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What, Me Worry? Humans Are Blind to Imminent Environmental Collapse
What, Me Worry? Humans Are Blind to Imminent Environmental Collapse Accelerating biodiversity loss may turn out to be the sleeper issue of the century. Nature can’t compete with human activity overtaking the Earth. Photo by Ben Chapman, Creative Commons licensed. A curious thing about H. sapiens is that we are clever enough to document — […]
BC Premier Says Kinder Morgan Pipeline Plan Meets Her Conditions, Opposition Objects
BC Premier Says Kinder Morgan Pipeline Plan Meets Her Conditions, Opposition Objects Project’s foes call Clark’s decision a ‘surprise to absolutely no one’ and ‘simply deceitful.’ Premier Clark on approval the Trans Mountain expansion: “We always said the five conditions were a path to ‘yes’ and that if the project met the five conditions we […]
The End of Growth and the Rise of Trump
The End of Growth and the Rise of Trump Era of global growth is over, and Trump’s the first of coming calamities. The anti-Trump protests have begun. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon, Reuters Media Express. “The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.” — Albert Camus The world did not […]
Alexandra Morton Sues DFO for Allegedly Failing to Protect Wild Salmon
Alexandra Morton Sues DFO for Allegedly Failing to Protect Wild Salmon Lack of measures to prevent transfer of deadly disease from farmed fish breaks law, suit charges. Alexandra Morton: DFO ignoring law, putting salmon farmers ahead of wild stocks. Salmon advocate and biologist Alexandra Morton is suing the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, alleging the […]
Pipeline Memo Guiding Trudeau Gov’t ‘Riddled with Mistakes’
Pipeline Memo Guiding Trudeau Gov’t ‘Riddled with Mistakes’ Economist Allan tells Natural Resources it was ‘dangerously misled’ four ways. Misinformed: Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr is working from a pro-pipeline memo useless due to errors, concludes an economist who studied it closely. A Natural Resources memo extolling the economic benefits of more bitumen pipelines for Canada […]
In September, Did the Liberals Out-Harper the Conservatives?
In September, Did the Liberals Out-Harper the Conservatives? On climate, foreign workers, and unions, Trudeau government moves this month have rankled progressives. At home recently, the Trudeau government’s actions have left many progressive Canadians feeling frustrated and misled. Photo by Chris Wattie, Reuters Media Express. The key players in Stephen Harper’s government would have been high-fiving […]
Premier Clark on ‘Historic Debt Binge,’ Says Conservative Leader
Premier Clark on ‘Historic Debt Binge,’ Says Conservative Leader ‘Debt-free BC’ 2013 campaign promise called unrealistic, simplistic. Clark promised LNG revenue would mean ‘debt-free BC.’ Instead, debt up 45 per cent during her tenure. David P. Ball Premier Christy Clark won the provincial election in 2013 promising a “Debt-Free BC,” but an opponent now accuses her […]
Secret Bans, Secret Trials: The Canadian ‘No-Fly’ Lists
Secret Bans, Secret Trials: The Canadian ‘No-Fly’ Lists First in a series to help you participate in the federal consultation on national security. Protesters opposing Bill C-51 in Vancouver last year. Now they can tell the government what changes are needed. Jeremy Board, Creative Commons licensed. [Editor’s note: The federal government’s consultation on national security provides a rare […]
US Study Confirms Rapid Increase of Methane Emissions by Oil and Gas
US Study Confirms Rapid Increase of Methane Emissions by Oil and Gas Spike corresponds with timing of shale gas boom. The Four Corners region of New Mexico and Colorado. Light-coloured spots are sites of gas and oil development. Credit: Flickr user Doc Searls, Creative Commons licensed. Another U.S. scientific study has confirmed that methane emissions from oil […]
The European Union and the Misery of Bigness
The European Union and the Misery of Bigness Brexit voters should recognize Leopold Kohr’s belief that large institutions concentrate power and ignore local needs. Big cities, states or businesses: ‘They can’t work or prosper for long because their scale is inhuman, abusive and wrong.’ Airship image via Shutterstock. “What wisdom shall any man show in glorying in […]
Faith in Big Trade Deals Keeps Crumbling
Faith in Big Trade Deals Keeps Crumbling Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of globalization? ‘Bad deal’: French trade minister Matthias Fekl said his country is likely to drop TTIP talks after leaks that US wants lower labour and environmental standards. At the height of the battle over the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement in the […]
Major BC Liberal Donor Named in Panama Papers
Major BC Liberal Donor Named in Panama Papers Haywood Securities listed as a shareholder in firms registered in British Virgin Islands. Finance Minister Michael de Jong said he had ‘no knowledge’ of a BC Liberal donor being named in the Panama Papers. Photo: BC Gov’t Flickr. The name of a major donor to the British […]
Response to Tax Dodging by Rich Will Show Trudeau’s True Colours
Response to Tax Dodging by Rich Will Show Trudeau’s True Colours CRA ties to industry, special deals demand Liberal action. Cartoon by Greg Perry. Note to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: We will not be distracted forever by your explanation of quantum computers and yoga poses. Or even by the admittedly impressive list of low-hanging fruit […]
Fort Mac Blaze: Brace for New Era of Infernos
Fort Mac Blaze: Brace for New Era of Infernos What’s turning northern forests into tinder? Biggest reason is climate change, but that’s not all. A police officer surveys smoldering devastation wrought by wildfire in Fort McMurray on May 5, 2016. Source: RCMP Alberta. A sudden shift in the wind at a critical time of day […]
Groundwater Contamination from Fracking Changes over Time: Study
Groundwater Contamination from Fracking Changes over Time: Study Texas study finds quality fluctuates as nearby industry evolves. A new Texas study is the first to measure groundwater quality from private water wells before, during, and after the expansion of fracking. Water photo via Shutterstock. A new Texas study has found that horizontal oil wells fractured by the injection of […]
