BIG step toward saving the oceans
Along with our other environmental sins, we are fishing the oceans dry. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, over a third of global…
… a Bill Longstaff blog
Along with our other environmental sins, we are fishing the oceans dry. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, over a third of global…
The oil companies are rolling in it. According to the Pembina Institute their free cash flow will add up to $153-billion this year, the highest…
I was saddened to read this week of the death of British environmental scientist James Lovelock. He had a good run, dying at the great…
In the universe are billions of galaxies,In our galaxy are billions of planets,But there is Only One Earth. The above truism is from the UN…
David Suzuki recently made some rash comments about oil pipelines, specifically “There are going to be pipelines blown up if our leaders don't pay attention…
The most recent Angus Reid Institute poll on Canadians’ priorities and voting intentions had at least one big surprise. That, at least to this observer…
I have been a supporter of social democracy since the days of the CCF and Tommy Douglas. I have, however, often offered support to the…
“We need to change the rules”—Greta Thunberg, 2019 In 1970, American biologist Arthur Galston coined the term “ecocide” to describe mass environmental destruction. Galston was…
I was pleased to hear that the Pembina Institute’s executive-director, Linda Coady, has been appointed to the federal government’s new Net-Zero Advisory Body. The body…
All those years ago when I earned my keep in the oil patch, I was fortunate to toil for Shell Canada. I was paid well,…