With another round of international climate negotiations opening this week in Warsaw, Poland, and a new poll finding Canadians wanting leadership on the issue, Stephen Harper and his Conservative government…
Australia’s Colongra gas-powered electrical plant – BC LNG would be powered by carbon-intensive plants like this one VICTORIA – Like the underground shale gas that Premier Christy Clark says will…
Last year’s “Defend Our Coast” rally in Victoria (photo: TJ Watt) Just this morning, BC Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Allison Redford have announced that they have penned a…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – George Monbiot discusses how another corporate investment agreement – this time one between Europe and the U.S. patterned after CETA – will…
Bees are in trouble, which means many, many of our foods are at risk. In this TED Talk from June 2013, bee scientist Marla Spivak unpacks the amazing world of…
Sun Media’s Ezra Levant attacks David Suzuki on his Fox News-style show, The Source From government scientists to First Nations citizens and environmentalists, pretty much everyone working to protect the…
I had the privilege of hearing several of the Council of Indigenous Grandmothers speak last weekend:
Earlier this week, the governors of California, Oregon and Washington and B.C. Premier Christy Clark announced their Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, “committing their governments, and a…
Alberta Tar Sands operation near Fort McMurray (photo: Kris Krûg) by Carol Linnitt – republished from Desmog Canada In its latest report the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gave…
The idea of a global carbon budget is not new, but has been growing in prominence. Carbon Tracker picked up on it in its seminal Unburnable Carbon report, and Bill…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Don Braid comments on Alberta’s complete lack of credibility when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental issues. And Andrew…
The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should be a wake-up call for Canada. With a development model based on ever more fossil fuel extraction, Canada’s…
Assorted content to start your week. – Frances Russell discusses the dangers of Stephen Harper’s authoritarian democracy. And Michael Harris takes note of Harper’s decision to mete out career executions…
As the Earth inexorably warms up due to human folly, one species after another pays the price. The most iconic example is of course the polar bear. And why not—what…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes that air quality in Alberta’s Upgrader Alley may be among the worst in North America, including dangerous concentrations of…
RED DEER, Alta. – Alberta Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, under fire by critics as a weak leader and climate change denier, announced Friday she now believes climate change exists and…
It’s very important to Canada’s economy that we send a resource (we can’t use without killing the planet) to Communist China so their economy can continue to pollute at record…
A reminder not to stereotype people:
