Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave a powerful speech in the U.S. Senate last week, making a thorough and well-supported argument for immediate comprehensive action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate…
If a nation's economy is heavily dependent on imported resources that are in increasingly short supply, should this be factored into that country's credit rating? It seems to follow that…
I happened to be in Winnipeg this past weekend, and so was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the initial Occupy Canada events in that city. The turnout…
Kitikaanikamik is an Ojibway word that means “the place where things grow”. The Local Foods Initiative (RLLFI) in the northern Ontario town that I live in has applied to the…
Yesterday the Occupy Wall Street movement, sparked by a call from the Vancouver-based Ad Busters magazine, started sparking occupations in Canada. From five thousand people in Vancouver, to three hundred…
“I am not moving”, a powerful video from Occupy Wall Street.
Powerful words from Bill McKibbon and 350.org on Occupy Wall Street: This morning, the folks standing up for the rest of us, and for a just and sustainable system, may…
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Several days spent at the end of September at UBCM, the annual gatheri...
So obvious a 12 year old would know. What’s missing from SaskPower’s list of renewable sources to consider? #FutureFail == The Canadian Blog Awards are underway again, nominations are open.…
Yesterday Australia took a huge step toward a clean energy economy and tackling climate change. The Australian House of Representatives passed the Government’s package of 19 bills setting up a…
Beautiful! Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera attempted to report from the Occupy Wall Street protests in Lower Manhattan on the weekend, but was forced to abort the broadcast after a…
Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent and author, had this to say about the “Occupy Wall Street” movement last week: “The only word that these corporations know is ‘more’…There is…
The Harper government's cuts to Environment Canada and their tinkering with our ozone monitoring systems deserve lots of ongoing attention. Note this from Climate Progress Saturday, the giant ozone hole…
Bill McKibbon addressed the crowd gathered in Washington Square this past Saturday as part of “Occupy Washington”. Here is the text of his speech, thanks to the crew over at…
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Murray Dobbin comments on the role that the Occupy protest movement can play in countering corporate power that's faced far too little opposition for…
It’s Thanksgiving Monday here in Canada. Me and mine have much to be thankful for today, having narrowly avoided a serious health crisis among one of our own. So this…
Three weeks in, the anti-corporate, pro-democracy “Occupy Wall Street” protests show no signs of losing momentum. Quite the opposite, in fact.The Occupy Wall Street website states: We will be in…
Europeans are awash in economic disaster yet they see the greatest threats their world faces as poverty and climate change.The Eurobarometer poll (pdf) found that the majority of the public…
I intended to comment on the October Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, offering as it did yet another disappointing, if not depressing, account of the…
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Companies that are emitting a lot of greenhouse gas emissions – inc...
