On transitions
I’ll offer a reply to Cam’s knee-jerk response to the federal NDP’s long-overdue push for the basic necessities of responsible economic and environmental policy – including real carbon emission reductions…
climate change
The Faces of the Global Climate Strike Movement
Climate change can’t be ignored anymore. Every year we see an increase in deaths directly related to climate change from flooding to heat waves. Young people are inheriting a planet…
No-Holds-Barred Bill Nye
Clearly, Bill Nye is mad as hell and won’t take it anymore. This piece would certainly make for a nice truth-in-advertising moment juxtaposed against the Doug Ford propaganda ads being…
How To Explain Global Warming To A Moron like Doug Ford
I don't think it's possible to explain climate change to somebody like the brutish Doug Ford.He's too dumb and greedy.And as proof of that he has just released this tax…
What Would It Really Take?
We all know the injunction – cut greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 and entirely by 2050. To some that conjures up visions of the end of fossil fuels,…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Daniel Drenzer reviews Joseph Stiglitz’ People, Power and Profits, while noting the importance of pairing progressive policy ideas with a plan for implementation.…
Lessons from the AFL and AOC
What if we’ve run out of time? What if there’s no time left for baby steps; for one step forward and two steps back? What if it’s time to go…
I Know, You Know, So Does Antonio
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, says the political will to fight climate change is “fading.” From Deutsche Welle. Guterres said the world was “not on track” to confine the rise…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Tony Burman writes about the seismic change we can expect as the importance of our climate crisis – as well as the…
On definitive statements
Following up on this post, I’ll take a step back point out how Scott Moe’s insistence on attacking any carbon price through the courts is only enshrining in Canadian jurisprudence…
"A Globe-Spanning Murder-Suicide" I Guess That Sums It Up.
If you’re planning on being around for another two or three decades you’ll be witness to a world like you’ve never known it. What’s in store for you is a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Astra Taylor points out that we should be far more concerned about a planetary carbon budget which actually involves inflexible limits, rather than…
The BCNDP Blinked Over Logging Port Renfrew Old Growth. Plans Cancelled For Now.
The old growth forests near Port Renfrew have been spared from the axe for now. The ingredients in the dispute were potentially explosive with broadly based opposition including the BC…
Just Another Trudeau-Hater, Eh?
You decide (heh, heh, heh).H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
What Are We To Make of Justin Trudeau?
To a few, he’s the best person ever, a truly decent man and a great prime minister. To a different few, he’s the worst person ever, utterly corrupt, even venal.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Edward Kleinbard argues that citizens should be asking the question of whether markets actually serve society’s best interests – while pointing out the…
Looking Toward The Future
I’m feeling an unaccustomed lightness of spirit these days. The growth of Green Party support is at least in part responsible: Recommend this Post
Young People, Climate Change, Quebec
Have our old school (atrophied) political parties misjudged the issue of climate change? I think so. The worst part is that they haven’t merely shot themselves in the foot. They…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Ball reports on the movement forming in support of a Canadian Green New Deal. Kyla Tienhaara discusses how it fits into…
Why Andrew Scheer Will Never Have A Climate Plan
It's been about a week since Andrew Scheer shocked many Canadians by announcing that he now believes that climate change is a real problem.For obvious reasons. A few more inches…