Many Canadian politicians have criticized a carbon tax. The newly-elected Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney, described it as “the carbon tax cash grab”. Premier Doug Ford of Ontario referred to it as “the worst tax ever”, claiming that putting a price on carbon will increase the price “of everything”. Ford welcomed Kenny as another strong … Read more
In May 2014 Prince Charles warned that “nature’s life support systems” are under threat from climate change, overfishing, deforestation and the widening gap between rich and poor. He noted that he was even more focused on these threats now that he has a grandson, Prince George.” Five years later Prince Charles emphasized his concerns during … Read more
Australians go to the polls on Saturday, May 18 next to elect members of the 46th Federal Parliament. This has been dubbed the climate change election with good reason: concern about the climate and environment has never been greater among Australians. Over the last twenty years, Australian elections have seen on-and-off enthusiasm for parties who … Read more
Seven years ago this May, 4RG sponsored a panel review of the risks and consequences of Global Warming. One of the panelists was Glenn McGillvray, Director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR). He predicted that a changing climate would bring more severe weather resulting in an increase in the frequency and destructiveness of … Read more
In the August 31, 2018 edition of the Glove and Mail, Margaret Wente suggests that linking of forest fires with climate change is rhetorical. Or, as she put it: ” The rhetoric matches the images”, a reference to the many photos of burning forests and communities impacted wildfires. As an example of rhetoric, she quoted … Read more
In 2016 a forest fire ravaged Fort McMurray. In 2017 smoke from a record number of BC forest fires triggered an air quality advisory of record length In 2018 a new record number of forest fires (emphasis added) overwhelmed BC’s current infrastructure for fighting fires. These 2018 fires, which in many instances remain out of … Read more
As the climate warms with more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, diseases such as lyme disease (carried by deer ticks) and West Nile Virus (from mosquitoes) have entered Canada from the United States, so everything we do to reduce greenhouses gases reduces the increase in such diseases. Across Ontario, about 20% of greenhouse gases come … Read more
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