Category Archives: Climate Change

The climate crew: alienating allies and fighting the wrong fights

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Blair

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 Blair

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 | 41 Comments

On renewable natural gas and mindless anti-everything environmentalism

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Blair

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 Blair

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

On Trump voters, climate change and lessons learned from the 2016 US election

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Blair

Last week Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. This came as a surprise to a lot of the media and to those of us who live in our media bunkers on the West and East coasts but … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, General Politics, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

A challenge to the climate activists, Leapers and anti-pipeline activists: show us your plans

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Blair

I started this blog to provide a venue for pragmatic discussions about evidence-based environmental decision-making. The problem with being both pragmatic and evidence-based is that it grounds you in the mundane realities of the world. It prevents you from taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Environmentalism and Ecomodernism, Leap Manifesto, Pipelines, Uncategorized | 12 Comments

On Lukewarmism, denial and a look at the state of the environmental movement

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Blair

This weekend was a busy one for me, but I had time early in the mornings (thanks to our new puppy) to spend a little time catching up on what is happening in the environmental world. In the process I … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Environmentalism and Ecomodernism, Lukewarmers, Uncategorized | 38 Comments

Why that new study in PNAS does not undercut any “myths” about carbon dioxide and its effect on plant health

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Blair

This week my Twitter feed directed me to an article by Dana Nuccitelli in the Guardian titled: “New study undercuts favorite climate myth ‘more CO2 is good for plants”. The Guardian article was about a new study out of Stanford, published … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Uncategorized | 22 Comments

The Husky oil spill, its effects on the pipeline debate and a thought experiment about a world without fossil fuels

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Blair

It has now been over a week since the Husky Oil Spill in the North Saskatchewan River. To date I have resisted writing much on the topic as details on the spill have been scarce and contradictory. As a blogger … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Oil Sands, Pipelines, Uncategorized | 15 Comments

My proposed presentation to the Trans Mountain Expansion Ministerial Panel

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Blair

As I wrote in my previous post, on July 27th I will be attending the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) Ministerial Panel Public Open House in Langley. If I get a chance this is what I intend to say. My name is Blair … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized | 14 Comments