Category Archives: Climate Change

A case against the empty symbolism of the 1.5C climate change goal

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Blair

In my last post on Pragmatic Environmentalism I brought up the topic of Canada endorsing a call to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. I bemoaned the idea as being the equivalent of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics | 7 Comments

The good politics and bad policy implications of a revenue neutral carbon tax

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Blair

Premier Notley and The Alberta Climate Change Advisory Panel released their Climate Leadership Plan this week to widespread approval in both the political and climate communities. One of the features of the recommendations from the Panel is a price on … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Renewable Energy | 10 Comments

On inane criticism in the climate change debate – the Ridley affair

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Blair

I have been following the climate change debate for over a decade now and have been writing on the topic for several years. Even with that level of exposure, the inane level of personal criticisms thrown around in this debate … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change Politics | 4 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

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

On RCP8.5 and "the Business as Usual" Scenario – Different beasts not to be confused

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Blair

This weekend I finally got the opportunity to read Dr. Matt Ridley’s recent essay “The Climate War’s Damage to Science” in the Quadrant Online. As a fellow Lukewarmer I try to keep abreast of Dr. Ridley’s essays and articles and … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | 7 Comments

On Seattle’s Kayaktivists: Are they really hypocrites?

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Blair

My Twitter feed has been filled these last few days with pictures of the “Kayaktivists” protesting Shell’s Arctic Endeavour drilling platform at the Port of Seattle. I am of two minds on this topic. First and foremost, I do not … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change Politics | 6 Comments

On being a modern PELE: a Pragmatic Environmentalist, Lukewarmer, Ecomodernist

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Blair

Last weekend I had the opportunity to go to my 30th high school reunion. The reason my reunion is being mentioned in my blog is that part of a 30th reunion is the inevitable question: “so what are you doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change Politics, Environmentalism and Ecomodernism | 9 Comments

On a Broader Definition of a “Lukewarmer”

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Blair

I have been offline for a bit of a holiday and as such am catching up on some very interesting posts that appeared in my absence. One of the most interesting was from Dr. Tasmin Edwards titled: The lukewarmers don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Lukewarmers | 8 Comments