Climate Change AKA Global Warming Denial History
Here the case is made that “global warming” was supplanted by “climate change” because it sounded less urgent, (much as tarsands became oilsands), and other history is presented about the…
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Dear PM: Destruction of our atmosphere undermines Canada’s security
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 In this era of heightened concerns about national security, we invite you to read the following open letter to Prime Minister Harper that makes a simple…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Edward Keenan is the latest to point out that any reasonable political decision-making process needs to include an adult conversation about taxes and…
Too Good Not too Share
Although I’m not sure that the benighted Progressive Conservative MPP Rick Nicholls will completely get it: H/t The Toronto Star Recommend this Post
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Armine Yalnizyan counters the Cons’ spin on tax-free savings accounts. And Rob Carrick points out that raising the limit on TFSAs would…
A Worrisome Trend
Thursday’s post lamented the fact that opinion and personal beliefs are increasingly being regarded as legitimate challenges to facts. As was noted, accepting the facts of evolution and climate change…
Americans See Combating Climate Change a Moral Obligation. Speaking of Morality, Where’s Steve Harper?
Some are calling it the “Francis effect” after the forceful statements the Pope has made about the need to address climate change. A significant majority of Americans say combating climate…
Why Has Accepting Scientific Fact Become A Matter Of Choice?
Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean. They speak different languages and use different powers of the brain. -Rabbi…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson link inequality and climate change as massive problems which are generated by political choices (and thus amenable…
Stephen Harper and the Fatal Polar Vortex
He is using his Great War on Terror to try to scare Canadians into voting for him, even as he turns the country into a police state.He is using fear…
Oh, This Is Rich. Stephen Harper Wants Us to Listen to Scientists.
“get the facts from the …scientific community, and if you’re not a …scientist yourself, listen to the people who are. It’s that simple.” You heard it right, straight from the…
The Keystone veto: You want jobs? Try this
* In the most contentious veto of his tenure, President Obama has rejected legislation that would have cleared the way for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. For now,…
Saturday At The Movies
Fun! Sometimes all it takes is one person willing to take a risk, and invite other people to join them, to change an experience from drab to extraordinary. Imagine if…
Looking for Heroes?
I’ve been watching The Book of Negroes this week. I have no words. I only recognize justice, integrity, brutality, acknowledgement, witnessing, story telling and a myriad of other foggy responses.…
“Anti-Petroleum” RCMP Explodes Gasoline In Their Cars’ Engines
RCMP called ‘anti-petroleum’ critics (aka anyone concerned about climate change) a potential security threat http://t.co/sollGvyhdB #cdnpoli — Keith Stewart (@climatekeith) February 18, 2015 The RCMP have displayed Climate Change Denial…
How 2 cold winters in Eastern North America doesn’t disprove climate change/global warming.
When it gets as cold as it has this winter (and last), you often see message boards yelling, “How about that global warming!” … as if these winters prove to…
Low-carbon urban infrastructure: a view from Vancouver
I have a new case study (full pdf; summary article from the publishers) out as part of the Economists for Equity and Environment‘s Future Economy Initiative. I look at the…
Go Ahead, Say It: "Climate Change"
Bill Nye, an eloquent advocate of critical thinking and rational discussion, urges newscasters to use the words ‘climate change’ now and again. There is nothing at stake except the reduction…