At one of Canada’s top comprehensive universities, a well-known climate change denier was recently discovered “educating” a class of undergraduate students about global warming. The Instructor Tom Harris spent much of his career acting as a PR consultant for fossil fuel companies. Today he directs the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC), an advocacy group closely [...]
Posts Tagged ‘youth’
Denial in the Classroom
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged canada, carleton, cass, climate change, education, geology, global warming, heartland institute, international climate science coalition, maclean's, ottawa, science, skeptic, tom harris, university, youth on February 28, 2012 | 16 Comments »
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 »
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, [...]
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, [...]
A Little Bit of Hope
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, education, global warming, science, sea level rise, skeptical science, solar activity, volcanoes, youth on December 15, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I went to a public lecture on climate change last night (because I just didn’t get enough of that last week at AGU, apparently), where four professors from different departments at my university spoke about their work. They were great speeches – it sort of reminded me of TED Talks – but I was actually [...]
Climate Change and Young People
Posted in Mitigation and Policy, tagged agriculture, bachmann, canada, cap and trade, carbon tax, climate change, economy, geology, global warming, harper, obama, perry, policy, science, sea level rise, united states, youth on October 18, 2011 | 25 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal What is the most important policy issue facing today’s young people? Climate change might not seem like an obvious contender, as it feels so distant. Indeed, the majority of impacts from global warming have yet to come. But the magnitude and extent of those impacts are being determined right now. Only [...]
What Can One Person Do?
Posted in How Science Works, Media and the Public, Mitigation and Policy, Science Lessons, tagged agreement, canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, climategate, communication, CRU, denial, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hansen, ice age, IPCC, journalism, media, politics, republican, risk management, science, skeptic, sustainability, united states, youth on May 5, 2011 | 23 Comments »
Next week, I will be giving a speech on climate change to the green committee of a local United Church. They are particularly interested in science and solutions, so I wrote the following script, drawing heavily from my previous presentations. I would really appreciate feedback and suggestions for this presentation. Citations will be on the [...]
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 [...]
Where Activism Fails
Posted in Media and the Public, Mitigation and Policy, tagged climate change, communication, democracy, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse gases, journalism, media, north america, politics, powershift, risk management, science, united states, vote, youth on April 20, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Cross-posted from NextGen Journal This weekend, 10 000 young people converged in Washington, D.C. and protested the American government’s inaction on climate change. Students stood in front of government buildings wearing green hard hats, holding signs saying “Make Polluters Pay, Not the EPA”. Students stormed the House of Representatives and sang a song about climate [...]
10 Tips for Journalists Writing about Climate Change
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, communication, credibility, education, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, IPCC, journalism, media, quote, science, youth on August 26, 2010 | 9 Comments »
This list could be applied to any area of science. I chose climate science because it’s what I’m interested in, and because its reporting is the most obviously abysmal at present. Try to get hired as a specialized science reporter. It might not be as cost-effective for a media outlet as having general reporters cover [...]
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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