Archive for the “environment” category
On climate change and not wrestling with pigs
by Luke Rodgers on August 23, 2008
The saying goes, ‘Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.’
Unfortunately in the case of climate change debate, the temptation is difficult to resist. There is a small army of (…)
The world’s dirtiest cities
by Luke Rodgers on August 2, 2008
There’s an interesting photo gallery at Popsci.com giving a brief overview of the 10 dirtiest cities on earth. While there are some no-brainers like Mexico City and Linfen, China, there are some surprise candidates too, like Milan and Pittsburgh, PA (…)
In case we didn’t already know that GW Bush’s presidency was a joke…
by Luke Rodgers on August 1, 2008
Bush says “goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter” and pumps fist in air.
Canadian carbon tax plans
by Luke Rodgers on June 21, 2008
The federal Green Party (of which I am a member) has just announced their plan for a national carbon tax, along with a gas tax, while Dion has provided more details on the Liberals’ plan.
Meanwhile, the Conservatives are still firmly (…)
Canadian students’ environmental knowledge and attitudes
by Luke Rodgers on June 9, 2008
Those interested in the environment may have missed some relevant findings from the 2006 OECD’s PISA Science assessment results. The education findings are well-known (Canadian youth score highly both on raw achievement and on equity measures), but less well-known is (…)
Strong National Support for British Columbia’s Carbon Tax
by Luke Rodgers on May 29, 2008
A recent survey by the Pembina Institute found that 72% of Canadians support BC’s carbon tax, an idea that has been getting a fair bit of discussion recently in the blogosphere (I hate that word).
It seems like there’s a growing (…)
We’re all fracked
by Luke Rodgers on May 24, 2008
“In sharp contrast to denier’s claims that action against global warming will trigger economic catastrophe, a new study has concluded it would actually be cheaper to cut greenhouse-gas emissions than to suffer the consequences of a changing world.”
Costs of ignoring (…)
More befuddlement from Bjorn Lomborg
by Luke Rodgers on May 5, 2008
Lomborg, the “skeptical environmentalist,” is apparently organizing round 2 of his Copenhagen Consensus 2004 conference.
Feel free to refresh yourself on his unique brand of “environmentalism”.
