Monthly Archives: July 2015

Factoids, truthiness and the promulgation of misinformation in the oil sands debate

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Blair

This morning I opened up my twitter account and the “while you were away” feature had an interesting tweet highlighted. It was from the National Observer which reports itself to be: “a new publication founded by the Vancouver Observer’s award-winning … Continue reading →

Posted in Oil Sands | 3 Comments

Some pitfalls in the road to an affordable, low-carbon energy future

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Blair

I was chatting on Twitter yesterday and had another interesting discussion with one of the people with whom I regularly spar. He is a recent convert to environmental activism and, like many of his kin, has a limited science background … Continue reading →

Posted in Leap Manifesto, Renewable Energy | 1 Comment

The Machiavellian battle against climate change using Energy East

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Blair

As many of my regular readers have probably noticed, I have been asked to produce the occasional blog post at the Canadian edition of the Huffington Post. My most recent post deals with the Energy East Pipeline (Energy East Pipeline … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy East, Pipelines | 16 Comments

More thoughts on Aquifers, Shills and the Commoditization of Groundwater

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Blair

Late last week I posted my thoughts on Aquifers, Drought and the Nestlé water bottling plant in Hope and the response has been overwhelming. My Twitter and Facebook feeds exploded and I was even interviewed by a local radio station … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 16 Comments

On Aquifers, Drought and the Nestlé water bottling plant in Hope

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Blair

Today’s topic comes to us courtesy of my local newscast. As many of my readers know, much of the Pacific Northwest (including parts of British Columbia) is under drought. As a consequence of the drought-like conditions we have been put … Continue reading →

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