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Draining the World of Fresh Water
Draining the World of Fresh Water Two recent studies show human activity is drying up the planet’s lakes, rivers and aquifers. Efficient irrigation systems have not conserved water but encouraged the expansion of irrigated land, resulting in more havoc with the global water system. Image via Shutterstock. “When you drink the water, remember the spring.” — […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VIII–Peak Oil and Sociopolitics
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh VIII Oct 30, 2020 Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Peak Oil and Sociopolitics Once again, a comment I posted in response to an article on The Tyee. Where to begin? I realise this article is primarily about a federal political party and its future but there are two underlying […]
I Warned Against the Green Energy ‘Boom.’ It Sparked Debate
I Warned Against the Green Energy ‘Boom.’ It Sparked Debate Challengers raised points that merit responses. Mine lead to one answer: degrowth. Mining for rare earth metals for ever more battery-driven gadgetry is a vastly destructive and ultimately doomed response to the climate crisis argues the author. Photo via Shutterstock. The best intentions in the world […]
The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics
The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics The green techno-dream is so vastly destructive, they say, ‘we have to come up with a different plan.’ Cobalt mining in Congo, says journalist Siddharth Kara, ‘drags humanity back to a time when the people of Africa were valued only their replacement cost.’ Photo via Harvard Kennedy School. “Sometime during […]
What People Don’t Get about This Inflation Spike
What People Don’t Get about This Inflation Spike Rising costs signal the ‘long emergency’ we face after glutting on cheap energy. Part one of two. Volatile energy prices are no mere brief glitch in the global economy. They are now a feature because we’ve met the end of easily extracted, cheap fossil fuels. Image via Shutterstock. […]
Are Electric Cars the Solution?
Are Electric Cars the Solution? Or do visions of ‘clean’ robots supplying mobile freedom steer us down the wrong road? Makers of EVs also push ahead on self-augmenting automation. In other words, a car capable of driving itself while you doze. Is that truly ‘freedom’? Fifty years ago, the French political ecologist André Gorz explained that […]
BC’s Effort to License Water Use Falling Apart, Critics Say
BC’s Effort to License Water Use Falling Apart, Critics Say Liberals, Greens agree a crisis looms for thousands of farmers and other water users. With less than two months until new rules take effect, some 16,000 BC users are at risk of losing their right to water for irrigation and other critical needs. Photo by Ted McGrath, […]
Cascadia’s Chance for a Zero-Carbon Future: What We Learned
Cascadia’s Chance for a Zero-Carbon Future: What We Learned Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions for the bioregion spanning BC, Washington and Oregon. We started this series in January with this image of Aji Piper taken in Washington state during a wildfire smoke emergency. At age 15 he joined a lawsuit against […]
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 […]
The Afghan Correction
The Afghan Correction Interventionistas never seem to learn these seven truths about war and ‘nation building.’ Soviet troops in the highlands near Kabul, Afghanistan, 1986. Photo by Кувакин Е. (1986); scanned and processed by Vizu (2009); размещено согласно Permissions: E. Kuvakin by personal collection, CC BY-SA 3.0. The chaotic rout of the U.S. in Afghanistan has got […]
The World Won’t Buy Alberta’s Second-Rate Coal: Experts
The World Won’t Buy Alberta’s Second-Rate Coal: Experts What Kenney wants mined is such poor quality ‘it won’t make the cut’ for global markets, panel told. Alberta’s proposed coking coal projects are often compared to the Elk Valley mine in BC, but the amounts and quality aren’t at all the same, say two industry veterans. Photo […]
To Save Ourselves, We’ll Need This Very Different Economy
To Save Ourselves, We’ll Need This Very Different Economy What would ‘getting serious’ about the survival of civilization look like? ‘Ecological overshoot’ is causing climate change, the pandemic and more. Is our political system capable of doing what’s needed? Photo by Paddy O Sullivan. The pandemic is a big problem. Climate change is an even bigger problem. […]
Seven Years after Mount Polley Disaster, Mine Waste Still Flows into Quesnel Lake
Seven Years after Mount Polley Disaster, Mine Waste Still Flows into Quesnel Lake A ‘temporary’ permit allows wastewater to be dumped in the water. That may not change anytime soon. The view from Quesnel Lake toward Mount Polley Mine’s tailings pond shows the scarred landscape following a breach of the mine’s tailings dam on Aug. […]
A Stronger Electricity Grid Is Crucial to Cutting Carbon. Does that Make It Green?
A Stronger Electricity Grid Is Crucial to Cutting Carbon. Does that Make It Green? A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates. Wind etches the Columbia River’s surface downstream of Squally Point, at right in the distance. Around the bend lies The […]
BC Spends More Subsidizing Fossil Fuels Than on Fighting Climate Change: Report
BC Spends More Subsidizing Fossil Fuels Than on Fighting Climate Change: Report Government says its upcoming royalty review will ensure ‘a fair return on our resources.’ Environmental organization DogwoodBC put up a billboard at the Vancouver intersection of Main Street and 2nd Avenue to raise awareness about BC’s fossil fuel subsidies and the upcoming provincial […]
