It was nice of the lads at the True North Eager Beaver Podcast to sit down and let me bloviate about one of my favourite topics, Alberta’s unexpected political crisis and what it means for the province’s increasingly frenetic premier, for more than an hour recently. When Douglas Connors asked
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Alberta Politics: This is not the Beaverton: Energy Minister Sonya Savage finds the bright side of COVID-19
Well, it’s nice to know someone’s happy about the global coronavirus pandemic! Canadians got a rare glimpse into Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage’s thinking yesterday thanks to a friendly podcaster at the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors. On the topic of the TransMountain pipeline expansion, John Bayko, who is
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – March 4, 2020
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/egnews-march4.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Teck Resources pulls its application for the oil sands Frontier
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – Feb. 19, 2020
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/egradio-intro-feb19.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Climate Justice, Indigenous Rights Advocates Rally for Wet’suwet’en People as
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – Feb. 5, 2020
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/egnews-feb5.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Record Warm Water Measured Beneath Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday’ Glacier Three-Year Federal
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – January 22, 2020
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/20-01-22-egnews.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Giant Chinese Fish Is Now Extinct After Surviving Millions of
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – Dec. 10, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/mixdown-2019-12-10.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Greenhouse-gas emissions hit a record high last year, UN warns Loudspeakers
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – Nov. 26, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/egnews-19-11-25-mixdown.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – Nov. 12, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/19-11-12-egnews-forair.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’ Report on Toronto, Vancouver traffic
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Now for something completely different: Podcast bloviations from Yours Truly and friends
I’m busier than that proverbial one-armed paperhanger right now, so it’s possible that production of posts on this blog is going to fall for the next couple of weeks from the daily commentary I prefer. Tonight, I thought I’d resort to an updated version of a favorite bloviators’ trick from
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – Oct. 29, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/mixdown-2019-10-29.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: CLIMATE COMMUNITY DECLARES THE WIN AS POLLING SHOWS CLIMATE CONCERN
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Ottawa #ClimateStrike
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/ayden-sloane-climatemarch-2019-09-27.mp3 Huge climate strikes took place across Canada and around the world this past Friday, Sept. 27, with millions taking part including at least 800,000 here in Canada demanding immediate and strong action on the climate crisis, which is getting worse almost by the day. Over 20,000 people walked out
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge Radio – Oct. 1, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/mixdown-2019-10-01.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Over 800,000 people attend Canadian climate strikes including more than
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge Radio – Sept. 17, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/mixdown-19-09-16-forair.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. CLIMATE, PIPELINE PROTESTS GREET TRUDEAU’S KICK-OFF RALLY AS ELECTION 2019 GETS UNDER WAY First Crowdfunded
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge Radio – Sept. 3, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/2019-09-03-12-00-00.mp3 On the show this week, an interview with the journalist and author Tatiana Schlossberg (begins at 27:50). Tatiana is a journalist and former NY Times Science writer who also happens to be the granddaughter of former US President John F. Kennedy. She’s just written a book called ‘Inconspicuous Consumption:
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – August 19, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/aug19forair.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warn
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – July 23, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/mixdown-2019-07-22.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: The aviation industry hears clamour for electric planes Best way
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – May 28, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/mixdown-19-05-27.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science India Set
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – May 14, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/mixdown-18-05-14.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or on demand at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk,
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – April 30, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/egnews-0429-forair.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: With communities under water, Ottawa had little choice but to
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