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THAT’S WEATHER, NOT CLIMATE
This week, authorities have given us things like: “July 2023 is set to be the hottest month ever recorded in human history.” “July isn't...
Jun 11, 20239 min read
TIME TO LOOK AGAIN
Oliver Stone just put out a new film promoting nuclear energy, titled Nuclear Now: Time to look again. So, just as he asks, let’s...
May 28, 202311 min read
UNPRECEDENTED
As with every fire season in recent memory, we’re being told this one is unprecedented. Fires in Alberta and Nova Scotia are said to be...
Apr 2, 20235 min read
THE NEW HUMAN EPOCH
I love John Green’s now-finished podcast Anthropocene Reviewed. Love it. It really is everything I want in a podcast. I’ve even been...
Jan 8, 20236 min read
HOW ARE SEA STARS DOING?
You may have heard something about the Sea Star Wasting Disease (SSWD) epidemic that came to the Pacific coast of North America in 2013....
Sep 20, 20225 min read
POLAR BEAR SNOW JOB
The job would be monitoring a threatened polar bear population. Most of us new recruits were well-educated and comfortable out of doors...
Jul 16, 20222 min read
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
David Suzuki used to have this metaphor he'd use when talking about climate change. He likened the problem and our inaction to a car...
Feb 24, 202216 min read
SCALE AND PERSPECTIVE
Someone once asked: If I’m not mistaken, you are arguing for humanity banding together to protect ourselves from a plethora of potential...
Feb 20, 20223 min read
ORGANIC? MAYBE NOT...
It's easy to find folks promoting organic. Abundant are claims that organic farming reduces environmental pollutants and greenhouse gas...
Jan 5, 202234 min read
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
Conversations about carbon dioxide and energy have been unavoidable within environmental circles and are increasingly so in the media. In...
