Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Lauren Sommer discusses how 2024 is shattering all records and expectations as the hottest year in the recorded history of the Earth. Freddy…
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Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carbon Brief examines the results of the COP29 climate summit - with the main takeaway being a familiar combination of barely-existent commitments and…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Sarah Johnson reports on Unicef's warning that children will face far more extreme heatwaves and other dangerous weather events in the decades to…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Jeremy Appel reports on John Vailliant's warning about Alberta's addiction to oil which the UCP is looking to exacerbate. And James Wilt interviews Adam…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- The Guardian's This is Climate Breakdown series offers first-hand accounts of the current catastrophes arising out of the climate crisis. And Michael Mann…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Oliver Willis writes about the dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency - and the importance of not conceding core values out of deference…
Alberta’s Anti-Trans Legislation
So, now that the UCP has rolled out their anti-trans legislation, we can take a long look at it. Yesterday, they tabled 3 related bills and earlier in the week…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Saskatchewan election day reading. And if you haven't voted yet, now's the time! (Update: Also, ReginaPosterBoy's summary of the Sask Party's track record (via Cathie) is…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Blake Murdoch discusses how long COVID is harming a large number of children - and getting worse as constant reinfection has become the norm.…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Saskia O'Donoghue reports on the continued recognition by both risk experts and the general public that the climate crisis is the most important…
The UCP AGM Resolutions – Part 2
Yesterday, I talked about how fully 1/3 of the resolutions in the upcoming UCP AGM were distinctly anti-transgender. Today, I want to look at the picture that the overall resolutions…
The 2024 UCP AGM Policy Resolutions
The UCP's policy resolutions were published on the party website the other day. It's about as bad as you might expect, worse if you're a transgender person. Let's take a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Emily Atkin writes about the importance of continuing to highlight the dangers of climate change even if - and indeed because - our political…
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…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Paul Abela writes that the continual concentration of wealth is patently unsustainable. Alex Himelfarb discusses how neoliberalism has laid the groundwork for the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Hilary Beaumont and Nina Lakhani report on the fossil fuel lobby's pressure on U.S. governments to impose draconian anti-protest laws to prevent climate…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Tarique Niazi discusses some of the geopolitical implications of the intensifying climate crisis. Aaron Whetty offers a reminder that the joint effort by…
The UCP Hates You
The Alberta “United Conservative Party” hates you - and it’s with a level of visceral loathing that is inexplicable. Live in an urban centre? Well, the cancellation of the Green…