The Day Stephen Harper Helped Destroy the Planet
I hate to admit it, but it seems I was tragically wrong. Stephen Harper did play a major role at the G7 summit after all.He took a reasonable proposal to…
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Gravel pit case puts the spotlight on BC’s environmental assessment laws
Monday, June 8, 2015 Talia McKenzie first found out that she was going to be living next to a gravel pit the day she picked up the keys to her…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – The World Bank’s latest World Development Report discusses how readily-avoidable scarcity in severely limit individual development. Melissa Kearney and Philip Levine write…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Peter Poschen argues that the goals of protecting our climate and ensuring the availability of good jobs isn’t an either-or proposition: (C)limate change…
What does an NDP Alberta mean for Climate, BC Pipeline campaigns?
Friday, June 5, 2015 Last month’s dramatic NDP win in Alberta led to much speculation (at least among those interested in such issues) as to what this means for the…
A Response From The Mound Of Sound
The Mound of Sound, who knows a great deal about the topic, offered the following response to my post on our hubris and our folly. Thanks for posting that video,…
Alberta Getting a Climate Change Plan?
If they enact what is known to be good policy, but the previous government was afraid to do, that’d be a start anyway. I found it interesting that the newspaper…
Climate Justice and the Good Life, for Everyone
In our Climate Justice Project, our research has stressed structural changes and collective action to lower carbon footprints rather than individual behavioural change. The ability of many actors to respond…
Canada’s GHG emissions cost the world 8,800 lives and $15.4 Billion every year
Monday, June 1, 2015 Canadian politicians may argue that our greenhouse gas emissions are small, but because the global harm that the world is already suffering from climate change is…
This Isn’t Going To Work #skpoli
.@laurengolosky Why isn't the Environment Minister up to speed on #climatechange? It's basic knowledge for Environment portfolio. #skpoli — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) May 21, 2015 It’s 2015, and the entire…
MIT Encourages Solar Energy to Power the Future
Solar roof Now that climate change has reached the point that it is happening regardless if we stop all human produced carbon output we desperately need to change how we…
Let’s Give Green Energy $5.3 Trillion This Year
What fraction of a decade would it take to completely get off fossil fuels and create a post-carbon energy/transportation infrastructure if the clean, green energy sector were publicly subsidized at…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Elizabeth Warren reminds us (PDF) that previous trade agreements were packaged with the same promises of labour and environmental standards being used…
Earthkeeping: Climate For Change
On May 7, 2015 Dr Katharine Hayhoe presented to a crowd of 800+ at Vancouver, Canada’s Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on the theme of caring for creation. Recently…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Brad Delong discusses the two strains of neoliberalism which dominate far too much political discussion – and the reason why the left-oriented…
As Expected, Harper’s Canada is Number Last
Stevie-Joe Harper’s lame target for greenhouse gas emissions cuts – 30% from 2005 levels by 2030 – secures Canada’s hold on dead last place among the developed nations. Last, and…
Time for some adult supervision
The latest Con dodge on greenhouse gas emission regulations for the oil and gas industry is to say that they’ll promise to deal with a few collateral activities, just as…
30 By 30 – Rachel, You’ve Got Some Catching Up To Do.
It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry but the feds have finally proclaimed Canada’s target for greenhouse gas emissions cuts. The figure is a 30% reduction from 2005…