Global warming, climate change, activism
Posted in Global Warming Myths, Humor, Politics, USA on Dec 9th, 2009
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Gore brilliantly explains the stakes at Copenhagen.
I’m not sure that Saran Palin understands. She had this to say about global warming in a Washington Post editorial.
I know that Carbon Dioxide is a great gift from God, also a gift that brings warmth to [...]
Three things you should read if you’re a Canadian.
Collossal Fossil
Canada garners a Fossil of the Day Award at Copenhagen for being a climate dick.
“Canada garnered today’s award for its unwavering commitment to stand firm in its inaction throughout these negotiations [...] Since announcing its emissions target in 2007 of reducing GHG emissions by 20% below [...]
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Climate Change Solutions, Politics on Dec 1st, 2009
Tzeporah Berman is one seriously smart woman — but not just because she’s saying what I’ve been saying (here and there and everywhere) since taking One Blue Marble live one year ago. She gets it. It’s not just about climate change. It’s about prosperity and the heart and soul of our nation.
Let’s just look [...]
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Politics on Dec 1st, 2009
George Monbiot in The Guardian
When you think of Canada, which qualities come to mind? The world’s peacekeeper, the friendly nation, a liberal counterweight to the harsher pieties of its southern neighbour, decent, civilised, fair, well-governed? Think again. This country’s government is now behaving with all the sophistication of a chimpanzee’s tea party. So amazingly destructive [...]
Posted in Canada, Politics, Progressive Coalition on Oct 28th, 2009
I sent this letter today to several key members of the Liberal Party.
To the Honourable Michael Ignatieff, David McGuinty, Bob Rae, and Michael Savage (who is my MP):
I am not an NDP supporter, but I am urging the Liberal government to put partisan politics aside and vote in favour of Bill-311.
I’m discouraged by Canada’s slow, [...]
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is working to pass the Kerry-Boxer climate bill, understanding that America’s future depends upon it.
I’ve sent him the following letter. I urge all people who care about future generations to write a letter of thanks.
Senator Graham:
Your bipartisan work on the climate bill will be remembered by historians as a pivotal [...]
Posted in Activism, Climate Change Science, Politics, Social Justice on Sep 29th, 2009
Just days after Rasmussen reported that 47 percent of U.S. citizens suggested that it was OK to put the economy before climate change concerns, one of the key advisors to the German government suggested that North Americans know less about climate change than just about anyone else in the world.
Professor John Schellnhuber, of the Potsdam [...]
Posted in Activism, Canada, Politics, Progressive Coalition on Sep 24th, 2009
More than 100 of world’s leaders met this week in New York at the United Nations Climate Conference.
And where is Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper? He didn’t attend, preferring to meet New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a coffee shop. He just sauntered in to the UN in time for dinner.
For the sake of the [...]
Would we be doing more to save the planet from global warming if we had better phrasing? Jonathan Watts asks that question at The Guardian when he notes that the only time that governments have been able to overcome their pettiness was when scientists warned about an unexpected “hole in the ozone layer.”
It seemed [...]
It sounds like it may have been inspired by Oxfam’s Hunger Banquet, and it will be interesting to see how it works. Mandarins at the United Nations will be subjecting world leaders to a little diplomatic shock therapy at today’s UN climate negotiations in an effort to inject a greater sense of urgency into the [...]
