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Used Car Battery Problems Take Shine Off China’s ‘Green’ New Energy Vehicles
Workers assemble electric cars in a factory in Zouping, east China’s Shandong Province on Sept. 16, 2014. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images) Used Car Battery Problems Take Shine Off China’s ‘Green’ New Energy Vehicles In the last decade, China has rapidly expanded its “green” new energy vehicle (NEV) industry but recycling and disposing of hundreds of thousands of […]
Weather whiplash in Canada: extreme rains hit wildfire-devastated British Columbia
Weather whiplash in Canada: extreme rains hit wildfire-devastated British Columbia Climate change is likely to increase extreme flooding from atmospheric river events like this one. Flooding in British Columbia on November 15, 2021. (Image credit: BC Hydro) An intense low-pressure system brought an atmospheric river of water vapor and torrential rains to southern British Columbia and […]
Coal Demand Booms Under Biden As Prices Hit 2009 Levels
Coal Demand Booms Under Biden As Prices Hit 2009 Levels US coal is experiencing a massive boom under President Biden despite the administration trying to kill fossil fuels by touting net-zero goals at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. On Monday, S&P Global Market Intelligence released data that showed prices for coal from Central Appalachia jumped more […]
Vancouver is now completely cut off from the rest of Canada by road
Vancouver is now completely cut off from the rest of Canada by road There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada. The Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley are now completely cut off from the rest of British Columbia and the country by road. Photo Credit: Linda Corscadden The southbound […]
Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests
Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests Biomass projects entail wood chips. Image: @john_kinnander, Unsplash Is green hydrogen yet another spin with catastrophic consequences for the environment? Sue Arnold looks behind the greenwash to find wide-scale plans for logging for wood-chips. Dominic Perrottet and his new Treasurer, Matt Kean, […]
Limitarians and Cornucopians: what Surprises from Technological Progress?
Limitarians and Cornucopians: what Surprises from Technological Progress? Resource depletion, ecosystem disruption, population growth, and technological change are interacting with each other in a tsunami of changes that always take us by surprise. The surprises that technological progress may be bringing are among the most unpredictable drivers of change. Yet, it is not impossible to […]
The Future According to Andrew Nikiforuk
The Future According to Andrew Nikiforuk He gives the Southam Lecture at UVic Wednesday. It’s sold out in person but sign up for free to watch his talk live online. Journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk speaks Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. The Tyee contributing editor will discuss myths about how we’re tackling climate change, and […]
Collapse in a Nutshell: Understanding Our Predicament
Collapse in a Nutshell: Understanding Our Predicament
George Monbiot champions wealth taxes on ultra-rich as best way to prevent environmental collapse
George Monbiot champions wealth taxes on ultra-rich as best way to prevent environmental collapse Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich? Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich. — George Monbiot “Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich? Most of our dysfunctions […]
Europe Braces For First Cold Winter Blast With Gas Prices Set To Spike Again
Europe Braces For First Cold Winter Blast With Gas Prices Set To Spike Again After months of rollercoaster moves in European nat gas prices as energy producers and traders jockeyed for position ahead of what could be a brutal winter, all bets are now off as Europe is set to get its first cold blast […]
‘Forgotten, but not gone’: How governments have deliberately ignored the safety of contaminated sites in England – and why climate change makes this worse
‘Forgotten, but not gone’: How governments have deliberately ignored the safety of contaminated sites in England – and why climate change makes this worse ‘The Metablog’, No.18, Podcast: This is an over thirty-year long story about my involvement with contaminated sites, and helping communities to get action to clean them up[1]. It’s innately connected to my home […]
WEIRD – Thinking Beyond Technology: Issue no.5, “Research for the End of Your ‘Normal’ Everyday Existence”
WEIRD – Thinking Beyond Technology: Issue no.5, “Research for the End of Your ‘Normal’ Everyday Existence” ☮ ‘Introduction’ Introducing the science for the end of your ‘normal’ everyday existence. ☮ History file: Bill Devall – ‘The Deep Ecology Movement’ Published in 1980, this tract was the first to outline the split between ‘eco-reformers’ & ‘deep ecologists’. References: Journal of […]
Satirical video slices and dices deceit of governments’ “Net-Zero by 2050” COP-26 pledges
Satirical video slices and dices deceit of governments’ “Net-Zero by 2050” COP-26 pledges Fact is, say scientists, that “Net-Zero by 2050” really means we’re “net-fucked by 2050.” — CAUTION: Readers may find the word “fucked” in this piece offensive. Personally, I find the reference to “government deceit” far more disturbing. “The latest satirical video from The […]
Separating the self-flagellation from the greenhouse gas
Separating the self-flagellation from the greenhouse gas Speaking to the media at the Youth4Climate event last week, Greta Thunberg berated the UK for continuing to extract oil and gas from the North Sea while pretending to be green ahead of the coming COP26 conference. Not only that, but as the originator of the industrial revolution, Britain is […]
Pruning established trees
Pruning established trees This month I continue the series on pruning with a look at pruning established landscape trees. These are trees in the prime of life, growing well, starting to shade the garden beneath them and expanding their canopies. Various reasons can prompt the call for tree care professionals. What reasons would we have […]
