At the 2019 Collision Conference Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna shared a panel discussion with Jonathan Baillie, Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist of the National…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Ed Miliband writes that there’s no contradiction between a climate change plan and an effective economic strategy – and to the contrary, they…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Angela Rayner writes about the distinction between limited social mobility and genuine social justice, while highlighting UK Labour’s commitment to the latter:…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Peter Eavis points out how U.S. CEOs are only seeing their exorbitant pay soar even further due to Donald Trump’s tax giveaways.…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Leslie Hook offers a reminder of the dangers of methane as a particularly damaging type of carbon emission which is both associated largely…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Karl Nerenberg writes that the ultimate test of the public’s willingness to facilitate a climate breakdown is fast approaching – but that the…
To a few, he’s the best person ever, a truly decent man and a great prime minister. To a different few, he’s the worst person ever, utterly corrupt, even venal.…
Here, pointing out how Drawdown‘s list of emission reductions which are possible based on peer-reviewed research into current technology (which received recent attention thanks to a CNN quiz and Vox…
At least there’s something Doug Ford can thank his Liberal predecessor for – cutting Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions. He’s positively boastful about that, to the point where he’s shining an…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Tom Parkin writes about the need for workers to be at the centre of a Green New Deal for Canada: Those determined to…
Petro-states exhibit certain common traits. A willingness to freely and repeatedly lie and deceive is one of them. This, however, isn’t about lying. This is about a mistake, an honest…
You know your country has descended into a petro-state by the arguments it invokes to excuse itself. The classic Tory line that’s now the Liberal line is that, gee shucks,…
Max Fawcett is right to a point in discussing the need to acknowledge the political problems with carbon taxes as matters stand now. But there’s a serious problem with the…
It was October, 1980, and US elections were just a few days away. Ronald Reagan took to the airwaves and asked Americans “Are you better off than you were four…
Electric buses are making a real—and rapidly growing—dent in emissions: as Bloomberg reported, electric buses will displace 270,000 barrels of diesel a day by the end of this year. But…
Electric buses are making a real—and rapidly growing—dent in emissions: as Bloomberg reported, electric buses will displace 270,000 barrels of diesel a day by the end of this year. But…
Electric buses are making a real—and rapidly growing—dent in emissions: as Bloomberg reported, electric buses will displace 270,000 barrels of diesel a day by the end of this year. But…
Assorted content to end your week. – Kate Aronoff highlights the lack of realism on the part of “adult” politicians demanding that the existential threat of climate breakdown be met…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Luke Savage highlights the distinction between photo-op liberalism and any genuine commitment to social progress: This may be the reason liberal thought…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Guardian’s editorial board writes that there’s no excuse for political choices which leave people homeless – and no reason not to starting…
