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Postmedia, Torstar Take Taxpayer Cash, Fight to Keep Public in Dark about Cuts
Postmedia, Torstar Take Taxpayer Cash, Fight to Keep Public in Dark about Cuts Media giants continue to fight disclosure of evidence about 2017 deal that shuttered 36 newspapers. Newspaper giants Torstar and Postmedia have both just claimed millions in taxpayer subsidies from the federal government’s controversial news media fund. But at the same time they’re counting […]
The Ghost Election Issue We Need to Get Real about: Personal Debt
The Ghost Election Issue We Need to Get Real about: Personal Debt Canadians are so deep in the red it colours how we see vital issues. Today we manufacture armored vehicles for the brutal regime in Saudi Arabia while fretting about domestic job losses if we don’t. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledges to slash Canada’s already paltry […]
Quit Chastising Brazil, Canada. You’re a Climate Killer, Too
Quit Chastising Brazil, Canada. You’re a Climate Killer, Too Some want global intervention against ‘rogue’ climate states. That may not end so well for us. The two both ask and answer their own question in the Globe and Mail piece. “Is it acceptable that a single government can unilaterally adopt environmental policies that put millions […]
As Election Nears, Canada’s Biggest Oil Firm Is Noticeably Quiet
As Election Nears, Canada’s Biggest Oil Firm Is Noticeably Quiet Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he’s Canada’s energy ‘champion.’ Yet he opposes climate policy Suncor supports. As we race towards a federal election that will determine if and how Canada responds to the climate emergency, one central player is noticeably absent. Suncor is without a […]
How Our Lifestyle Is Driving the Climate Crisis and How We Can Change It
How Our Lifestyle Is Driving the Climate Crisis and How We Can Change It From athleisure to electronics to our innocent binging habits, it becomes clear that everything is interrelated. She argues that we need to understand the map if we’re going to make any changes. The Tyee talked with Schlossberg over the phone to […]
Changing Climate, Vanishing Old Growth Bring Increase Fire Risk for Coastal Forests
Changing Climate, Vanishing Old Growth Bring Increase Fire Risk for Coastal Forests ‘It’s getting worse,’ expert warns. ‘As the climate is shifting, these factors are becoming more extreme.’ It rains in Zeballos. A lot. The village, perched at the end of a long inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, is surrounded by mountains […]
‘The Reality Bubble’: Or Pretending Ourselves to Death
‘The Reality Bubble’: Or Pretending Ourselves to Death Our illusions and blind spots keep us happy. And could doom us. We are also richly endowed with metaphorical blind spots, which enable us to deceive ourselves even about what can see perfectly well. Tong, a very experienced science communicator, was the co-host of the Discovery Channel’s […]
‘Climate Crisis’ Open Letter to Media: Who’s Responded (So Far)
‘Climate Crisis’ Open Letter to Media: Who’s Responded (So Far) Five-point plan on Tyee finds allies in CWA union and top US journos. Now the responses are rolling in, some from beyond Canada’s borders. Here’s how Holman came to write the widely shared letter and what it’s helping to trigger. As record wildfires raged out […]
Alberta Imposes New Fracking Restrictions Near Dam after Quakes
Alberta Imposes New Fracking Restrictions Near Dam after Quakes Restrictions come as industry-related tremors have rattled nerves and raised concerns. The regulator’s new regulations follow a wave of tremors set off by Canada’s oil and gas industry, as well as the release of major scientific papers documenting how fracking and other forms of fluid injection […]
Dear Journalists of Canada: Start Reporting Climate Change as an Emergency
Dear Journalists of Canada: Start Reporting Climate Change as an Emergency A five-point plan for mainstream media to cover fewer Royal babies and a lot more of our unfolding global catastrophe. To:Karyn Pugliese, president, Canadian Association of JournalistsMartin O’Hanlon, president, CWA CanadaFiona Conway, president, Radio Television Digital News AssociationJohn Hinds, president and chief executive officer, […]
Wildly Underestimated Oilsands Emissions Latest Blow to Alberta’s Dubious Climate Claims
Wildly Underestimated Oilsands Emissions Latest Blow to Alberta’s Dubious Climate Claims As disaster looms, petro province lets industry call the shots. Trust us. That has long been the message from the oil sector to the Alberta public, which seems to have little choice in the matter. In a bizarre arrangement, the Alberta oil patch pays […]
Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words
Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words How techno-speak is robbing us of our feelings and our future. The word sustainability, were it up to me, would be extinct, wiped out, kaput. It is hard to escape the word’s tyranny. Economists promise “sustainable economies” while business types explore “sustainability accounting.” Greens promise a “sustainable future,” and […]
Mark Carney Says Climate Change Will Bring Economic Disaster. Will the Powerful Listen?
Mark Carney Says Climate Change Will Bring Economic Disaster. Will the Powerful Listen? Global bank heads say urgent action needed to prevent a ‘Minsky moment’ collapse in asset prices. They may find themselves feeling just a little shaky, however, after a recent open letter written by Canadian Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, with Banque […]
Beware the ‘Weaponized’ Web, Says Guy Who Helped Elect Trump
Beware the ‘Weaponized’ Web, Says Guy Who Helped Elect Trump Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie on Facebook, democracy and hope. Christopher Wylie, of highlighter hair and Cambridge Analytica fame, was in Vancouver this week to talk about “Confronting the Disinformation Age.” In 2018, Wylie blew the whistle on Facebook and consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, cofounded […]
What’s Your Carbon Budget? You Probably Don’t Want to Know
What’s Your Carbon Budget? You Probably Don’t Want to Know But if politicians ran governments on them, the planet might have a fighting chance. Conservative politicians are happily fighting carbon taxes and generally ignoring the issue of global warming. At the same time, an uneasy feeling is rippling through the climate-science community these days. After […]
