Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Bruce Johnstone points out that one can’t justify Stephen Harper’s gross dereliction of duty in addressing greenhouse gas emissions based on any system…
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Greenwash King Patrick Moore sews seeds of climate change doubt
Greenpeace co-founder-turned-greenwasher extraordinaire Patrick Moore I hesitate to give the man any more publicity. Patrick Moore, a former environmentalist and now a constant and consistent spokesman for right-wing causes, had…
Hey, Think You’re Resilient?
“Resilience.” It’s the new climate change buzz word. It applies to individuals, communities, institutions, and infrastructure. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from repeated climate change impacts. It’s the…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Don Pittis makes the case for a guaranteed annual income on economic and social grounds: The young would be some of the biggest…
Gasland Part II – Fracking Hell
Watched “Gasland Part II” on HBO on demand, and it is something you have to see. The case it makes against fracking is a very strong one, and it shows…
Spurred on in Part by Children, Rockefellers Join Fossil Fuel Divestment
It’s good to hear that billionaires at least listen to their children, and not just fiscally conservative accountants. Ms. Wayne said the family’s commitment is intergenerational, and continuing. She said…
#LyingLeona Lies Again to the UN #cdnpoli
Canada’s Minister of the Environment is a jester. She says the most outrageous lies and expects people to buy them. Just a couple days ago in the House, a Conservative…
The Climate Change Deal We Cannot Live Without
Just what does all this squabbling about greenhouse gas emissions really mean? What has to go into an effective climate change agreement? What factors are in play? Here, courtesy of…
US Lobsters Take Climate Refuge in Canada
They’re voting with their – oh, I don’t know – legs, tails, claws? However they’re doing it, American lobster stocks are heading north, to Canada. Lobster fishermen across southern regions…
Desmond Tutu raises climate compensation ahead of UN Climate Summit
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Last week Nobel Peace Prize winner, and one of the spiritual leaders of our time, Archbishop Desmond Tutu called on governments to make fossil fuel companies…
Tory Hot Air Worsens Climate Change
Watch this video and you’ll know what I mean: Recommend this Post
A Small Clip Reveals A Big Truth
The National Post’s Jonathon Kay on the people he works with: Recommend this Post
Large hydro dams aren’t “green” – they actually drive climate change
BC’s WAC Bennett Dam (Photo: Damien Gillis) Read this August 14 EcoWatch column by Gary Wockner, which explodes the myth of “green” hydro dams – food for thought as Canada…
Climate Change March Highlights Global Issue
Demonstrations around the world. It is good to know that it has become international issue. Please watch the video here
People’s Climate March
On Sunday I attended a climate rally in Regina with what looked to be well over a hundred other people. It’s too bad more of the 33,400 Rider fans in…
Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets of New York City
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Read Lisa W. Foderaro’s comprehensive New York Times report that saw 100,000 demonstrators that hit the streets of New York city calling for action on ‘Climate Change.’…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Linda Tirado writes about life in poverty – and the real prospect that anybody short of the extremely wealthy can wind up there:…
Stephen Harper and the Climate Change Revolt
They marched in Canada, they marched all over world, and in New York it was one of the biggest demonstrations that city has ever seen. Legions of demonstrators frustrated by…