Naming, shaming and curbing the climate villains
Now here’s an idea. The Earth Island Institute, an international environmental organization, has initiated a proposal for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. The idea is…
Recognizing Palestine … and about time
It’s more than a bit late, but as they say, better late … Canada, along with Great Britain and Australia are officially recognizing a Palestinian…
Good luck, Chrystia
The federal government will be greatly diminished by losing Chrystia Freeland. This week, she announced she is stepping down from cabinet after the PM appointed…
Is Brazilian democracy healthier than America’s?
That a South American country’s democracy might be healthier than that of the United States is a notion that would have been unthinkable only a…
Sometimes “the people” are wrong
Donald J. Trump represents the worst of his country—the archetype of the ugly American. I have been pondering what selection of adjectives might best describe…
We still need the NDP
In recent years I have developed the practice of voting NDP provincially and Liberal federally. The federal choice arises largely from the Liberal candidate being…
Pierre channels Danielle
It’s a long way from Ottawa to Battle River-Crowfoot. Born and raised in Calgary, Conservative leader Pierre Poilieivre has for over 20 years represented the…
The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada?
Donald Trump and his MAGA colleagues have decided to do more than abandon America’s fight against climate change, more than formalize climate denial as the…
America chooses ignorance
Back in days long past, in a place called Camelot, John F. Kennedy ruled as president. Kennedy was noted for wanting to have bright people…
The ICJ: the law embraces environmental science
We are, of course, doing it to ourselves. Warming up the planet that is. To live is to burn fuel and human beings are burning…
Today is Earth Overshoot Day
The Global Footprint Network performs the public service of calculating how rapidly we are drawing down the Earth’s natural resources. The Network is an international…
The “coalition of the willing” steps up
Western Europe has long been a fractious place with war a near constant for millennia. And its three leading powers have generally been in the…