Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Andrew Dessler offers a reminder that it's still possible to alter the trajectory of the climate breakdown if we take steps to stop…
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Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Michael Harris offers some lessons about the U.S.' values based on this week's election results. Rebecca Solnit opines that the largest failing of American…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Melissa Hanson writes about life as a climate refugee from what was billed as a relatively safe area - making for a particularly painful…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Glen Hendrix wonders whether any talk about impending civilizational collapse may miss the point that we've already largely lost any ethic of care deserving…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jonathan Watts reports on the Earth Commission's work showing how any path to avert climate breakdown needs to break down the concentration of wealth…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Lauren Chadwick reports on the WHO’s findings that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a multi-year drop in life expectancy and undone a…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Markham Hislop offers up his apologies for cheerleading for the TransMountain pipeline – both due to its immensely increased price tag, and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Susan Riley points out the glaring gap between the urgency of the climate crisis, and the Canadian political response which (Charlie Angus aside)…
Friday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to end your week. – Amy Peng et al. examine the profound positive impact of mask mandates in reducing the spread of COVID-19 in Ontario. And Sheena Cruickshank…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Cordell Jacks writes about the need for an economic model which evolves beyond the short-term exploitation of people and the planet. And…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on new research showing that the cost of damage caused by extreme weather is already upwards of $16 million…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The Associated Press reports on how the climate breakdown is producing every form of extreme weather everywhere all at once, while E.M. Fischer…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Wallace-Wells writes that the U.S.’ neoliberal political consensus may finally have dissolved – though that possibility is of little comfort when…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Karl Nerenberg writes about the Parkland Institute’s research showing how privatization has undermined Alberta’s health care system. And Mitchell Thompson warns that…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Susie Madrak writes about the continued recognition by experts that the COVID pandemic is far from over. Chengliang Yang et al. examine how…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Nina Lakhani reports on the latest data showing greenhouse gas emissions rising at an alarming rate. Bill McKibben discusses the math of…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Meara Conway examines the absolute frivolousness of the Saskatchewan Party’s Ottawa-bashing, while Stephen Magusiak offers a reminder of the oil-backed astroturf project behind…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Alejandro de la Garza writes about the devastation continuing to be wrought by COVID-19 in Lamb County, Texas even as the powers that…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Anne Sosin and Martha Lincoln discuss the war on empathy embodied by the flurry of media attacks against anybody with the temerity…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Philip Aldrick reports on the UK’s belated recognition that long COVID likely bears responsibility for a massive and sustained spike in inactive workers.…