The question is…
More than a few people enter politics with a hope of exercising power or advancing their careers. For some, the choice is an economic one. They expect rewards by way…
environment
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Fiona Harvey reports on the UN's warning that fossil fuel propagandists are engaged in a massive disinformation campaign to keep us spewing carbon…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett lament that inequality continues to get worse fifteen years after they warned of its myriad harms. And George Monbiot…
Scoring Canada environmentally
There is no issue of more importance than the environment. If we can’t learn to... The post Scoring Canada environmentally first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
greetings from victoria, last post of the trip (days 13-15), plus the ethics of travel
Bluefin TunaYesterday morning we packed up, drove to one of the big drugstore chains, and bought a soft cooler case and ice. The leftovers from Asadero were just too good…
Alberta phases out fossil fuel
You read that right. Alberta has phased out a fossil fuel. Not, unfortunately the tar... The post Alberta phases out fossil fuel first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
A carbon tax on cows?
Consumer carbon taxes seem to cause something akin to hysteria among Canadian conservatives. The federal... The post A carbon tax on cows? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Crawford Kilian discusses how avoidable harms to people's health and well-being are inflicted on us as "costs of doing business". Patrick Miner et…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Crawford Kilian discusses how avoidable harms to people's health and well-being are inflicted on us as "costs of doing business". Patrick Miner et…
The Litter That’s Killing Everything and Everyone
Four and a half trillion. That’s how many cigarette butts are estimated to be littered every year on our streets, sidewalks, parks, downtowns, parking lots, lawns, and everywhere else smokers…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Bill Henderson writes that the immense temperature increases we've already seen - and the resulting spread of extreme weather events and other catastrophic…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Bill Henderson writes that the immense temperature increases we've already seen - and the resulting spread of extreme weather events and other catastrophic…
Citing ‘uncertainty’ about Bill C-59’s environmental truth-in-advertising provision, Pathways Alliance pulls all content from its website
The Pathways Alliance, the coalition of the largest and most powerful companies operating in Alberta’s oilsands, pulled all content from its elaborate and colourful website yesterday in reaction to the…
Why capture carbon when it’s so much easier to capture a government?
As they would certainly agree in the C-suites of Calgary, why bother trying to capture carbon when you can capture a government? A Pathways Alliance banded bus in Vancouver –…
The UCP Goes Over The Top: Bill C-59
It was bound to happen sooner or later. The UCP government’s over the top reactions to anything the federal government does finally pushed it into the looney zone. On May…
House Eating Mushrooms are Good for the Planet
For the last one hundred years in North America we’ve been building low density energy inefficient housing and now we need to deal with the economic and environmental harm from…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joëlle Gergis asks what it will take for political leaders to acknowledge and act on the science demonstrating that we’re on the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Joëlle Gergis asks what it will take for political leaders to acknowledge and act on the science demonstrating that we're on the precipice…
Brazilian City Planting Mangroves to Protect Itself Against Climate Change
Down in Brazil there’s a city in that is increasing the size of their local mangrove forest to protect itself against raising seas and more intense storms. Mangrove forests are…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Robert Reich discusses the growing gap between the well-being of lower-income and higher-income consumers in the U.S. – as well as the reality…