Are You Supporting Politics of Nihilism?
2030. You do realize that’s just 15-years away. Do you realize that 15-years is a heartbeat when it comes to making fundamental change? So, what’s so important about 2030? Plenty.…
climate change
We’re Responsible for Letting Them Off the Hook.
When it comes to Canada and climate change, who can fault the Americans for seeing us as almost schizoid. We acknowledge the reality and danger of climate change, we worry…
Canada’s Latest Climate Change Casualties
We seem to have lost two Dutch researchers to our dwindling Arctic sea ice. Marc Cornelissen and Philip de Roo were on a two-month scientific study of the area’s ice…
Koch-Funded ‘Think-Tank’ Traveling to Vatican to Convince Pope Climate Change Isn’t Real
In the previous post the matter of the Pope’s commitment to standing up for the environment and shining a light on the realities of climate change were raised. Cowichan Conversations…
Pope Francis Steps Up Campaign on Climate Change — Conservatives Alarmed
Climate Change concerns have been swept under the rug as much as possible by those despoiling our planet for profit. Resistance has been widespread and gathering credible currency as the…
Climate Change In The Raw
Imagine a highway full of cars, all traveling at very high speed, and all of them simultaneously going out of control. Something along those lines may be in store with…
President Obama Brings Out His “Anger Translator” During White House Correspondents Dinner
President Obama is frustrated with Senator Inhofe and his ridiculous snowball, and the other Republicans blocking progress on climate change. * “Look at what’s happening right now. Every serious scientist…
And The Children Will Lead Us
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead…
New book asks: Can civilization survive unprecedented climate crisis?
Water scarcity and resulting wars will be a key consequence of the climate crisis The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that human-caused climate change is already responsible for 150,000 deaths…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jim Stanford kicks off the must-read responses to the Cons’ budget with a modest list of five points deserving of public outrage, while…
Dear Future Generations: Sorry
This Earth Day, activist and spoken word artist Prince Ea launched his newest online video entitled “Dear Future Generations: Sorry” to motivate young citizens to take immediate action to stop…
Pricing Pollution Is Good For the Economy
We don’t have to chose between the environment and the economy. Canada’s EcoFiscal commission, an impressive group of experienced, policy-minded economists with an advisory board that includes senior politicians from…
Canada’s Outlier Status
Well, this is bauble budget day, the day the Harper regime makes its big pre-election push to convince us that all is right with the world, and that our natural…
Blue Ocean Event: Much Worse Than Predicted By The Models
Although I gladly yield expertise on the environmental and climate change files to my fellow blogger, The Disaffected Lib, who has been doing exemplary work these past several years, every…
Earth Too – Join The Mission
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is recruiting change agents who will commit to
China’s emissions drop, global cleanteach boom are cause for optimism on climate change
Chinese solar company Suntech at the Bird’s Nest stadium Despite Canada’s total lack of leadership in the green economy, a number of key global developments are grounds for optimism heading…
What Are The Limits?
Humans, and other primates, it appears, have an innate sense of fairness. We expect, for example, in times requiring sacrifice, that no member of society will be exempted. When we…
New column day
Here, on Brad Wall’s appalling admission that the Saskatchewan Party’s plan for a low-carbon economy is to move into Ontario’s basement rather than pursuing sustainable development in Saskatchewan. For further…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Paul Krugman highlights the policy areas where we need to look to the public sector for leadership – including those such as…