-
Recent Posts
- Why political demands we radically speed up decarbonization represent wishful thinking
- On the Channel 4 News video – Uncovered: Canada’s Dirty Oil Secret – An embarrassing hit piece full of errors and falsehoods
- The Green Party’s “Mission Possible” a cool name for a policy proposal that is not ready for prime time.
- Why Confounding Variables Matter – On that UVic study attributing the 2017 Extreme Fire Season to Climate Change
- The New Gas Boom – A Bust for anyone interested in an informed discussion about Canadian LNG
Top Posts & Pages
- On the Energy Innumeracy of the supporters of Canada's Green New Deal
- On the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' bad science about BC LNG emissions
- Why a Pragmatic Environmentalist supports BC LNG - doing the climate math
- About
- More on 100% Wind, Water and Sunlight and the Council of Canadians "100% Clean economy" by 2050 goal
- Debunking more misinformation about the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project. Some simple facts about bitumen, heavy oil, and Asian Markets.
- New research puts a stake into the heart of the "Bridge to Nowhere" argument against BC LNG
- Electrifying BC’s transportation system, debunking the myths: Part I that BC Hydro Load Estimate
- A non-specialist’s guide to how spilled hydrocarbons react in water
- Environmental Absolutists are going BANANAs and it will hurt, not help, the environment
Recent Comments
Liba Cunnings on Why political demands we radic… Chris Morris on Why political demands we radic… Another Shipload of… on Debunking more misinformation… Andrew Roman on Why political demands we radic… Liba Cunnings on Why political demands we radic… Categories
- Canadian Politics
- Chemistry and Toxicology
- Climate Change
- Climate Change Politics
- Energy East
- Environmentalism and Ecomodernism
- Fossil Fuel Free Future
- General Politics
- Gypsy Moth
- Leap Manifesto
- LNG
- Lukewarmers
- Oil Sands
- Pipelines
- Renewable Energy
- Risk
- Risk Assessment Methodologies
- Risk Communication
- Site C
- Trans Mountain
- Uncategorized
- Wi-Fi
Blogs I Follow
Archives
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
Category Archives: Risk Communication
How understanding Type I and Type II errors and p-values helps in assessing the conclusions of the Ramazzini Institute 13-week pilot study on Glyphosate
As regular followers of this blog know, my graduate research involved developing systems to allow data collected by researchers to be evaluated for reliability and made available for subsequent re-use by other researchers. I carried out my research in an … Continue reading
Understanding the difference between a “hazard” and a “risk” or why scare stories about glyphosate and pesticides in your food shouldn’t frighten you
I have written a lot at this blog about how chemical risks are communicated to the public and so I am often asked about news stories depicting the latest science scare story. Sometimes they are handled badly, like the CTV … Continue reading
Why sample design matters or Why that “Insects are Vanishing Paper” does not tell us much about world insect populations
As followers of this blog know, one of my big interests is evidence-based, environmental decision-making. I care that good scientific data is being used to make informed policy decisions. As such the recent “insects are vanishing” meme that is spreading … Continue reading
Academics getting it wrong about the role of private sector consultants in BC’s Environmental Assessment processes
On November 19th a group of “scientists based in British Columbia” produced an open letter to Premier John Horgan, and several of his cabinet colleagues, about improving British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment (EA) process. The letter, was from the Earth to … Continue reading
What are the real marine risks of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion?
Every morning, starting around 7 am, the Spirit of Vancouver Island leaves its berth in Swartz Bay for its first run to Tsawwassen. On-board the Spirit are tens of thousands of liters of diesel fuel to run the ship for … Continue reading
Flu shots save both money and lives
The New Year is upon us and with the New Year comes an event as expected as the swallows return to Capistrano. What would that event be you ask? Well it must be Bill Tieleman’s annual articles against BC’s flu … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Politics, Risk Communication, Uncategorized
5 Comments
On pipelines, oil-by-rail, and the relative risk of catastrophic spills in the aquatic environment
As my regular readers know besides this blog I also write a blog at the Huffington Post. It typically consists of shorter versions on my pieces here. Well my most recent post on the Trans-Mountain Expansion project has received a … Continue reading
