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…
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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…
Melancholia for the rest of yah
I drew "The Legacy" a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a…
Melancholia for the rest of yah
I drew “The Legacy” a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a…
Melancholia for the rest of yah
I drew "The Legacy" a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a…
New column day
Here, discussing the Price of Oil collaborative’s latest report on how the Saskatchewan Party is requiring provincial regulators to keep the public at risk in order to avoid having oil…
These Companies Convert Waste to Profits
Both the food and clothing industry produce tons of waste, waste which has traditionally been dumped into landfills. One company is taking food waste and mixing it with special bacteria…
“An appealing concept”
Does the north of Canada need improved transportation? Yes. Is this need being exploited by those who want a pipeline to “tidewater”? Yes. Will constructing it ensure Canada exceeds our…
Can Canadians live with this?
It is more important than we knew. We are talking about the environment. Our environmental poster boy Justin Trudeau has made too many promises that he has no way of…
Here’s What Individuals can do to Help Stop Climate Change
This past week UN scientists released a statement which basically says we’re doomed unless we dramatically change our climate policies now. That sounds stressful, and it should be. So how…
Can We Turn This Corner?
September is always a busy month for me, and typically I don’t get the luxury of reading the new significantly, but this time was different. It’s been a car crash…