Memo To America
While this is officially a memo to America, I’d say the rest of us should pay attention, too. Especially here in Canada where our current federal government has officially tied…
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Rap Guide to Climate Chaos
What’s the beef? – Climate Change Version Baba Brinkman is a Canadian rap artist, writer, actor, and tree planter. And, judging from some info he shares in this video, he’s…
Signifying Nothing
It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing. Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5 In the above quotation, the beleaguered Macbeth, facing his final battle, is…
IPCC – "Criminally Complacent"
Arctic expert, professor Peter Wadhams, doesn’t think much of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In fact, the Cambridge professor of ocean physics and head of the university’s Polar Oceans…
Speaking The Truth: A Crime In Harperland
I was going to write about Linda McQuaig’s honest assertion that much of the tarsands’ oil will have to be left in the ground if Canada is to meet its…
Linda McCuaig does us all a big favour
Last week the NDP candidate for Toronto Centre, Linda McQuaig, stirred the tar sands pot, telling a CBC panel discussion that for Canada to meet its climate change targets, “a…
The Point of No Return?
A friend sent me a link to a Rolling Stone article, “The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares are Already Here.” It’s a relatively complete and accurate synopsis of…
Obama Battles Harper Over Climate Change
Obama spoke the other day about climate change: “we’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change; we’re the last generation that can do something about it.” Stephen…
Truth from the Sea
If there’s one thing climate change deniers steer well clear of, it’s the state of our oceans. They confine their lies to cherry-picked data about global warming of the atmosphere,…
Harper’s Campaign Against a Mythical Netflix Tax Backfires, Badly
Check out our savvy PM, getting all hashtaggy on us all! But to quote Mr. Layton from 2011, it’s become a #Fail, or, “Hashtag-Fail” if you will. You see, our…
11 Weeks of Daily Harper Protests
The Harper Re-election Disaster Bus Totalitarianism: daily, for 11 weeks! Get used to this. People hate Harper and his Conservatives. We will see through his weak attempt to wedge oppositions…
Saturday Morning Links
Asorted content for your weekend reading. – Ezra Klein talks to Bernie Sanders about how to build a more fair economy in the U.S. and around the globe. And Lynn…
“The Changes Will Be Dramatic” Says Farmer & Climate Scientist
As both a farmer and a climate scientist, Jennifer is deeply concerned about the challenges coming for farmers. She admires their resourcefulness, but expects the changes will be dramatic. *…
The Time Is Now
In the United States, the transition to a clean energy economy is already underway. Climate-concerned citizens are calling on candidates in next year’s federal election to show their plan to…
The Signs Are Everywhere – Part 2
You can access part one here. Logical fallacies The reason why there’s a 97% consensus is because of the many lines of evidence that humans are causing global warming. Human…
The Signs Are Everywhere
It is only the ideologically blind who refuse to see the signs. Whether we live on the West Coast, Central Canada, or the East Coast, we are being affected by…
Harper makes Canada into the ‘tobacco company’ of the global community
Stephen Harper has done many things to change Canada’s reputation on the world stage. Probably the most noticeable to people in other countries around the world is it’s record on…