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…
Fossil Fuels
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...
Why Alberta shouldn’t look to Norway, and why that’s a reason to Leap
One of the clearest memories I have from my only trip to Norway is the repeated failures at hitching a ride. What appeared to be an unbroken string of brand…
Al Gore, US Attorneys Generals Announce Historic Pursuit Of Climate Change Deniers: Why Canadians Should Care
Earlier this week, former U.S. vice president Al Gore and several U.S. state attorneys generals announced "historic effort to combat climate change" - by going after fossil fuel climate deniers.…
Naomi Klein on Hillary Clinton: “I Don’t Trust Her on Climate at All” [VIDEO]
Prominent Canadian journalist Naomi Klein told Al Jazeera this week that she doesn't trust US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on climate change. The post Naomi Klein on Hillary Clinton:…
Justin Trudeau and the Continuing Saga of Canadian Apathy
A recent poll shows strong support for the Trudeau government in Canada, and I have to think, once again, that it is surprising to see that Canadians can be so…
David Suzuki: We are the world; we must act on that understanding
The world celebrated Canada's new equality-conscious Liberal government and its embrace of key global issues such as climate change. Still, Canada's environmentalists have work to do, argues David Suzuki. The…
David Sizuki: Paris Agreement marks a global shift for climate
The Paris Agreement is the "first universal accord to spell out ways to confront climate change", marks a global shift, argues environmentalist David Suzuki. The agreement requires Canada and other…
Mike Huckabee on fossil fuels and climate change
Last night I partially watched Republican debate. They strictly concentrated on ISIS. One of Huckabee's statement was amazing. He said that U.S. has the highest reserve of coal, oil and…