Elizabeth May will participate in a debate this Wednesday. The question posed is “Is Canada’s participation in multilateral environmental agreements futile?”. Until Elizabeth’s place in the Leader’s debates is secured, we should encourage our friends to go hear her speak in public whenever possible. Come early, it promises to be a packed house. Read more »
In the US elections, all the major contenders now (Clinton, McCain and Obama) have serious climate change strategies in their platforms. But Al Gore doesn’t think there’s enough focus on climate change and plans to push the candidates on this issue.
This Financial Times article points out that if the science on global warming is not clear, then we should be even more worried.
Well, we’re back to sending detainees into Afghan custody. But this time, we’re convinced they won’t be torturing anyone. Of course, we were convinced of that before. When human rights organizations think there’s a problem, we should be concerned.
James Lovelock, the environmentalist who developed the Gaia hypothesis, suggests that we can party for about 20 years and humanity is doomed.
UNLESS
We convert to a wartime economy and radically change the way we all live. Sounds like the Green Party may require a major policy rewrite.
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