Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Matthew Rosza discusses the growing recognition that there's little chance of holding to our one-time target of 1.5 degrees of global warming -…
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Robert Rohde surveys yet another month of record-high temperatures from July 2024. And Richard Heinberg examines what a real energy transition would look like…
Nenshi Visits Calgary-Elbow
Naheed Nenshi has been busy visiting NDP constituencies across the province. This afternoon he came to the Calgary-Elbow Constituency BBQ. After a (very) enthusiastic introduction from NDP MLA Samir Kayande,…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Annika Stechemesser et al. study the effectiveness of various countries' climate policies - and find that while carbon pricing is a necessary element in…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Rogers discusses the imminent threat of more extreme weather events, shortages of the necessities of life and increased division and inequality if the…
The Carbon Tax You May Not Be Aware You Are Already Paying
Over the past few months there has been a lot of rhetoric by the BC United Party and the BC Conservative Party on scrapping the Carbon Tax. Of course, this…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Anna Betts reports that the fallout from the climate crisis may include threats to blood donations, while Zoe Schlanger writes about the dangers of…
Conservatives: climate change deniers
BC Conservative Party leader John Rustad told KelownaNow that climate issues are not an existential threat and not a crisis. He said, "Matter of fact, I don't even think it's…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jeff Masters sets out some of the anticipated timelines for climate change to fundamentally reshape life in the U.S. - with immense disruption…
Yes, we should be very worried
Pat Mccutcheon is running for the BC Greens in Surrey Cloverdale. He recently pointed me to this video and said: "Probably the most powerful & disturbing video I have ever…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ayesha Tandon discusses a new study showing that the limiting factor in averting a climate breakdown is public policy rather than technological limitations. Aaron…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jonathan Watts reports on the effort by scientists to account for the unexpected acceleration of global warming. And Fiona Harvey reports on the immense…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Joan Westenberg writes about the insistence by Elon Musk and others that people be forced to listen to bigotry in the name of…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Syris Valentine writes about our severe and chronic environmental overshoot in using far more resources than the Earth can replenish. Clayton Page Aldern…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Richard Sandbrook makes the case for a Green New Deal as combining the ambition and the feasibility needed to halt climate change. And Stewart…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ian Urquhart writes that while it's well and good to insist that the oil and gas industry stop attempting to greenwash its contribution to…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Fiona Harvey reports on the UN's warning that fossil fuel propagandists are engaged in a massive disinformation campaign to keep us spewing carbon…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- The Technical University of Munich highlights the uncertainties involved in putting a timeline on particular climate tipping points - even if their arrival…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Gillian Steward asks how many communities need to be destroyed for the UCP and other climate denialists to start even pretending to care -…