Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Crawford Kilian reviews Christo Aivalis’ The Constant Liberal, and discusses how Justin Trudeau is continuing a family tradition of betraying progressive voters:…
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Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – May Bulman reports on the growing gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor in the UK. And Owen Jones offers…
I Want a Home Without Fossil Gas
For at least 2 years I’ve said I’d like to build a home that doesn’t have a furnace, and doesn’t have natural gas. There are Passive Houses all over Canada.…
SaskPotty Cave Men Are Liars
You and Minister Duncan are liars, and are harming Saskatchewan's chance at adapting to #climatechange. Stop fighting the #carbontax, and start making a plan to leave office so real leaders…
Watch This Anti-Palm Oil Ad Banned in the UK
Palm oil gets used in plenty of consumer goods and processed foods, as a result the demand for palm oil increases every year. The problem with using palm oil is…
How One Billionaire Plans to Help Save the Planet
The Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has decided to not be idly rich and watch the environment fall apart around him. He’s decided that over the next decade he will personally…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Wade Davis comments on the ecological amnesia which has resulted in repeated cycles of extinctions: In three generations, a mere moment in…
Things You can do Right Now to Fight Climate Change
With so many reports coming out recently stating that the future of the planet will be decided in the next decade it can feel overwhelming to even try saving the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jovanka Beckles writes that the housing crisis in California – like those elsewhere – needs to be addressed through public investment in…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz comment that the new climate denial involves denying that any solutions are possible. Blake Shaffer points out that…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Chuck Collins discusses the obscene wealth being hoarded by the U.S.’ few richest families. And Owen Jones comments on the need for…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mark Kaufman puts our continually-rising greenhouse gas emissions in historical context, with atmospheric concentrations exceeding what they’ve been in the previous 15 million…
Election 1 yr away; Battle on Carbon Pricing Favors Liberals
We have seen Conservative Governments in Ontario and Saskatchewan balk at carbon pricing and the Federal Conservatives basically trying to use the old “tax on everything line” they used with…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Jackson argues that Canada has nothing to gain in trying to race Donald Trump to the bottom when it comes to…
Eco Crises: Doom & Gloom, Truth & Consequences
…We can’t save the world by playing by the rules because the rules have to change. Everything needs to change and it has to start today….To all the politicians that…
Convert Canada’s Fleet to EV
There’s no reason why Canada can’t set a 100% electric personal vehicle goal today. Please sign this petition to tell our heel dragging Liberal government to get on it. There…
Europe Bans Single Use Plastics
Plastics last a long time before breaking down, which makes them a major problem for the natural environment. This year we’ve seen a big push to ban “single use” plastics…
Not the #BPocalypse: The Biggest Spill You Never Heard Of
A year ago, during the #PriceOfOil news bonanza about Big Oil corruption and harm in Canada (and Saskatchewan), a few prominent journalists including a couple at @CBCSask got very snippy…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Barry Ritholtz comments on Donald Trump’s choice to model his budgetary policy on the combination of freebies for the rich and attacks on…
Climate Change Education: Maybe Too Little, Too Late?
I’ve been teaching about climate change since I started teaching in 1991. Back then, most students just laughed, and I came across as a crazy person. I was fine with…