Friday, February 21, 2014 When U.S. President Obama met with Prime Minister Harper earlier this week, he highlighted the importance of considering climate change in key energy decisions, like the…
Two very different provincial governments tabled their budgets this week. The freshly-elected BC Liberals and the seemingly election-ready Parti Quebecois both delivered what they termed “responsible” budgets. While the two…
The NDP youth wing has gotten creative with a spoof Facebook “look back” video highlighting some of the low points of Canadian politics over the last eight years of the…
* The recent extreme flooding in the UK and Ireland has highlighted the devastating effect our changing climate can have; but if we do not take action fast, future generations…
“He Didn’t Hear a Word I Said.” After their private tete-a-tete in Mexico, the president of the United States and the prime minister of Canada each released summaries of their…
But he’s back! My favourite crazed evangelical, and I hope yours, Pat Robertson, is once again making ‘newsworthy’ statements. Watch below as this preacher of the preposterous, this evangelical of…
Photo by Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren, NOAA Corps, ret., courtesy Wikimedia Commons Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Arctic isn’t nearly as bright and white as it…
Gwynne Dyer thinks it was a nasty trick. It was, after all, supposed to be the poor and vulnerable little people of the equatorial zone that were hammered by climate…
Calgary’s massive flood. Let’s stop saying “global warming” because whenever climate breakdown events occur that are COLD, deniers try to say global warming isn’t happening. Sigh. Let’s also stop saying…
Starting this year, buyers shopping for a nice coastal dream home in the U.S. will be able to consult ‘storm surge maps’ produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
It's the winter that seems to have gone on forever. The bay is frozen solid.Like much of the Great Lakes.And I can't wait begin for it to warm up. Not…
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The legal battle between climate scientist Michael Mann (left) and conservative columnist Mark Steyn (right) is heating up. Read this February 3rd article by Andrew Breiner in Climate Progress about…
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Robert Reich writes about the basic economic lessons the U.S. has forgotten since its postwar boom: First, America’s real job creators are consumers,…
Bill Nye and Bill Maher offer an entertaining and informative analysis of this growing phenomenon: Recommend this Post
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Murray Dobbin points to the oil sector’s utter domination of Canada’s federal political scene. And Dr. Dawg sums up the problem: Briefly, the…
Here’s a tribute to the Sochi Olympics from The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion: * Not to be outdone, the Norwegians have come out with a response to the…
* Even as the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration climbs upward, some climate deniers are bent on attacking climate scientists’ reputations. That’s why it’s more important than ever that we empower…
