Category Archives: Climate Change Politics

On my Frustration with anti-Site C Activism

Posted on September 17, 2017 by

By now my opinion on Site C is well known. Having looked at the pros and cons of the project I feel that the pros outweigh the cons and given my desire to see Canada meet our Paris-Agreement goals I … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Site C, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Why a rushed BCUC review of Site C will be bad for our pocketbooks and our fight against climate change

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

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 →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Site C | 4 Comments

On the Wilderness Committee’s sophomoric screed against the oil sands

Posted on July 1, 2017 by

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 →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, General Politics, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

The climate crew: alienating allies and fighting the wrong fights

Posted on April 29, 2017 by

As readers of this blog know, I am a pragmatic environmentalist. I believe in the dangers of climate change and unlike most of my critics, I live a low-carbon lifestyle and have actually helped achieve policies that reduced my province’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, General Politics, Uncategorized | 41 Comments

No, the area to be flooded by the Site C Dam could not feed 1 million people

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

One of the reasons I started this blog is to advance the idea of evidence-based environmental decision-making. As such I have spent a lot of time dealing with topics like the Site C Dam project where so much ridiculous information … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, General Politics, Site C, Uncategorized | 40 Comments

On renewable natural gas and mindless anti-everything environmentalism

Posted on February 17, 2017 by

This morning one of my regular foils on Twitter posted a surprising tweet: (source https://twitter.com/edwiebe/status/832624138103640068) Mr. Wiebe is an outspoken environmentalist with expertise in the field of climate change and climate modelling so I was a bit surprised by this … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

On tolerance for ‘alternative facts’ in the climate change debate

Posted on January 25, 2017 by

I have just spent the last couple weeks on twitter having heated discussions with a variety of climate change specialists (and many self-styled experts) regarding a tweet I posted on January 12, 2017. The tweet presented a quote from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, General Politics, Uncategorized | 20 Comments