Monthly Archives: August 2015

Lessons learned from the BC Wind Storm

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Blair

Like many of my readers I spent much of the weekend dealing with the consequences of the big windstorm that hit the west coast on the weekend. For those of you not aware, what was supposed to be a pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

On the misleading use of toxicology in discussions about fracking chemicals?

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Blair

Last night I was forwarded a tweet that absolutely demanded a response. It was from that friend of science Robert F Kennedy Jr. and said “New Study: CA frak chemicals are linked to cancer, mutations and hormone disruption”. The study … Continue reading →

Posted in Chemistry and Toxicology | 9 Comments

On Linda McQuaig’s comments, Carbon budgets, and keeping oil sands “in the ground”

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Blair

NDP candidate Linda McQuaig has been taking a lot of flack in the last couple days for a quotation on CBC’s Power and Politics where she suggested that “a lot of the oil sands oil may have to stay in … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Oil Sands | 6 Comments

More on "Professionalism" in the Climate Change debate

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Blair

I am back from a brief blogging hiatus as I took some time off-line to have a holiday with my family. During my holiday I was mostly out of electronic contact except for a brief period last week, when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change Politics | 9 Comments