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…
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…
Add the Great Canadian Sox Shop to the list of companies I’m happy to have found. I am so, so, so tired of buying things that instantly fall apart. I’ll…
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…
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.…
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…
“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…
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…
I highly recommend The Unscented Company! Here’s why. Looking for a pump-bottle liquid soap, I was very surprised to find a total absence of unscented soap where I live. In…
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…
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…
Researchers from Harvard and three British universities assert that more than eight million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution. The scientists estimate that exposure to particulate matter from…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – SBS News reports on the WHO’s warning that not only is the COVID-19 pandemic far from over, but cases are spiking globally. And…
Populism sucks. Time for ‘planetism’. The post Populism: Your Demise Can’t Come Soon Enough first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Faced with energy market disruption, the European Union is proceeding with REPowerEU, a plan for conservation and production of clean energy. The EU knows that conservation is the cheapest, safest…
The Supreme Court ruled that cumulative effects from decades of industrial development on lands of northeast BC infringed treaty rights of Blueberry River First Nations. I suggest that cumulative effects…
Bridlewood is not the only Kanata South community with crumblingmulti-use pathways (MUPs) that are deteriorating due to multiplefreeze-thaw cycles every year as a result of climate change. This pathway through…
A bright orange sky in Vancouver. Photo from Shutterstock. From June 25 to July 1, 2021, temperatures soared past 40 degrees in BC, setting records all over the province. The…
Northern loop road collapse, Yellowstone National Park. Photo courtesy Yellowstone National Park. Somewhere in Yellowstone’s wild green valleys the wildlife is having a massive party. Bison are cavorting and rolling…
In ten years, seven different cabinet ministers have led Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). The department has been a dumping ground or holding area for out-of-favour or inept politicians. Little…
