Dutch climate court win – What does it mean for Canada?
Friday, June 26, 2015 Earlier this week (June 24th) a Dutch court ordered the Dutch government to ramp up its climate change plans – to achieve at least a 25%…
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Dutch judicial lessons for Canada
Friday, June 26, 2015 In the recent Dutch court decision ordering the Dutch government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% (relative to 1990 levels) by 2020, the court made…
Pope Francis Raps About Planet
Some fun on a Friday afternoon, from the folks over at DeSmogBlog: * DeSmogBlog.com
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jim Stanford discusses the need to inoculate citizens against shock doctrine politics, as well as the contribution he’s hoping to make as the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Edsall discusses how increased atomization is making it more difficult for people to join together in seeking change, no matter how…
New column day
Here, on how Regina and its citizens did fairly well responding to a water shortage – but has plenty to learn in applying the lesson to the wider collective challenge…
Energy and climate in the Harper decade
The costs of climate change are piling up, and can no longer be ignored. 2015 is poised to be a landmark year, with a new global treaty on climate to…
Pope Francis changes game with environmental message
Pope Francis (Catholic Church of England / Flickr) Earth has existed for 4.5 billion years, humans for somewhere around 150,000. But in my brief lifetime — less than 80 years…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mark Anderson reports on the Change Readiness Index’ findings that the growing concentration and inequality of wealth is making it more and…
And the Band Played On
It’s generally accepted in the scientific community that it takes one to several centuries, on average, for species to truly adapt to a 1 degree Celsius shift in temperature, up…
Pope calls for action on climate change. Will the Canadian government respond?
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada responds to the Encyclical released yesterday by Pope Francis, addressed not only to the world’s Catholics but to everyone on the planet. * Pope’s call to…
Pope Francis and the moral imperative of dealing with global warming
It’s no surprise that Pope Francis only gave PM Stephen Harper 10 minutes for his interview earlier this month. And no surprise he looked constipated in his photo op with…
Climate change could boost visitation to US National Parks by 2060
In silver lining news: the latest report from the U.S. National Park Service has found that increases in global temperature could boost tourism traffic to national parks from Alaska to…
Yet Another Sign Of Just How Much Trouble We Are In
When we think of climate change, the first things that may come to mind are our increasingly violent storms and melting Arctic ice. Another, of course, is drought and its…
Ending The Silence on Climate Change
“The Earth’s climate does not care if you are a Democrat or a Republican… Climate change will affect all Americans.” Bill Moyers interviewed Tony Leiserowitz from the Yale Project on…
Pope Francis and the Wolves in the Vatican
As you may know Pope Francis' encyclical on climate change has been leaked to the media before its scheduled release on Thursday. Pope Francis will this week call for changes…
The Choice Before Us
Chris Hedges explains: Recommend this Post
The Wealthy Really Are Different From The Rest Of Us
Despite the over-generalization of my title, it is clear to me that many of rich really are different from the rest of us, not just in terms of their material…
Pope Francis: The Encyclical
Some fun the week before Pope Francis releases his much-anticipated encyclical on the environment. * Why the climate is such a hot topic for Pope Francis Angry US Republicans tell…