The Influence of Green Parties
Green parties so often exist on the fringes of the political spectrum, often without direct political power, and so it is important to periodically remind ourselves of why they are…
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New study indicates global warming could cost Canada billions
A new study from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) is arguing that the effects of a warming world may cost Canada upwards of $5B…
Dear Mr. Harper
Canada’s Prime Minister Harper has been receiving messages about halting the expansion of the Alberta tar sands from far and wide this week. First, it was the 400 Canadians who…
ManBearPig, Climategate and Watermelons
Nick Gillespie of Reason TV talks with British writer and journalist James Delingpole about his new book Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors. A self-described conservative libertarian, Delingpole claims that…
Clinton: Climate Deniers Make U.S. Look Like a Joke
Via Think Progress, Bill Clinton, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, blasting the Republican Party for supporting denial of climate science: “The best thing you could do is…
Just Say No – It’s Time For Canada To Wean Itself Off Its Addiction to Tar Sands Crude
This hour protestors are gathering on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, to show their opposition to the Alberta tar sands, and specifically the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline that could be built…
Oxymoronic ‘Ethical Oil’ Meets Irony
I hate promoting the severely flawed concept of 'ethical oil', so much so that I don't even like using the phrase as it spreads the meme. Still, with the Keystone…
Lorne Gunter spews hot air
It’s continually depressing to see professional denialist Lorne Gunter continue to sap money that could be going to actual journalists and columnists. Yesterday he had this to say: Over the…
University of Calgary Prostitutes Itself To Big Oil & Gas
Canadian journalist Mike DeSousa, who first wrote three years ago about the anti-science group with the Orwellian name “Friends of Science”, who funded a PR blitz meant to cast doubt…
Nobel Prize Winner, Ivar Giaever, Resigns from the American Physical Society Over Global Warming Stance
Ivar Giaever.jpg On September 14, renowned Nobel Prize winning physicist Ivar Giaever announced his resignation as a Fellow at the American Physical Society (APS). The reason? His grievance ...
It’s Time For the Silent Majority To Speak Up, The Eyes Of The Future Are On Us
As part of the 24 Hours of Climate Reality, this video was put together to remind us – parents, children, young adults, grandparents concerned about the environmental crisis our world…
Climate Denial Hits the Fan
Al Gore’s 24 hours of Climate Reality has been running online since 7:00 pm yesterday. If you haven’t had a chance to tune in yet, there’s still time to tune…
Tell People In the Maldives That Climate-Change Is A Hoax
In a story that even the most unthinking extreme right-winger would find hard to refute, The Star today reports that the world's lowest country is sinking under rising water levels.…
What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us
So, apparently the Conservative government’s deep cuts to Environment Canada are leading to the cancellation of an important monitoring project on the ozone layer over the Arctic. The British journal…
Watch the Climate Reality Project on Wednesday at 7:00 PM Your Time
al-gore-reality-project.jpg 7:00 PM on Wednesday, your time, marks the commencement of the Al Gore-led Climate Reality Project. A live webcast that will last one hour, the Project was annou...
The Planet Isn’t The Only Thing Heating Up: Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline Grows
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and seven other Nobel Peace Laureates have just written a letter to President Obama urging him to reject the Keystone XL tar…
The Darkness Strikes Back
I've begun a series of video-essays on YouTube (my channel is here) titled "Welcome to our Semi-Dark Age". The first episode is now up (in three parts, due to time…
U Vic’s Gift to the World
The University of Victoria in conjunction with the British Columbia government is releasing online a 4-part course on climate change. The programmes cut through the scientific jargon and present the…
Green Energy Proposals Part I: An Overview
With a variety of different green energy proposals floating around, it is worth recalling what the various schemes are and what their advantages and disadvantages are. In Part I, I…
FOX News Admits Global Warming Science is Legit
This FOX News panel has stumbled upon a breathtaking discovery - apparently this anthropogenic global warming theory is true. Yep, the facts do seem to back it up. Why they've…