Hiding Under The Bed
Andrew Scheer says that his environmental policy is a work in progress. But it really is hard to know what his party is thinking. It changes gears frequently. Rick Smith…
Conservative environmental policy
Living In An Alternate Universe
http://www.wired.com/ Yesterday, the provincial premiers met in Quebec City to map out a strategy to combat climate change. The federal government was invited to the conference but declined the invitation:…
The Consequences Of His Inaction
http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/ There are some who believe that the deal which the United States and China reached on greenhouse gas emissions will force Stephen Harper to act on climate change. But…
The Turn Of The Screw
Yesterday, Barack Obama announced that the United States is moving to restrict the emissions of its greatest polluter, the coal industry. The objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from…
For The Birds
The irony is of epic proportions. The Jewish National Fund plans to put Stephen Harper’s name on a bird sanctuary. It shall be called The Stephen J. Harper Hula Valley…
The "Primitives" Have Got It Right
In a recent article, Noam Chomsky asks the question we should all be asking: “Who will defend the earth?” The people who are desperately interested in the answer to that…
The Investor Is King
If you wondered why the Harper government has gutted Canada’s environmental legislation, Frances Russell provides the answer: The North American Free Trade Agreement was the first of a New World…
Pay Now Or Pay Later
The devastation which Hurricane Sandy visited on the American east coast has generated a lot of attention. So did Hurricane Katrina. But neither storm appears to have spurred legislators into…
Will the Northern Gateway Pipeline be the Conservatives ‘NEP’?
What do the Northern Gateway Project and the NEP have in common? I think everybody in Canada has heard of the NEP. In essence, Pierre Trudeau dreamed up a scheme…
Smokestack Expertise to be Abandoned? W.T.F. is Peter Kent thinking?
I am not very happy with Environment Canada in general, and Peter Kent in particular. I read this article this morning, and discovered that the Conservative Government has decided that…