Wildfires growing this summer, writes Nelson, B.C., reader
While this isn’t intended as a book review, if you have ever wondered what it feels like when your urban environment is consumed by wildfire, John Vaillant’s Fire Weather provides a very clear description of the Fort McMurray, Alta., experience. If you have wondered about taking advantage of any local Fire Smart program, read Fire […]
Keep the heat on to address the climate crisis
This week international locales recorded some of the highest temperatures to ever be measured, providing yet another bat to the face of how important it is to make forward strikes against climate change. But here at home, despite the fact that British Columbia is struggling under the heat of almost 400 wildfires, there isn’t too […]
Heat waves are carrying us to the point of no return
‘It’s the first time in history that it’s more likely than not that we will exceed 1.5°C,’ said Adam Scaife at Britain’s Met Office Hadley Centre. That means we’re heading into territory where ‘tipping points’ may be lurking.
More funding for NGOs on disaster relief amid calls to ensure fire support goes beyond current ‘policy window’
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced an additional $82-million over three years to support the disaster response capacity of non-government organizations.
Trans Mountain pipeline will be Trudeau’s most ruinous legacy
The nearly-completed line is too big to fail and too buried in debt to make a profit before the climate catastrophe makes the conversation moot.
We need to live up to our climate commitments, now
Now is not the time to retreat. Or to think we can fully ‘adapt’ to the extreme ravages of climate change. Or to think that we don’t need to act urgently because we’re a small slice of the problem. This is it.
After 30 years of failed mitigation, we need to cut emissions by half globally by 2030; this is almost impossible, but must be done
GIBSONS, B.C.—About a decade ago, there was a flurry of news stories and columns in the Canadian media about carbon pricing. In the 1990s, I had been very pro-carbon pricing, but then-British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell’s ineffectual and pretend mitigation plan with its puny carbon tax was a wake-up call for me. Carbon pricing was […]
Our fossil-fuel industry is like the band playing as the Titanic sinks, writes Tom McElroy
Re: “Climate adaptation: act now or pay later,” (editorial, The Hill Times, July 10). What happened to polluter pays? The climate is changing disastrously. The scientific basis for this has been known for almost 200 years. It is largely to do with the release of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. The health, economic, environmental, and social impacts are only […]
Boing! Just like that! The Anthropocene officially started on July 11, we’re not in the Holocene anymore
We’re not in the Holocene any more. That golden age of warm, stable climate in which humans started farming, grew their population a thousandfold, and created high-energy, hi-tech civilizations is at an end.
‘We’re already living in the future when it comes to climate disasters’: more funding needed to ensure feds’ climate adaptation strategy targets are achieved, say insurers and NDP
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says ‘we know we will need to invest more’ to ensure targets are met. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says ‘we know we will need to invest more’ to ensure targets are met.
