Microbes, biodiversity and the benefits of getting dirty
Just as human activity is harming the diversity of visible life, it's also diminishing microbial diversity.
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My Greenpeace sea-journey against Shell's Arctic drilling
A dispatch from Candace Campo, one of six Indigenous delegates aboard the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza— currently on a mission to alert B.C. coastal communities to the dangers of Shell's Arctic drillin
Myth of the free market vs. creative complexity
With apologies to my libertarian friends, there’s no such thing as a free market. In the absence of market rules emerges the strongman’s. Look to Somalia for a free market utopia.
Nepal villages in need of more than hope
The Small World, a Nepali NGO, and Kina.org delivered food supplies to support 170 families for one week, the first outside aid this remote village had seen.
Whistleblowing Alberta oil sands doctor fired abruptly
John O'Connor repeatedly called on the Government of Alberta to conduct health study into high rates of bile duct cancer found in oil sands that would not be overseen by industry.
Canada falling behind America and unprepared to meet shared climate commitment
America has a climate plan and just doubled their climate ambition. Canada is adrift and heading for the rocks.
Climate denial’s siren song
What I call ‘passive denial’ is our shared ability to acknowledge the science but ignore the consequences.