Existential threat or anti-growth rhetoric?
Climate change denialism remains strong. It has been strongly linked to right-wing nationalism and to the anti-feminist far-right but it was built primarily with funds from oil companies. Denialists have…
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Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – William Becker rightly argues that the U.S.’ practice of prioritizing fossil fuel donor profits over the health of the public and the planet…
Canada is not a world leader on climate
I won’t be much affected by climate change, but my grandchildren will pay a very high price. For older folks like me, watching this country do the wrong things for…
Self Organizing Criticality: Slowly, then All at Once
Alex Walker, Climate Finance Program Manager at Environmental Defence, wrote about spotlighting and mythbusting this week’s government studies on climate change and finance: “The Senate Banking commmittee had a study…
Instead of a path to net zero, we’re on the eve of destruction
The concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere is a critical environmental issue. One important cause involves human activities such as the production and use of fossil fuels. Canada’s…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on the response to the consensus among climate scientists that we’re headed for climate catastrophe, including the UN’s recognition…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Damian Carrington reports on the consensus among climate scientists that the fallout from the climate crisis looks to include at least 2.5 degrees…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joe Vipond and Steve Bentley write about the need to treat the climate breakdown in progress as a serious problem requiring immediate…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jessica Wildfire comments on the elite panic which has seen information suppression become the norm in order to maintain the status quo for…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Markham Hislop offers up his apologies for cheerleading for the TransMountain pipeline – both due to its immensely increased price tag, and…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thom Hartmann discusses how conservative policies and rhetoric both kill people even looking only at homicides and suicides. Cory Doctorow points out how…
Green New Deal: “A socialist plot to take away your ice cream.”
By consensus, climate scientists believe that future restorative actions will be futile if policies followed today are insufficient. In our daily lives, we routinely limit or reduce potential harms. However,…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Stan Cox writes about the looming eco-collapse – and its connection to a relentless focus on top-heavy “growth” with no regard for…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Benji Jones writes that the long-predicted mass death of coral reefs due to climate change is coming to pass even as the climate…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Umair Irfan discusses the possibility that carbon pollution may have reached its peak in 2023 – while recognizing that even if that…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sean Boynton reports on new research showing that the deadline 2021 heat dome was significantly exacerbated by the climate crisis. And William Boos…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robin McKie warns that the next pandemic is likely to develop from a flu virus, while Augie Ray offers a reminder that…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – The Climate Change Performance Update’s latest update shows Canada tumbling to the bottom of the world’s development countries in climate performance – even…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Emily Eaton, Andrew Stevens and Sean Tucker discuss how the corporate fossil fuel sector is blocking workers from pursuing sustainable jobs as part…