“Since golden October declined into sombre November And the apples were gathered and stored, and the land became brown sharp points of death in a waste of water and mud”. T.S. Eliot viewed November much like I do. And this… Read More »COP19 Climate Conference Gave Me No Reasons for Optimism During a Cold Gray November
Canada’s annual report on GHG emissions was finally released by Environment Canada late in October, several months later than it should have been. The release was low-key, and almost certainly timed by our wily Prime Minister Harper to occur while… Read More »Canada’s GHG Emissions, Tar Sands Oil, Unbuilt Pipelines, and an Environmental and Economic Risk That Just Keeps Growing Larger.
On September 25th, I discussed the recent publication in Science by Dr. Solomon Hsiang and colleagues reporting direct causal effects of climate change on levels of human aggression in society, and I noted the growing range of types of evidence… Read More »More on Our Commitment to Global Environmental Change and its Impacts on Us