Greta Thunberg's Powerful Message To World Leaders

This is a picture of Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish activist, beginning her campaign for stronger action to fight climate change in August 2018.

Back then she was alone.

But that didn't last long.

Because now she's the face of climate change.

The Amazing Voyage of Greta Thunberg

I greatly admire Greta Thunberg the Swedish teenager who has mobilized millions of young people to fight climate change.

And as you probably know I love sailing.

So needless to say I really love this story.

Climate Change and the Election Campaign

When you're out sailing on one of the Great Lakes as I have been doing recently, it's hard to imagine that the world is running out of water.

But that is the case for one quarter of humanity.

And this is equally ominous.

Why Andrew Scheer's Climate Change Plan Is Such Sad Joke

When Andrew Scheer finally announced his "real plan to protect the environment" it was clear to me from the look on his face that he knew it was fraudulent.

And that only Cons and other furry creatures could believe him. 

But since then the reviews have become even more brutal, even in the Con media.

With Andrew Coyne calling the "real plan" just a "prop" and others going even further.

Will Climate Change Lead To Fascist Hell?

It's going to be a really hot day in France, and the beginning of a heatwave in Europe that some are already calling Hell Week. 

Authorities have urged children and older people to stay indoors and issued severe warnings against dehydration and heatstroke as an unprecedented week-long heatwave begins its advance across continental Europe.

Meteorologists said temperatures would reach or even exceed 40C from Spain to Switzerland as hot air was sucked up from the Sahara by the combination of a storm stalling over the Atlantic and high pressure over central Europe.

And as if that wasn't sobering, or sweaty enough, then there's this grim prediction.

Justin Trudeau: Climate Change Villain or Hero?

Although Justin Trudeau is doing more to fight climate change than any other Prime Minister in Canadian history, a lot of Canadians think he could be doing more.

And while that's true, he's not perfect and we should all be doing more. 

Far too many are unaware of how much the Trudeau government is already doing. 

Thanks to the toxic Trudeau haters who try to make it all about a pipeline... 

How To Explain Global Warming To A Moron like Doug Ford

I don't think it's possible to explain climate change to somebody like the brutish Doug Ford.

He's too dumb and greedy.

And as proof of that he has just released this tax payer funded ad that goes after Justin Trudeau's carbon tax.

Why Andrew Scheer Will Never Have A Climate Plan

It's been about a week since Andrew Scheer shocked many Canadians by announcing that he now believes that climate change is a real problem.

For obvious reasons. 

A few more inches of rain and he might have been floating down a river with so many others in Ontario and Quebec.

But if you remember, he never said what he might do to fight climate change.

Andrew Scheer's Scary Climate Change Nightmare

For Andrew Scheer it must have seemed like a religious revelation, of the very wrong kind. The kind born in the hell of his own making.

For years he has tried to ignore the subject of climate change, and flagellated the very idea of a carbon tax as only a kooky Con could.

But then, like a Biblical deluge, it started raining, and raining, and flooding and flooding.

And the hapless Scheer was finally forced to admit that climate change is real.

COP24 And The Start Of The Final Battle To Save The Planet

It definitely doesn't look like the ideal place to hold a climate change conference.   

The Polish city of Katowice, the centre of the country's coal industry.

Where even though between November and May smog can hang heavy in the air, most Polish leaders aren't sorry, they're proud of serving King Coal so faithfully.

But nevertheless it is the site of the COP24 UN climate conference, where many people including David Attenborough, believe we're running out of time to stop human civilization from collapsing. 

Joe Oliver and the Crazed Climate Change Deniers

I'll never forget how in the dying days of the sinister Harper regime, Joe Oliver, who was the finance minister, suddenly disappeared.

And since the economy was threatening to collapse like a rotten pyramid scheme, and the Cons had "lost" the surplus, I suggested they should put Oliver's face on milk cartons in case he tried to flee the country.

But then he returned, he "found" the surplus by raiding the rainy day fund,  and selling GM shares at a loss.

Trump, Canada's Cons, and the Depravity of Climate Change Denial

Donald Trump has been in a bit of a funk recently, ever since the Democrats wiped out his House majority. It seems he can't stand any more bad news.

So it's hardly surprising that he would try to bury a climate change report produced by his own government. By releasing it on Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving.

And claiming he didn't believe it. 

But unfortunately for Trump it's not that simple.

Doug Ford and the Con Carbon Gang Dumbos

He's the self appointed leader of the anti-carbon tax gang. And Doug Ford has been on a rampage recently.

Yesterday he officially killed Ontario's cap-and-trade program, while his ghastly Cons sang the Monster Mash.

The day before he met with weak Andrew Scheer to coordinate their planned assault on Justin Trudeau's federal carbon tax. 

Reinforce their power relationship.

Biodiversity, Climate Change, and the Attack of the Ocean Cockroaches

Earlier today I wrote about a new report that shows that in the last fifty years humanity has wiped out 60% of the mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles who share this planet with us.

And I quoted scientists who said that the destruction of nature is as dangerous as climate change.

So I thought I'd share this story where both climate change and the destruction of biodiversity are both combining to devastate coastal waters.

The Day Maxime Bernier Went Over The Deep End. Again.

As you may know, Maxime Bernier has always reminded me of the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz.

The one who is travelling with Dorothy and the others, in the hope that the Wizard will give him a brain.

Because as he proved again yesterday, he clearly doesn't have one.

Andrew Scheer and the Scary Portrait of a Con Clown

When I saw this photo of Andrew Scheer getting his portrait as Speaker hung in the House of Commons, I couldn't help thinking of Oscar Wilde's classic story The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Where a portrait of the murderous Dorian ages, while he remains unchanged.

Except that in my version of the story nobody gets murdered, but as the portrait ages Scheer looks more and more like a loser or a Con clown.

For so many reasons.

Starting with the fact that he was one of the worst Speakers this country has ever known.

How To Use The Carbon Tax Issue To Destroy The Cons

As you know, I believe that some of the most powerful Cons in the country, the ones I call the Carbon Gang, have made a fatal mistake.

They have all vowed to destroy Justin Trudeau's federal carbon tax at a time when scientists are warning the planet is burning.

And carbon taxes are the best way to save it. 

But unfortunately many Canadians don't understand how a carbon tax works.

And as CTV's Joyce Napier explains that's a big problem for the Liberals

Why Only The New Generation Can Save The World

When I saw the IPCC report warning that Planet Earth is in even worse shape than most humans thought it was, I was stunned.

So soon, so devastating. 

The world is failing in its effort to avert catastrophic climate change, a United Nations panel warned Monday, and the result will be more deaths and climate refugees due to extreme weather and rising seas, a greater rate of species extinction and reduced economic growth.

I wondered how we were going to get out of this one, and where do we go from here?

And the only thing I could think of was the urgent need for generational change.

Could a Red Tide Help Turn Florida Blue?

Earlier today I wrote a post examining whether the next presidential election could be fought and won on climate change. 

But I forgot to mention another really interesting question.

Could the red state of Florida be turned blue by a stinking red tide?

Will Mother Nature Be The One To Destroy Donald Trump?

Ever since he came to power, Donald Trump has waged an all out war on the planet.

He has called climate change a "con job" and a "hoax," ripped up regulations, expanded the production of oil, gas, and coal, and walked away from the Paris climate accord.

He has mocked the very idea of global warming.



And has for the most part managed to get away with it.

But now Thomas Friedman wonders, with global warming now impossible to ignore, will his planet burning ways come back to haunt him?