Jun 102013
 

(1)     This CBC footage explains the Keeling curve and puts it in context. (Starts with two short ads.  A small portion has voice but no picture. But it corrects; the clarity of information is worth the minor annoyances.): 8:23 Duncan McCue visits an observatory that was set up 5 decades ago to measure carbon dioxide […]

Jun 092013
 

Jim writes: “Andrew Weaver the first Green MLA (MPP) in Canada being sworn in in the BC legislature on Thursday in Victoria! Once sworn in, Andrew wasted no time in making his voice heard: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/andrew-weaver-first-green-mla-in-bc-history-sworn-in/article12390463/  

Mar 042013
 

It’s wonderful to see these initiatives around climate change. Important information included.   I can’t say that one is more important than the other two. (Note  for Saskatoon area residents:  good news!  a dynamic group is organizing to mobilize support for climate change action.) CONTENTS FILM:  GREEDY LYING BASTARDS WE’RE NOT DROWNING, WE’RE FIGHTING (ISLAND […]

Jan 142013
 

PAUL EHRLICH  is controversial. He wrote  The Population Bomb  in 1968. Some of his dire predictions have not come to pass. Others argue that it is because of his warnings that the global community made adjustments and delayed the day of reckoning. Ehrlich (below) is joined with other scientists. “More than 3,000 experts concluded humanity […]

Jan 072013
 
2013-01-07  More than 100 protesters take over TransCanada’s Keystone XL offices in Houston

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/tomball/news/more-than-protesters-take-over-transcanada-s-keystone-xl-offices/article_16a23308-5915-11e2-b6e4-0019bb2963f4.html The proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline      HOUSTON – More than 100 blockaders stormed the lobby of TransCanada’s Keystone XL office in Houston this morning. Protesters danced, spilled black ‘tar sands’ balloons and hung neon orange hazard tape to highlight the deadly effects of TransCanada’s corporate greed on communities and ecosystems. After being forced out […]

Jul 082012
 

(Link no longer valid,  2019-01) Electricity, heat touted for use in northern industry Gordon Jaremko, The Edmonton Journal Published: Saturday, March 29 2008 A research partnership between the Alberta and U.S. governments will investigate the possibility of using atomic power to fuel oilsands development. The Alberta Research Council and the U.S. Energy Department’s main nuclear […]

Jun 092012
 
2012-06-07   Time For Outrage on Behalf of the Planet, by Bill McKibben

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/07-2#.T9Os8GGuzkw.facebook Campaigners marched in Copenhagen under the banner “System Change, Not Climate Change.” On the eve of Rio+20, that message again will rise, but slogans and proposals and will mean nothing without the requisite power standing behind them.   Time For Outrage on Behalf of the Planet, by Bill McKibben My solution is: get outraged. […]