Next Steps in Protecting the Great Lakes
Lake Huron shoreline/Photo by Jimmy Brown In the face of decades of environmental, pollution and development stresses on the shorelines, wetlands, river basins, flora and fauna of the Great Lakes,…
environment
world water day
photo by andreyohanes3 One in eight people on this planet do not have access to safe drinking water. Each day, 3,000 children under the age of five die from diseases…
There Is No Life Without Water
Today is World Water Day. As the video from water.org states, “If you don’t know about the water crisis, you should.” * * Links: Water.org
Solidarity spring: A Call to action from Idle No More & Defenders of the Land
By: Idle No More | Press Release: Idle No More has sparked an awakening of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples internationally in support for democracy, human rights and environmental protections. In…
Oil The Humanity!
Oww, my sides would be hurting from laughing at the irony of this situation, if it weren’t a deadly serious joke that the Conservatives are playing on Canadians. On a…
Transportation: Where to go, and how to get there in #YQR
– Most of my speech as heard in the video above, and posted to my Regina politics blog: I’m very pleased to have been asked to speak at Campion College…
Caring For Our Environment Isn’t Optional
I’m on a (low-carbon) holiday for the next while, with little access to a computer, so please accept my apologies for delayed responses or posting of comments. All should be…
Of Petrostates and Patriotism
If Alison Redford gets to define Canadian patriotism, then I don’t want to be patriotic. The Alberta premier yesterday accused federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair of “a fundamental betrayal of…
1500 kilometres by foot through the arctic winter: the journey of the nishiyuu nears ottawa
On January 16, 2013, six young Cree men and an experienced guide left their community on Hudson’s Bay, in the far north, on foot. Their destination: Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Along…
the world fails to protect polar bears, canada leads the failure
A while back, I asked: “how can we live without polar bears?“. The world has taken one step closer to that vision, helping the polar bear along the road to…
Petrostate Watch: State Department Keystone XL Assessment Report Written By TransCanada Hiree
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive | Mar 13, 2013: The U.S. government lied to the American people – and the rest of us – about that Keystone XL…
Tarsand Analogy
This is an unpolished analogy of Canada’s attitude toward the tarsand/climate change problem. Let’s say Canada is a person complaining about their weight (they think their carbon footprints are too…
Dynamic Systems Modelling for Better Prediction of Emissions
Canada has a large pulp and paper industry and it produces tons of waste in the form of wastewater and greenhouse gas emissions. Collectively the industry spends hundreds of millions…
On Crappy Contractors – a Solar Powered RANT
I’m trying to get solar panels on my house under the MicroFIT program. It’s been a process so fraught with frustration, I’m thinking of forgetting the whole thing. A colleague…
Wall’s Leaky Logic
Brad Wall went to Washington in order to pitch the Keystone XL pipeline project. In doing so, he made some really absurd claims, that CTV failed to juxtapose against the…
GroupThink ReSpun: The Death of Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez died of cancer on March 5, 2013. He represented an ideological pushback against neoliberal globalization. He pursued a progressive hemispheric trade agenda. He raised oil royalties dramatically to…
Alberta Tar Sands Facilities Pollute Athabasca River: Ecojustice
By: EcoJustice (Press Release) | Mar 5, 2013: EDMONTON — Ecojustice, armed with research that shows how toxic oilsands emissions are contaminating the Athabasca River, has called on the federal…
Thinking Is Not Hard
Thinking is not hard to do, but some people treat it like others should do it for them. Clicking that link may be painful, as it has details of a…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Chrystia Freeland comments on the disproportionate influence of the super-rich in a democratic system which is supposed to value citizens equally: “I think…