Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Rick Smith and Ken Neumann write about the importance of developing a Green New Deal that includes participation from (and protection for)…
climate change
New column day
Here, pointing out how Drawdown‘s list of emission reductions which are possible based on peer-reviewed research into current technology (which received recent attention thanks to a CNN quiz and Vox…
He Will Never Be Green
My past two posts have consisted of editorial cartoons featuring well-known ‘green’characters. The first depicted Kermit the frog trumpeting the very significant electoral gains made by the Green Party in…
BRITAIN WINS! Parliament Declares Climate National Emergency
From CNN: Lawmakers in the UK Parliament have declared “an environment and climate emergency,” making it the first country in the world to do so, according to the opposition Labour…
Global Warming Has Been Setting a Trap For Us Since the Early 1900s.
New research shows that global warming has been transforming our soil since the early 1900’s. The NASA-Columbia University study itself is available here. Global warming has been fueling droughts since…
Pipelines Are a Lousy Bet
From National Public Radio, NPR: A new report by an energy watchdog group says companies are betting over a trillion dollars in risky gas pipeline projects. Global Energy Monitor says…
"We’ve No Time to Waste"
Jeremy Corbyn, today, in the House of Commons. This should make us all disgusted with our federal parties and our petro-provinces alike. The Liberals, and their apologists, have no excuse…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Emilie Prattico comments on the need to move past an economy that generates billionaires and widespread precarity in order to ensure that collective…
And Now, A Word From Another Green Guy
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The Master of Weasel Words Wants "Reflections"
Right out of the gate, Justin Trudeau is balking at serious action on climate change. Speaking on Sunday night, Justin Trudeau, the prime minister, suggested that using federal money to…
Two Thirds of Britons Believe World in "Climate Emergency"
Good. It seems the British people have done what their political caste has so far refused to do. They have concluded that the world is in a state of climate…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – James Murray highlights what climate protests have accomplished so far, while emphasizing the need to turn activism into policy change over the…
Andrew Scheer’s Scary Climate Change Nightmare
For Andrew Scheer it must have seemed like a religious revelation, of the very wrong kind. The kind born in the hell of his own making.For years he has tried…
And Now, A Word From Kermit
H/t Greg Perry Still not convinced? Perhaps these letter-writers can help: Local governments all over the world are declaring a climate emergency, so stop using the neutral term “climate change”…
EPA Warns US Communities to Brace For Worsening Climate Change Impacts
Gee, who knew? Despite a White House and Congress chock full of climate change deniers, the US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a stark warning to American municipalities. Get ready.…
If You’re Pouring Gasoline On the Fire, Don’t Pretend You’re Fighting the Flames.
It’s funny, with the October elections nearing, how concerned the Conservatives and Liberals are becoming about climate change or, at least, the flooding that has ravaged eastern Canada and the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Cory Booker rightly questions why corporations are hoarding the wealth created by the work of their employees. And Richard Reeves wonders why so…
Okay, This Might Sting a Little Bit. Time for Ottawa to Declare Climate Change a National Emergency.
Imagine the nerve – debating climate change as a national emergency. Britain’s Labour Party intends to force a debate on the issue this week in Parliament. Labour will this week…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Derrick O’Keefe, Robert Hackett and Shane Gunster highlight how the TransMountain pipeline bailout and SNC-Lavalin scandal have cemented Justin Trudeau’s status as…
McKibben is Banking on Protests
Bill McKibben in The Guardian: “Luckily, we have two relatively new inventions that could prove decisive to solving global warming before it destroys the planet. One is the solar panel,…