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What science fiction ought to be
What science fiction ought to be Science fiction has become the dominant genre of the last four decades – the biggest film of the year has been sci-fi almost every year in my lifetime. Of those, some are simply swashbuckler fantasies set in space, like Star Wars, while others are the very entertaining superhero fantasies […]
Neoliberalism, Pipelines, and Canadian Political Economy
Neoliberalism, Pipelines, and Canadian Political Economy Photo by Luke Jones | CC BY 2.0 The national debate about how to get diluted bitumen to trans-oceanic markets by means of a twinning of the existing Kinder Morgan pipeline route between Alberta and British Columbia – known as the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project – illustrates the […]
Water Wars: India Facing “Worst Crisis In Its History”
Water Wars: India Facing “Worst Crisis In Its History” India is facing its worst-ever water crisis, with some 600 million people facing acute water shortage, a government think-tank says. The Niti Aayog report, which draws on data from 24 of India’s 29 states, says the crisis is “only going to get worse” in the years […]
California Lacks Real Marine Protection as Offshore Drilling Expands in State Waters
California Lacks Real Marine Protection as Offshore Drilling Expands in State Waters One of the big news stories neglected by both the mainstream and “alternative” media is the capture of California politics and the regulatory apparatus by Big Oil and other corporate interests in recent years – and the massive expansion of offshore drilling that has occurred […]
30 Years Ago Global Warming Became Front-Page News – and Both Republicans and Democrats Took It Seriously
30 Years Ago Global Warming Became Front-Page News – and Both Republicans and Democrats Took It Seriously June 23, 1988 marked the date on which climate change became a national issue. In landmark testimony before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Dr. James Hansen, then director of NASA’s Institute for Space Studies, stated that […]
What to do With Bad Soil
WHAT TO DO WITH BAD SOIL After watching the sun set and the full moon rise atop my neighbour Sergey’s hill which overlooks the entire eco-village, he walks me back to my tent hidden in the midst of young pine trees upon the insistence of his mother (“You need to walk the young lady all […]
Conservativism Now? Market Economies and the Liberal Anti-Culture
Conservativism Now? Market Economies and the Liberal Anti-Culture The persistent purpose of my writing over the past decade has been to reflect in a hopefully complex manner on the sort of culture necessary to “solve” the climate and ecological crisis and create a truly sustainable way of life. One of my main themes has been […]
The Beast From The East, coal, gas and the UK
The Beast From The East, coal, gas and the UK In late February 2018 high pressure over the North Atlantic and low pressure over the Mediterranean combined to generate a strong easterly airflow that brought Siberian temperatures to Western Europe, increasing heating demand to the point where there was a shortage of natural gas. The […]
Our energy challenge in 6 eye-popping charts
Our energy challenge in 6 eye-popping charts Renewable energy is winning and coal is on the skids. Disruption of the fossil fuel industry is well under way, and the global energy system is being decarbonised. We’re right on track, right? To avoid dramatic climate system tipping points, the world needs to decarbonise very quickly and […]
Leaked U.N. climate change report shows inverted thinking on growth
Leaked U.N. climate change report shows inverted thinking on growth The Reuters news service managed a genuine journalistic coup by getting an advance copy of a U.N. climate change report not due out until October. Given what the report says—it’s dire—and the fact that the climate isn’t going to stop changing while the report gets […]
U.S. Disaster Zones: Are You Living In A Place Where Disasters Are Common?
U.S. Disaster Zones: Are You Living In A Place Where Disasters Are Common? With constant media bombardment of fears of a nuclear war, many have begun to prepare for a disaster. But government uncertainty isn’t the only thing on the minds of the masses. Volcanic activity appears to be increasing and earthquakes seem to be […]
Former Bank of Canada Head: Pipeline Protesters May Be Killed. So Be It.
Former Bank of Canada Head: Pipeline Protesters May Be Killed. So Be It. “North American governments have shown the ‘fortitude’ necessary to kill indigenous people often enough that this is no idle threat,” warns Bill McKibben. Protesters at a rally in Vancouver to show opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline on September 9th, 2017. (Photo: […]
Sea level rise due to Antarctic ice melt has ‘tripled over past five years’
Sea level rise due to Antarctic ice melt has ‘tripled over past five years’ The rate of sea level rise resulting from the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet has tripled over the past five years, according to new research from a global team of scientists. The study, published in Nature, finds that ice loss […]
‘DISEASE X’: New Strain Of Bird Flu Kills 40% Of Those Who Contract, 100s Dead In China
‘DISEASE X’: New Strain Of Bird Flu Kills 40% Of Those Who Contract, 100s Dead In China A “new” strain of deadly bird flu dubbed “Disease X” by the World Health Organization (WHO) has killed hundreds of people in China, and is just three mutations away from becoming transmissible between humans, according to experts. The strain, […]
State of the Climate – It’s Alarming!
State of the Climate – It’s Alarming! Photo by Akuppa John Wigham | CC BY 2.0 Stuart Scott of Climate Matters.TV recently interviewed Dr. Peter Wadhams, emeritus professor, Polar Ocean Physics, Cambridge University and author of the acclaimed highly recommended: A Farewell To Ice (Oxford University Press, 2017). In response to the question “what’s your […]
