Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Matthew Yglesias sums up the effects of four decades of U.S. union-busting, and points out how the supposed benefit from pointing a fire…
climate change
Confessions of a Climate Change Denier
Yotam Marom, a political organizer, activist, educator, musician, and writer based in New York City, explains how the “Armageddon” narrative around climate change fuels denial. The post Confessions of a…
The Harper Regime and the Signs of the Apocalypse
I don't know how I made it to this long weekend in Ontario. But now that I've arrived I've got to say this is the weirdest summer ever. After the…
Saturday At The Movies
Kleenex alert!
Stephen Harper and the Road to Armageddon
Well there he was today in his crumbling bastion of Quebec City, in the province of the fiery nightmare, looking as shaken, or just plain weird, as I have ever…
The tragedy of Canada’s environmental denial
Ray Grigg, a weekly environmental columnist and author of seven internationally published books on Oriental philosophy, discusses the “tragedy” of Canada’s environmental denial. The post The tragedy of Canada’s environmental…
Ice Crisis at the Poles: Ice, Ice, Baby
What continent is this, anyway? And why does it matter? The arctic ice cap will be fully melting in the next few summers, likely. There is a lake on top…
Shift Happens
* Here in Northern Ontario our lovely boreal summer is in full swing. The blueberries are starting to ripen, the ethereal call of the loons drifts up to our windows…
Erratic weather: Thunder, lightning and heavy rain
We have been having a lot of lightening and rain. It is unusual. Looks like another indication of climate change.
Obama Teases on Keystone XL, But Continues to Dodge Climate Peril
President Obama acknowledges that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline’s ability to create jobs is exaggerated, but won’t publicly acknowledge the pipeline’s climate impact. The post Obama Teases on Keystone…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Before you were conceived I wanted you Before you were born I loved you Before you were here an hour I would die for you This is the miracle of…
Arctic sea ice time bomb ticking: the bang’s gonna be huge
by Gareth on July 24, 2013 Reading this press release about a new paper in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology spoiled my day. It might not be obvious to a casual reader…
Is It Really That Hard to Imagine Cities Without Cars?
A blissful infographic of imaginative paradigm mechanics! Probably. That’s why really creative paradigm mechanics are thinking outside the box-y sedans to figure out how we could reorient cities and movement…
What Conservatives Should Ask About The Economy
If civilization’s value could be summed up in Trillions of dollars, how many would it be? Is $60 Trillion everything we know? Let’s assume it’s $100 Trillion for fun. If…
The absurdity and injustice of now
I’m back from a short sabbatical, grateful for some time outside of my daily work and home life, feeling all big picture. But as I settle back into work, I…
Climate Change Poll
The Disaffected Lib continues to do stellar work on the climate change file. Visiting his site will arm anyone interested with some solid information about what is, in my view,…
Europe’s New Climate – Deluge
Ah, southern Germany in May. When I heard a buddy was going back to his parents’ homeland for an aunt’s 80th birthday, I told him of the glories of the…