Peace
Christmas in the Trenches, written and performed by John McCutcheon, as Christians around the world contemplate the birth of the Prince of Peace, in a barn. “Each Christmas come since…
climate change
Real Journalism: Holding Harper To Account
Unlike the kind of faux journalism that the CBC’s most reverent chief correspondent, Peter Mansbridge, has perfected, real journalism requires critical thinking and hard-hitting questions. In that, The Toronto Star…
President Obama: Keystone XL must pass climate & jobs test
In his final press conference of 2014, President Obama spoke frankly about the so-called “benefits” to Americans of the Keystone XL pipeline. He points out it’s Canadian oil being transported…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Wishing all a wonderful Solstice. Here comes the light!
Even Capitalists Are Starting to See the Zombies in the Tarsands!
What kind of oil investments become zombies with cheap oil? Extracting and burning oil, gas and coal is a bad move. Capitalists, zombies themselves seeking to maximize shareholder wealth at…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomas Walkom discusses why politicians have thus far failed to take any meaningful action on climate change. But it’s also worth noting that…
No to pipelines, yes to Site C?
Peace River Valley No to pipelines, yes to Site C? Here’s a piece I wrote for Ricochet after getting riled up by *some* of the arguments against Site C. The…
Parliament Should Go Solar
Following up on my 2010 blog post on solar for the White House, it takes almost 3 years to get solar added to a historic national building. That’s why we…
Stephen Harper and the Secrets of the Con Regime
He runs the most shadowy government in Canadian history. Where everything is either a secret or a talking point.He likes to muzzle the truth. Or bury it. Like his shameless…
Carbon numbers keep rising, despite UN climate deals
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at COP 20 in Lima The carbon emission numbers are disquieting. Despite the 2009 pledge of multiple nations to reduce the release of their greenhouse…
Harper Exposed Once More
Those of us who follow politics closely and with a critical eye have long seen through the myth his handlers have perpetuated that Stephen Harper is a wise and reliable…
On unjust cause
Shorter Peter Kent, Stephen Harper Talking Point Dispenser Level Infinity: The Dear Leader fired me for making some effort to do a job with the work “environment” in the title,…
Lima Accord For Climate Action Approved
Citizens’ Climate Lobby report from COP20: Lima Accord for Climate Action Approved By Joe Robertson At 1:22 am, on December 14, 2014, the Closing Plenary session of the 20th Conference…
What Would You Tell Stephen Harper If He Tried to Shake Your Hand?
It's a horrible thought, and it could only happen in a nightmare.But what if you were wandering through a deathly dreamscape, and suddenly there was Stephen Harper, offering to shake…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
On this third Sunday of Advent, an Apache Blessing:
Alberta Government Begins to Sunset Oil Production
Edmonton’s Eastgate: What are those cylinders in the background? This week, as an early Christmas present to the province, the world and future generations, the Alberta government has begun the…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Aditya Chakrabortty contrasts the myth of the free market against the reality that massive amounts of public money and other privileges are shoveled…
Waking The Frog
Tom Rand talks about “Waking the Frog” at Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada’s Carbon Fee Prosperity conference in Ottawa on Nov. 23rd, 2014. Mr. Rand is a Cleantech Investor, Advisor, Speaker,…
Where Some Truth Resides
A friend of mine sent me the following. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did: Prime Minister Harper took an aerial tour of the proposed pipeline route…
Harper’s “crazy” Comments
So, @PMHarper, if oil/gas regulations don’t work at $65 a barrel, at what price are they “uncrazy”? $80? $100? — David Akin (@davidakin) December 9, 2014 Here’s an impressive takedown…