Flex your local muscles and hold fossil fuel companies accountable!
Thursday, February 2, 2017 On January 25, 2017 West Coast and over 50 other organizations from around BC wrote to 190 local governments asking them to take action to hold…
Fossil Fuels
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – The Canadian Labour Congress offers its suggestions as to how international trade agreements can be reworked to ensure a more fair global economy.…
Deep thought
Some of us might offer a lot more outrage over the histrionics in response to Justin Trudeau’s statement of fact on the need to phase out fossil fuels if his…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Anis Chowdhury refutes the theory that top-heavy tax cuts have anything to do with economic development: Cross-country research has found no relationship…
Manitoba Chiefs Suing Trudeau Over Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline Approval
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is suing the Trudeau government over its approval of Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline. First Nations leaders have repeatedly stated that no genuine reconciliation…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Stephen Hawking discusses the urgent need to address inequality and environmental destruction as people are both more fearful for their futures, and more…
Canada’s $3.3bn fossil fuel subsidies undermine climate action: Report
Canada’s $3.3 billion in federal and provincial subsidies to fossil fuel companies undermine climate action, says a new study by four prominent Canadian environmental groups. The post Canada’s $3.3bn fossil…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jake Kivanc points out that what little job growth Canada can claim primarily involves precarious work. And Nora Loreto discusses the crucial…
How to Fight Big Oil: Join Your Neighbors
Yes! Magazine co-founder Sarah van Gelder outlines the four reasons communities led by indigenous people all over the United States are winning against the war against the powerful and deep-pocketed…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Alex Himelfarb discusses why a proportional electoral system can be expected to produce better and more representative public policy: The adversarial approach often…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mariana Mazzucato makes the case for a progressive message of shared wealth creation: A progressive economic agenda must have at its heart an…
G20 ignores global public’s call to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies
G20 energy ministers' meeting in Beijing this week failed to come up with a deadline and concrete plans for eliminating fossil fuel subsidies. The meeting followed last month's commitment by…
The Burning Planet and the Nasty Surprise
It's going to be a really hot weekend in the place where I live, so I'm hoping to spend as much time as possible at the beach.But I wonder how…
Canadian common sense: Fee-and-dividend petition e-297 grabs James Hansen’s attention
In a blog post published Monday, the former NASA scientist applauded petition e-297, a new petition that's urging the House of Commons to steer Canada away from fossil fuels. The…
“Top 7 Reasons You Can’t Trust Kinder Morgan”, Pipelines
A new report outlines the "Top 7 Reasons You Can't Trust Kinder Morgan" and the energy giant's proposed $5.4 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The post “Top 7 Reasons…
David Suzuki: Divest from damage and invest in a healthier future
Environmentalist David Suzuki on why fossil fuels are a bad investment for Canada. If we're genuine about meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement climate change commitments, now is the time to…
Disobedience-The Rise Of Global Fossil Fuel Resistance
It has become crystal clear that our governments will only move as far and fast as they have to. The pressure from the corporate fossil fuel world, their bankers,…
Trudeau urged to reject pressure to champion expansion of tar sands operations, pipelines
On Wednesday, over 40 Canadian groups wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal cabinet and urged them to reject the pressure to champion the expansion of tar sands…
Statement On The Passing Of The NDP Leap Resolution
Statement by the Leap Manifesto Organizing Team on the passing of the Leap Resolution by the New Democratic Party of Canada. The Leap is "a call for a Canada based…
This Earth Day: Celebrating the campaign to get local government out of the fossil fuel business
Friday, April 22, 2016 To celebrate Earth Day 2016, we’re highlighting the remarkable work o...