The New Normal
Watch or don’t watch the following; it really won’t make any difference, as the trajectory is already firmly set, momentum is building, and catastrophe can no longer be averted: Recommend…
extreme weather
This is Canada’s weather on climate change, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Any questions?
Thursday, March 3, 2016 It’s amazing how invisible climate change can be – how we feel...
David Suzuki: Welcome to an extreme, warming world
Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki explains why extreme weather is being experienced more frequently around the world now than in the past. The post David Suzuki: Welcome to an extreme, warming…
Ontario adds Climate Change to MOE Portfolio
IN ANNOUNCING her new cabinet last week, Premier Kathleen Wynne has charged former Transportation Minister Glen Murray with taking over Ontario’s newly revamped environment ministry. Murray, the sitting MPP for…
Extreme Weather Events Escalating Around the World
The HawkkeyDavis Channel on YouTube does an excellent job of compiling extreme weather events from around the world at regular intervals during the year. Here’s the end-of-the-year compilation for 2013.…
Climate Change: Our Weather On Steroids
Climate change increases the frequency and severity of severe weather events. Is this really the legacy we want to leave for our children? This video was taken from a Shell/Dairy…
Signs of Change
* Now are we ready to stop using our atmosphere as a sewage dump? OECD Calls For a “Big Fat Price On Carbon” In the Fight Against Climate Change *
Extreme weather: Are these signs of Climate Change?
In the Maritimes we have been getting so far thunder and rain storms as well as hail storms. Some coastal communities were flooded. Is this the new normal? Are these…
Shift Happens
* Here in Northern Ontario our lovely boreal summer is in full swing. The blueberries are starting to ripen, the ethereal call of the loons drifts up to our windows…
Climate Denial Is Not Affordable
While dirty energy continues to rake in record profits, the rest of us are going to be paying a higher and higher price for our governments’ inaction on climate change.…
President Obama Takes First Step On Path To Climate Sanity
As President Obama unveiled his plan of action to address climate change earlier this week, my husband and I were part of a group of 370 citizen lobbyists from across…
Ending Fossil Fuel’s War On Us And The Planet
I’m on a (low-carbon) holiday for the next while, with little access to a computer, so please accept my apologies for delayed responses or posting of comments. All should be…
Greedy Lying Bastards: Exposing The Fossil Fools Who Put Profit Before Human Lives
* One of the few-and-far-between perks of being a climate blogger is that occasionally I get access to books and movies before the general public does. This past weekend I…
We Could Have Stopped Climate Chaos But We Were Too Damned Cheap
What a beautiful Friday morning in my part of the world. The sky is blue and clear on a minus 16 degree C March 1st day. I’m watching two pileated…
How Republicans (& Canadian Conservatives) Can Answer Obama’s Challenge To ‘Reduce The Threat Of Climate Change’
Today’s blog post is courtesy of Citizens Climate Lobby: In his State of the Union address, the President said, ‘If Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations , I…
Mr. President, Please Don’t Overlook Climate Change
A message from an Oklahoma farmer for President Barack Obama, as he prepares to deliver his State of the Union address tonight:
Getting Serious About Climate Change, Like Our Lives Depended On It
* Happy Friday! Those of you in eastern and central North America who are getting blasted by a winter storm, stay warm and off the roads! If you are warm…
Will The Bizarre Weather In Ottawa Wake Up The Climate Zombies In Parliament?
* Paul Beckwith is a part-time professor and PhD student of abrupt climate change in the Department of Geography at the University of Ottawa. He recently wrote this paragraph in…
Doha Climate Talks: Fiddling While Planet Burns
It’s a plus 2 Celsius December day in northern Ontario, 11 degrees warmer than the average high for this day. The UN Climate talks in Doha Qatar continue for the…