Environment
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Every scientific environmental indicator points to a continued warming of the planet for the foreseeable future and therefore the melting of the world’s... more
By Paul Strome
March 4, 2024
As economists from across Canada, we are concerned about the significant threats from climate change. We encourage governments to use economically sensible... more
By unpubadmin
March 28, 2024
What many people have wanted to hear and see for decades is finally coming to fruition - and that inspires HOPE.
With the exception of the Montreal Protocol... more
By Paul Strome
December 24, 2023
Within my lifetime the human population has gone from a little over 2 billion souls in 1950 to a little over 8 Billion in 2024. We have been the dominant... more
By Paul Strome
January 15, 2024
We have just lived through the hottest year ever recorded in human history with devastating consequences. The sad part about this is that the consequences will... more
By Paul Strome
January 22, 2024
A growing school of psychologists believe the trauma of the climate crisis is a key barrier to change. You might think of it as being “like a deer caught in... more
By Paul Strome
November 14, 2023
The Roman Empire fell more than 1,500 years ago, but its grip on the popular imagination is still strong, as evidenced by a recent trend on TikTok. Women... more
November 2, 2023
The most responsible and independent scientific analysis that I could find on the subject of anthropogenic global warming is that of Richard Muller, a... more
By mihaychuk
September 10, 2013
Doug Ford’s folksy, buck a beer, open neck shirt, ‘we’re-all-just-folks-in-this-together’ approach to government isn’t working to rebrand his backdoor sale of... more
By Clive Doucet
September 16, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, August 21, 2023
OTTAWA – Today, Democracy Watch released the letter it sent last Thursday to the federal Ethics Commissioner’s... more
August 21, 2023
I recently rented a Tesla. The car was awesome, wonderful amenities, neck snapping aceleration but at the end of the day it had to be charged. That part was... more
August 25, 2023
Kiska was born in the ocean with her family, but was stolen from the waters of Iceland when she was only three years old, and forced into a miserable existence... more
By James OGrady
March 25, 2023
Enough. It is time to do what Canada should have done decades ago and come down like a ton of bricks on oilsands companies that pollute our land and water.... more
March 11, 2023
A new Draft Convention on Biological Diversity (see below) was released December 18th, with officials praising the spirit of compromise. This is certainly true... more
By MegSears
December 18, 2022
John Lorinc recently won the mouthwatering $60,000 Balsillie Prize for his book on cities. This prize is for books that are deemed to be important enough to... more
By Clive Doucet
December 9, 2022