On Progress
If you’re walking towards a meeting point far away, every step is progress. But if you happened to take a wrong turn, and now you’re getting further from your meeting…
environment
Let’s Give Green Energy $5.3 Trillion This Year
What fraction of a decade would it take to completely get off fossil fuels and create a post-carbon energy/transportation infrastructure if the clean, green energy sector were publicly subsidized at…
“If I could increase it, I would”
These are the words of Tim Brown, CEO of Nestle Waters, responding when asked if Nestle would decrease the extraction of ground water to supply its California bottling operations. He…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Frances Woolley reminds us of some of the hidden advantages of the rich, and suggests that they point toward the fairness of taxing…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Brad Delong discusses the two strains of neoliberalism which dominate far too much political discussion – and the reason why the left-oriented…
Time for some adult supervision
The latest Con dodge on greenhouse gas emission regulations for the oil and gas industry is to say that they’ll promise to deal with a few collateral activities, just as…
David Suzuki: Signs of change are sweeping the nation
The NDP’s historic triumph in Alberta shows that ordinary people can overcome corporate power and effect democratic change, argues environmentalist David Suzuki. The post David Suzuki: Signs of change are…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matthew Yglesias points out that a particular income level may have radically different implications depending on an individual’s place in life, and that…
A troubling picture
A just-published report (enhanced pdf) containing new measurements of global sea-level rise has some troubling news – the rate of sea level increase has accelerated over the past twenty years.…
SRA to Lead Peaceful Rally at Victoria Legislature Today-May 13th-11:00AM –1:00PM
SRA to Lead Peaceful Rally to Present Petition & Oppose Environmental Appeal Board Decision to Uphold Permit for Contaminated Soil Dump Where: Grounds of the Victoria Legislature When: Wednesday, May…
Canada falling behind America and unprepared to meet shared climate commitment
It is incomprehensible to realize that Canada, once the envy of many throughout the world, has after a decade of right wing neo con governments, turned its back on the…
Ontario Anti-Fracking Bill Passes Second Reading
NDP MPP Peter Tabuns speaking with reporters at Queen’s Park. (CBC News Image.) A PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL from Toronto-area NDP MPP Peter Tabuns to ban fracking in the province passed…
Small Algae Canopy Produces as Much Oxygen as a Forest
Algae is amazing and as we find more ways to use the powerful, small, creatures we’ll improve our carbon footprints. Already algae is used to clean sewage, clean landfills, and…
Digging science: Citizens amplify knowledge about the natural world
David Suzuki on how affordable technologies are facilitating the growth of citizen science, environmental activism and “meaningful scientific pursuits”. The post Digging science: Citizens amplify knowledge about the natural world…
What’s Worth More: Your Time or the Planet?
WAITING FOR THE BUS one morning on your way to work, you realize your reusable travel mug is at home. You’d rather not use another single-use plastic cup, but if…
Fair and Balanced Questions
As you probably know, “Fair and Balanced” is the Fox News tagline that exists to trick the more easily fooled into thinking that’s what their actual objective is. Check out…
Rafe Calls On BC NDP Leader John Horgan To Rethink His Position On Woodfibre LNG Proposal
Rafe Mair In light of the stunning Alberta election, I’m going to revisit one or two things that I’ve dealt with recently which I believe are apropos. First of all,…
NDP MLA Bill Routley Presses Minister To Test Leachate To Determine Impacts To Shawnigan Residents Drinking Water
BC Government issued a ‘Stop Work’ order instructing SIA to supply full reports on their activities. This is to be reviewed this Friday by MOE. Cowichan NDP MLA Bill Routley…
The Worm Turns
This morning when I was doing my regular news search online, I came across two stories that stopped me cold: we’re being invaded. By worms. Yep. Worms. Not the slimy…