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Federal Privacy Office Acted Like RBC’s PR Arm, Says Integrity Advocate
Federal Privacy Office Acted Like RBC’s PR Arm, Says Integrity Advocate FOI reveals watchdog pushed media to change headline on story about investigation into bank. Canada’s privacy watchdog moved to have news reports about its investigation of RBC and Facebook changed after the bank complained they were “problematic,” documents released under freedom of information legislation […]
What the Teck Mine Will Destroy
What the Teck Mine Will Destroy Old growth, wetlands, wildlife. All the review panel added up and wrote off. Any day now, the Trudeau government is expected to render its verdict on the $20-billion Teck Resources Frontier mine proposed to push Alberta’s industrialized oilsands landscape farther north. There’s been a lot of published debate about whether the […]
Coronavirus: An Economic Pandemic?
Coronavirus: An Economic Pandemic? How COVID-19 could alter Canada’s oil and gas industry, tourism, education, and public health. Also in Canada, and many other countries around the world, the epidemic is a threat to the livelihood of millions: the people who mine the raw materials China buys, the corporations that depend on Chinese-made goods as […]
Jason Kenney’s Other Pipeline War Is with Michigan
Jason Kenney’s Other Pipeline War Is with Michigan Locals say Enbridge’s aging Line 5 is a disaster waiting to happen and Alberta’s premier should butt out. Locals urging the aging pipeline be closed down fear it could imperil drinking water for tens of millions of people. Some wonder why Kenney, who has claimed Alberta is […]
Tech Giants Rely on Big Lies — and We Fall for Them
Tech Giants Rely on Big Lies — and We Fall for Them From ‘the cloud’ to ‘free’ services, we’ve been conned by tech babble. Remember when we spent our days “surfing” the “information superhighway?” The 1990s dotcom bubble, when some tech companies spent as much as 90 per cent of their budgets on advertising, brought a flood […]
Green Myths Canada’s LNG Sales Force Tells the World
Green Myths Canada’s LNG Sales Force Tells the World No, methane’s no fix for global coal-fired energy. Here’s why. Representatives of the British Columbia, Alberta and federal governments are making the global rounds these days to sell the notion that liquefied natural gas exports can help the climate crisis. Dave Nikolejsin, deputy minister of the […]
Trudeau and His North Van Climate Minister Are ‘Wrestling’ with a Massive Oilsands Decision
Trudeau and His North Van Climate Minister Are ‘Wrestling’ with a Massive Oilsands Decision Teck’s Frontier mine would kill emissions targets, say analysts. The Trudeau government is under intense scrutiny for a looming decision — one that will powerfully signal whether it favours oil patch growth over fighting the climate emergency. Will the Liberals approve […]
The Quake Threat to Dams Posed by Fracking Was Long Warned
The Quake Threat to Dams Posed by Fracking Was Long Warned A new trove of internal exchanges shaken loose by Ben Parfitt amplifies decades of safety urgings. “Why is this so difficult?” a BC Hydro dam safety engineer plaintively asked his superiors seven years ago. He’d been stymied again in proposing that because the risks […]
Why UVic Faculty Massively Voted to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Why UVic Faculty Massively Voted to Divest from Fossil Fuels It’s time to walk the talk on reconciliation and the climate crisis. Therefore, we think it is hypocritical for UVic to present itself as a sustainability and reconciliation leader while investing in companies that are primarily responsible for both the climate emergency and Indigenous dispossession. For example, UVic has […]
When Climate Striking Stops ‘Sparking Joy.’ What Comes Next?
When Climate Striking Stops ‘Sparking Joy.’ What Comes Next? Youth activists pause to plan a fresh wave of action. On a cold Friday in Winnipeg two weeks ago, ten people gathered in a circle outside city hall singing “Happy Birthday.” They were celebrating the one-year anniversary of the city’s first student climate strike. “We’re all […]
Oilsands Firms ‘Morally Responsible’ for Deaths and Destruction from Climate Disasters
Oilsands Firms ‘Morally Responsible’ for Deaths and Destruction from Climate Disasters Greenpeace’s Yeb Saño explains what a Philippines human rights investigation means for the fossil fuel industry in Canada. Four years ago, the Philippines Commission on Human Rights began posing an incendiary question. Should 47 of the planet’s most polluting companies have to answer legally for the […]
Crazy Days in Alberta: The Poison Wells File
Crazy Days in Alberta: The Poison Wells File The province let oil and gas firms create a $100-billion disaster. They expect you to foot the bill. Every day something crazy happens in Alberta to illustrate how thoroughly oil politics have eroded the province’s grip on reality. Judy Aldous, who hosts a province-wide CBC Radio noon […]
Governments Need to Face Reality — the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Collapsing
Governments Need to Face Reality — the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Collapsing From Saudi Arabia to Alberta, the numbers are clear. But we still shovel taxpayers’ money at oil and gas companies. While Canadian politicians keep up their parochial posturing, a global storm is brewing. Around the world there is early evidence of a seismic shift. […]
Memo from a Climate Crisis Realist: The Choice before Us
Memo from a Climate Crisis Realist: The Choice before Us If we don’t take these 11 key steps, we’re kidding ourselves. Second of two. That first query was this: The modern world is deeply addicted to fossil fuels and green energy is no substitute. Am I wrong? Read my fact-based argument here. Today I ask: Question 2: Human […]
Don’t Call Me a Pessimist on Climate Change. I Am a Realist
Don’t Call Me a Pessimist on Climate Change. I Am a Realist To see our fate clearly, we must face these hard facts about energy, growth and governance. Part one of two. Why is this important? Well, if Greta Thunberg and followers are to inspire more than emotional release about climate change, the world needs […]
