Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Joelle Gergis offers a reminder that we're running out of time to avert a climate calamity - and that the only reasonable goal…
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Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Bob Berwyn discusses new research showing that existing climate models may underestimate the tendency toward extremes in water levels - including both floods…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ajit Niranjan reports on the extreme flooding in numerous cities in central Europe as a harbinger of the effect of a climate breakdown in…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Seth Wynes et al. survey climate scientists about their expectations for global climate policy - and it's telling that there's no apparent optimism about…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Mo Amir discusses how John Rustad is attempting to cover up his longstanding climate denial in advance of this fall's B.C. election. And…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Matthew Rosza discusses the growing recognition that there's little chance of holding to our one-time target of 1.5 degrees of global warming -…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jonathan Watts reports on the effort by scientists to account for the unexpected acceleration of global warming. And Fiona Harvey reports on the immense…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- The Technical University of Munich highlights the uncertainties involved in putting a timeline on particular climate tipping points - even if their arrival…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Simon Lee, Hayley Fowler and Paul Davies discuss how the climate breakdown has undercut the basis for existing models and assumptions about the type…
Council Screws Collingwood Residents. Again.
Like many other residents in council chamber yesterday, I was deeply disappointed but not surprised by our council’s decision yesterday to continue with staff’s anti-resident/anti-environment plan to deforest Sixth Street…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Geoffrey Deihl writes about the polycrisis we're currently facing - and the need to stand up to those determined to inflict it on us.…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Geoffrey Deihl writes about the polycrisis we're currently facing - and the need to stand up to those determined to inflict it on us.…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jennifer Sandlin discusses a new analysis showing how COVID-19 infections lead to numerous other types of infectious diseases, while Devika Rao writes about the…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jennifer Sandlin discusses a new analysis showing how COVID-19 infections lead to numerous other types of infectious diseases, while Devika Rao writes about the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Joëlle Gergis asks what it will take for political leaders to acknowledge and act on the science demonstrating that we're on the precipice…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joëlle Gergis asks what it will take for political leaders to acknowledge and act on the science demonstrating that we’re on the…
Rich polluters pay for their sins
Amid the doom and gloom on the climate change front, we are occasionally treated to some good news. That was the case this week with the announcement by Environment Minister…
Greenhouse Gases Now Count as Maritime Pollution
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has ruled the greenhouse gas emissions can count towards damage to our oceans. Small island nations have praised the ruling because…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Simon Torracinta reviews Branko Milanovic’s Visions of Inequality in tracing historical conversations in inequality, while pointing out the importance of identifying power…