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- Digging into that paper that “associates” VOCs in indoor air and tap water samples with Northern BC LNG wells – a likely example of spurious correlations
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- Another day, another flawed CCPA report, this time about the Trans Mountain Expansion Project
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- Debunking more activist talking points about BC LNG: on "illegal dams", electrification, and LNG as a bridge fuel
- Debunking more misinformation about the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project. Some simple facts about bitumen, heavy oil, and Asian Markets.
- Why public health officials advise against masks to protect from the Coronavirus - my thoughts using lessons learned from asbestos exposure
- Why the cancellation of Keystone XL is bad for the climate, the environment and Canada
- Some ideas to help teach Evolution under BC's new Grade 7 Science curriculum
- Revisiting activist myths about the Trans Mountain Pipeline - or Why Climate leaders may sometimes need to build pipelines
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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Why a rushed BCUC review of Site C will be bad for our pocketbooks and our fight against climate change
July 18th marks a big changeover in BC. Sixteen years of Liberal rule comes to an end and a new NDP government (supported in the Legislature by the Greens) comes to power. One of the commitments our new NDP Premier … Continue reading
On the Wilderness Committee’s sophomoric screed against the oil sands
Recently, I was directed to a sophomoric screed prepared by a climate campaigner at the Wilderness Committee. The paper (or possibly fundraising pamphlet?) “Time’s Up for the Tar Sands” represents some of the worst writing I have recently encountered on the … Continue reading