Mike Holmes On Ontario’s Green Energy Act: A Brave New Path
A great article by Mike “Make It Right” Holmes, host of the television series Holmes on Homes & Holmes Inspection, on The David Suzuki Foundation’s blog today: Over the past…
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Dear Mr. Harper
Canada’s Prime Minister Harper has been receiving messages about halting the expansion of the Alberta tar sands from far and wide this week. First, it was the 400 Canadians who…
Climate Change – Harper Has It Covered. Okay, You Can Cry Now
Don't worry, be happy. The Harper government knows all about climate change and it's got that one covered according to Steve's Envirostooge Peter Kent.Kent was reacting to a government report…
ManBearPig, Climategate and Watermelons
Nick Gillespie of Reason TV talks with British writer and journalist James Delingpole about his new book Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors. A self-described conservative libertarian, Delingpole claims that…
The World Loses Wangari Maathai – It’s Time For All Of Us To Heed Her Call To Become “Hummingbirds”
Green Belt Movement founder and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Wangari Maathai passed away on Sunday September 26th. A fierce yet humble advocate for the poor, particularly poor women, she…
Clinton: Climate Deniers Make U.S. Look Like a Joke
Via Think Progress, Bill Clinton, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, blasting the Republican Party for supporting denial of climate science: “The best thing you could do is…
Just Say No – It’s Time For Canada To Wean Itself Off Its Addiction to Tar Sands Crude
This hour protestors are gathering on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, to show their opposition to the Alberta tar sands, and specifically the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline that could be built…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“Action is the antidote for despair.” ~ Joan Baez Monday, September 26, 2001: Ottawa Tar Sands Action There comes a time when you need to take a stand. When sending…
Environment Canada cuts expand beyond ozone monitoring
Good reporting at iPolitics this afternoon, following the trail of the government's Environment Canada cuts: "Oilsands monitoring plan threatened by cuts: experts." The looming job cuts at Environment Canada spell…
On September 24th, The Planet Is Moving. Are You Joining The Ride Beyond Fossil Fuels?
Across Ontario and around the world, September 24th is a a day for people to rally and demand from our elected leaders action on moving beyond fossil fuels. Initiated by…
An Apple A Day
One of the responses that we can all take to the looming peak oil/climate change crisis is to work to make our communities more resilient (for more on this, check…
Ozone monitoring cuts backlash
Let's check in on how it's going since government cuts to Canada's long time ozone monitoring program made news and the international scientific community took note. Karen Dodds, the assistant…
The Ontario NDP Platform
Pollsters tell us that Ontario’s New Democrats may double their seat total in next month’s provincial election. It’s also entirely conceivable that they could be part of a coalition government…
Climate Science 101
In this video Bill Nye, the Science Guy, explains the fundamentals of climate science, which have been understood by scientists for decades. Just like the tobacco lobby did with the…
A fair take on the green energy issue in the Ontario election
Hey! A reasonable newspaper column on green energy I can get behind! For the first time this campaign: " Energy flashpoints and the politics of power." The right wing insists…
University of Calgary Prostitutes Itself To Big Oil & Gas
Canadian journalist Mike DeSousa, who first wrote three years ago about the anti-science group with the Orwellian name “Friends of Science”, who funded a PR blitz meant to cast doubt…
Next year country, Year 5
Yes, we should be due for the Cons' annual declaration that they'll get around to regulating greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands, just not this year....right about now.
Can You Feel Your Hide Thickening?
We're all going to get pretty thick skinned in the years and decades to come. The more you want to cling to your way of life and the greater the…
Hello My Baby
September is shaping up to be a potential game-changer for the climate movement, with Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Climate Reality just over, and now 350.org’s Global Day of Action…
Imagine
John Lennon’s anthem for peace: