Thursday, July 4, 2013 It’s safe to say that Exxon Mobil, and other companies responsible for large amounts of greenhouse gas pollution, don’t intend to pay for the $3 Billion to $5 Billion to clean up Alberta’s floods, or any climate-change related costs suffered by Alberta or other jurisdictions. But
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: The Jet Stream, The Calgary Floods, And Global Warming
One day I want to do an in-depth post on gradually changing attitudes among climate scientists re attributing individual events to global warming. This is not that post. Instead I’ve just ripped some text from Dr. Jeff Masters at Wunderground that talks about how unusual patterns in the jet stream brought
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Linda McQuaig: Alberta And Climate Change
For me, one of the most disappointing aspects of the media coverage of the Alberta floods has been the relative dearth of commentary linking this monumental environmental disaster to climate change. To be sure, some prominent people have made that linkage, but by and large it has been omitted from
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper ‘Stunned’ By Magnitude of Alberta Flooding
I guess it doen’t take much to stun a climate-change denier like Harper: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Perhaps Its Time To Stop Talking And Start Acting?
For obvious reasons. Recommend this Post
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