Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Leslie Sattler discusses new research showing that carbon concentrations are continuing to increase by record amounts. David King writes about the immediate and…
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Greenhouse Gases Now Count as Maritime Pollution
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has ruled the greenhouse gas emissions can count towards damage to our oceans. Small island nations have praised the ruling because…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Simon Torracinta reviews Branko Milanovic’s Visions of Inequality in tracing historical conversations in inequality, while pointing out the importance of identifying power…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brian O’Boyle discusses how Ireland’s choice to act as a tax haven for the ultra-wealthy has done nothing to help its citizens. And…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – William Becker rightly argues that the U.S.’ practice of prioritizing fossil fuel donor profits over the health of the public and the planet…
Life in plastic
One of the more significant subjects I’ve included in my link posts over the past few years is that of plastic contamination. We’re learning more and more about the accumulation…
Seems Bad To Flood All Coastal Cities
CC @AleanaYoung and the entire @Sask_NDP who think it's 1999 and we can mess around with methane, instead of 2024 with #ZeroYears left to hit 1.5° to stay alive. #skpoli…
Suppressing free enterprise in Florida
Meat. Steak and hamburgers. Who would have thought a diet staple would become such a controversial subject? Conservatives, as is their wont, have dragged the issue into the culture wars.…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jessica Wildfire comments on the elite panic which has seen information suppression become the norm in order to maintain the status quo for…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Markham Hislop offers up his apologies for cheerleading for the TransMountain pipeline – both due to its immensely increased price tag, and…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Stan Cox writes about the looming eco-collapse – and its connection to a relentless focus on top-heavy “growth” with no regard for…
Cool Cities Have Botanical Gardens
If you live near a park you know that even a small amount of nature can cool the local environment, and you know that the bigger the park the more…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – The Climate Change Performance Update’s latest update shows Canada tumbling to the bottom of the world’s development countries in climate performance – even…
eBikes are Killing the Oil Industry
This Earth Day it’s good to reflect on one’s own love for the planet Earth. If you want to express your love and appreciation for this ball of rock and…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Graham Lawton writes that continued (or worse yet growing) inequality represents an intractable obstacle to ameliorating the climate crisis. Laurence Tubiana discusses the…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Alex Tanzi reports on new research showing how COVID-19 has radically changed the main causes of death globally. And Michael Peluso et al.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Cory Doctorow discusses the inherent impossibility of trying to build any public good on an economic system centered on selfishness: This is…
How the Fossil Fuel Industry Can Save Itself and the Planet
The fossil fuel industry seems to have a romantic fascination with “all the oil in the ground”, a fascination that shields it from financial reality. There are two things absolutely…
How the Fossil Fuel Industry Can Save Itself and the Planet
The fossil fuel industry seems to have a romantic fascination with “all the oil in the ground”, a fascination that shields it from financial reality. There are two things absolutely…
Provincial Politics And Other Bad Things
Was inspired to add a new blog entry by a Conservative troll, just like the old days. Prove it. — John "Saskboy" Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) April 4, 2024 === https://t.co/cc91yKhRDy #onpoli…