Andrew Leach considers the past, present and future of Canada’s involvement in international climate…

A good friend researches climate change policy and is presently at the COP 17 meeting in Durban, South Africa. She also attended COP 15 in Copenhagen a couple of years ago and started a blog about it, which she’s now reactivated for Durban. Her i…

A good friend researches climate change policy and is presently at the COP 17 meeting in Durban, South Africa. She also attended COP 15 in Copenhagen a couple of years ago and started a blog about it, which she’s now reactivated for Durban.Her impressi…

The United Nations’ annual climate summit descended on Durban, South Africa, this week, but not in time to prevent the tragic death of Qodeni Ximba. The 17-year-old was one of 10 people killed in Durban on Sunday, the night before the U.N. conference o…

On Jan. 24, 1984, the CBC television program The Journal broadcast a full edition documentary called “The Greenhouse Effect and Planet Earth.” It was hosted, narrated and written by Peter Kent, who is now Canada’s environment minister.
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Our civilization is coming to an end, sooner than later. It won’t end with a war, or a disease, or a flood, but rather with an abandonment of reason and hope. The Harper Conservatives will be reviled in the history books (if there are history books). Why? Greed. There’s no other logical reason for the [...]

On Sunday, CTV leaked Canada’s intentions to pull out of the Kyoto treaty process on climate change. What is significant about Kyoto is that it is a legally binding international treaty, and one that puts the onus of emission reductions on the countrie…

Rabble.ca is running a series of reflections on the tenth anniversary of the New Politics Initiative, which sought to create a more democratic politics in Canada ideally as part of a revitalized NDP. The vision statement is here; my piece follows, and there are also contributions from Judy Rebick and Jim Stanford. Altogether these make for a [...]

On Sunday, CTV leaked Canada’s intentions to pull out of the Kyoto treaty process on climate change. What is significant about Kyoto is that it is a legally binding international treaty, and one that puts the onus of emission reductions on the countries that have done the most to cause the problem (and who have most [...]

Wow. What a way to kick off the first day of UN climate negotiations (sarcasm intended). Here’s a rundown of a number of emerging stories and some work we’ve been engaged in.
Canada to leave the Kyoto Protocol? read more

Expect another round of ‘Fossil’ awards for Canada in Durban as our Government openly contemplates giving Kyoto the old heave-ho. Oh I’m sure we’ll really clean up this year! Let’s accept each one as a badge of honour. Even though there … Continue reading →

A new report says that if Canada wants to get serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions it will have to deal not only with domestic production and consumption, but with exports, as well.
The report is from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternati…

The Conservatives want to withdraw from Kyoto. If only they would say so.

Is the Conservative government calculating that Canadians have lost interest in climate change and in the environment generally?
Does it believe that concern about the economy is so overwhelming that it totally trumps such peripheral and relatively uni…

Dear Mr. Speaker,
Pursuant to Standing Rule 52 (2), please accept this as written notice of my intention to move adjournment of the House for purposes of Emergency Debate.  I will rise to make this motion immediately following the conclusion of da…

Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- With prorogation looking like it’s bound to be back on the table fairly shortly, Lori Turnbull offers a worthwhile suggestion to end the Cons’ abuses:The 2012 prorogation would be substantively different…

Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – With prorogation looking like it’s bound to be back on the table fairly shortly, Lori Turnbull offers a worthwhile suggestion to end the Cons’ abuses: The 2012 prorogation would be substanti…