD wage and…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Joseph Stiglitz comments on how the Trans-Pacific Partnership looks to make democracy subordinate to corporate interests:The US concluded secret negotiations on what may turn…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Mariana Mazzucato comments on the need for the public sector to play a significant and direct role in sustainable economic development:The debate about the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Hugh MacKenzie reminds us how quickly Canada's richest CEOs will exceed the income of the average Canadian worker on the year's first work day.…
New column day
Here, expanding on this post about Brad Wall's sad attempt to beg Justin Trudeau for federal money to make up for his own mismanagement. For further reading...- Once again, Wall's…
Has John Horgan Succeeded In Distancing Himself From Christy Clark’s LNG Nightmare?–Fletcher Interview
Once again the BC NDP seem poised for certain victory against the BC Liberals. However that task and challenge has not been accomplished since 1996 when an upstart and radically…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Matthew Yglesias writes that The Big Short and other stories focused on the financial aspects of the 2008 economic meltdown miss by far…
Geoengineering: A Technology Fraught With Consequences We Can’t Anticipate, Or Saviour Of Humanity?
I was watching The National last night, which presented what I felt was a too-cheery piece on geoengineering, the process whereby climate is purposely altered through human intervention. The report…
Talking climate justice in Paris
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 In the haggard, pre-Christmas weeks after the Paris climate negotiati...
COP21 falls short in addressing climate change for the South Pacific Islands
Research done for the Pacific Peoples Partnership, Victoria BC Vulnerability in the South Pacific Islands The South Pacific Islands are one of the most vulnerable areas in the world to…
The Illusion Of Separateness
Developed in the late 60's by British Scientist James Lovelock, the Gaia theory states that the organic and inorganic components of Planet Earth have evolved together as a single living,…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Duncan Cameron offers his take on the Paris climate change conference. Martin Lukacs notes that while the agreement reached there may not accomplish…
Is #COP21 #ParisAgreement a Great Advance, or a Huge Flop?
We’ll know, I think, by 2025 when it’s too late to do anything about the past 10 years. I’m cautiously optimistic that it’s an agreement that will provide a better…
May calls Paris deal “a masterful balancing act” between ideal and practical
Elizabeth May calls the recent Paris climate deal “a masterful balancing act” between the ideal and practical. Ray Grigg on the imperfect, yet laudable and achievable agreement.The post May calls…
Two Different Takes On Gas Prices
You can either lose your mind and your perspective: It’s not your imagination — gasoline prices in Canada should be a lot lower than they are right now. That’s according…
Mike Huckabee on fossil fuels and climate change
Last night I partially watched Republican debate. They strictly concentrated on ISIS. One of Huckabee's statement was amazing. He said that U.S. has the highest reserve of coal, oil and…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Matthew Yglesias rightly points out the absurdity of monetary policy designed to rein in at-target inflation at the expense of desperately-needed employment. And…