Patagonia Billionaire Donates Company to Fighting Climate Change
The family who owned the Patagonia clothing company recently gave the company to a new trust which will take all the profits and dedicate it to fighting climate change. Meaning…
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To Avoid Pests in the Summer Stop Mowing Your Lawn
Lawns are great for pests and horrible for the environment. Yards with clover and less need for mowing favour friendly insect species and help the environment. The situation is clear…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Pratyush Dayal reports on the COVID outbreak which has infected every single resident of a Regina care home. And Dan Scheuerman reports…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Table has published a primer on long COVID (and the need for associated supports) just in time to be…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Megan Ogilvie and Kenyon Wallace interview public health experts about the steps they’re taking to stay safe as students return to school and…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jasmine Kerrissy and Judith Stepan-Noris examine the state of the U.S. labour movement for Labour Day. And Gil McGowan points out the…
Canada’s home energy retrofit funding woefully inadequate
Suburbs in Toronto. Photo by Jan Buchholtz. Retrofitting existing buildings is one of the only tools for mitigating climate change that virtually everyone can agree on. There are large numbers…
Lets’ Ban Private Jets
A forward-looking individual decided to start a campaign to ban private jets and it’s gaining steam. The movement to get rid of private jets is growing and now celebrities like…
We are not the first civilization to collapse, but we will probably be the last
“Doomsday Selfie.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. CAHOKIA MOUNDS, Illinois — I am standing atop a 100-foot-high temple mound, the largest known earthwork in the Americas built by prehistoric peoples. The…
Corporate pollution and destruction licensed by government
In May 2016, British Columbia’s Auditor General Carol Bellringer released An Audit of Compliance and Enforcement of the Mining Sector. It was a scathing but underreported report quickly forgotten by…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – CBC reports that Ontario transit is the latest major public service being paralyzed by the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19. And Ishani Desai…
Farewell to a great environmentalist
I was saddened to read this week of the death of British environmental scientist James Lovelock. He had a good run, dying at the great age of 103. In a…
Celebrity Climate Criminals Get Called Out
While the average person has reduced their meat consumption, switched to paper straws and are more conscious of their energy use, celebrities have been outputting carbon at an offensive rate.…
Ukrainian Company Produces Easy to Install Solar Panels to get Europe Off Russian Gas
Oil is not just a reason countries go to war, it’s used during war to destabilize allies. Russia’s war in Ukraine is no exception to this as the Russians are…
The dawn of the apocalypse
“Our Climate Future.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. This past week has seen record-breaking heat waves across Europe. Wildfires have ripped through Spain, Portugal and France. London’s fire brigade experienced its…
How Banks Destroy Your Future, And What You Can do About It
Money makes the world go round, but it can also make the world go burn. If you care about the planet, the people on it, or just life in general…
what i’m reading: four fish: the future of the last wild food
After reading a review of Paul Greenberg’s Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food when it was published in 2010, I added the title to The List. When…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Saturday reading. – Jennifer Lee reports on the newly-released documents confirming that Alberta’s lifting of COVID protections was purely a matter of political oneupmanship rather than…