A big story in Canada these days is oil pipelines. The federal government wants to ramp up the tar sands industry through international exports. The easiest way to transport crude is through pipelines stretching across the country, and several such projects have been proposed during the past year. First there was the Keystone XL pipeline, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Stephen Harper’
Apparently, I’m an enemy of Canada
Posted in Musings, tagged alberta, canada, climate change, enbridge, environment, first nations, global warming, joe oliver, keystone, northern gateway, oil sands, peter kent, politics, science, Stephen Harper, tar sands, transcanada, youth on February 15, 2012 | 15 Comments »
Recommended Reading
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, Other Advocates, tagged canada, climate change, durban, economist, global warming, globe and mail, guardian, kyoto, monbiot, policy, Stephen Harper, youth on December 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
A lot of great articles reflecting on the Durban talks have come out in the past few weeks, particularly in the mainstream media. Some of my favourites are Globe and Mail articles by Thomas Homer-Dixon and Jeffrey Simpson, The Economist writing that climate change, in the long run, will be more important than the economy, [...]
Good News
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged alberta, australia, canada, cap and trade, carbon tax, climate change, ethical oil, global warming, julia gillard, keystone, nebraska, obama, oil sands, Stephen Harper, tar sands, united states on November 15, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Two events to celebrate today: First, the Australian Parliament passed a carbon tax last week. Although it is relatively weak (oil for cars is exempt, and most emission permits are given out for free), it gets the country off the ground, and will hopefully strengthen in the future. It will be interesting to watch the [...]
The Tar Sands
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged 350.org, alberta, athabasca, bill mckibben, canada, civil disobedience, climate change, environment, global warming, james hansen, keystone xl, obama, oil sands, protest, science, Stephen Harper, tar sands, united states, white house on September 7, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Apologies for the few weeks of silence. Moving cities again, combined with the beginning of a new term, meant hardly any writing time! I should be back into a regular routine now, though. Enjoy. In the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama seemed serious about climate change action. He promised an 80% reduction in American greenhouse [...]
Change
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged bloc, canada, climate change, conservative, election, Elizabeth May, Gilles Duceppe, global warming, green, Jack Layton, liberal, Michael Ignatieff, NDP, politics, quebec, Stephen Harper, youth on May 4, 2011 | 12 Comments »
If you know what these colours mean, you probably share my surprise: For those of you who aren’t familiar with Canadian politics, past and present, here’s a quick brush-up. (If parliamentary democracy or constitutional monarchy is new to you, Rick Mercer gives a great explanation.) Liberal Party (Red Seats) Politics: More liberal than the American [...]
The Rest of the World
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged australia, canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, copenhagen, environment, EU, global warming, greenhouse gases, japan, norway, politics, risk management, Stephen Harper, uk, united states on April 6, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Here in North America, we are surrounded with rhetoric denouncing the feasibility of climate change mitigation. It’s not possible to reduce our emissions, people say. It’s not worth it. The situation in the U.S. Congress regarding this issue is becoming so bizarre that hopes for an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have grown [...]
Climate Scientists Out in the Cold
Posted in News and Reports, tagged canada, carbon dioxide, CFCAS, climate change, congress, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse gases, IPCC, luetkemeyer, NSERC, politics, republican, science, Stephen Harper, united states, waxman on February 24, 2011 | 35 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal In the current economy, it’s not surprising that many countries are reducing funds for scientific research. It’s necessary to cut spending across the board these days. However, North American governments are singling out climate science as a victim – and not just reducing its funding, but, in many cases, eliminating it [...]
The Pendulum
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged al gore, an inconvenient truth, arctic, canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, copenhagen, debate, democrat, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, human rights, hurricane katrina, journalism, kyoto, media, obama, politics, republican, risk management, science, skeptic, Stephen Harper, sustainability, swifthack, united states on January 31, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal A few years ago, climate change mitigation became a major political issue. Before 2005, governments certainly knew that human-caused climate change was a serious problem – but the public knew next to nothing about it, so there was no incentive to act. However, between 2005 and 2007, a perfect storm of [...]
The Unofficial Climate Change Book Awards
Posted in Reviews, tagged canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, communication, copenhagen, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, journalism, media, politics, science, Stephen Harper, sustainability, united states on January 19, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal As an aspiring climate scientist, I have read dozens of books about climate change over the past few years. Here are my all-time favourites, which I present with Unofficial Climate Change Book Awards. (Unfortunately, the prizes consist entirely of bragging rights.) Best Analysis of Future Scenarios Climate Wars, by Gwynne Dyer View [...]
Too Much at Every Level
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, copenhagen, global warming, greenhouse gases, politics, Stephen Harper, united states, youth on July 31, 2010 | 22 Comments »
I think that action to mitigate climate change has been so slow (in many cases, nonexistent) partly because the problem is just so massive. At every single level – individual, politician, government, country – people think that they can’t possibly solve it on their own, so there’s no point in trying at all. It’s not [...]
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