Dear Dr. Farrar, [President of McMaster University] As an alumna of McMaster University, I have been following with growing alarm the unfolding story of the University’s decision to install gas generators on campus to support its power needs. This, in spite of the...
Our Earth, estimated to be 4.5 billion years old, has been altered in many ways, by many events, over 47 geologic time periods, averaging 96 million years each. The earliest humans have only been around for 2 million years, a mere blip on the geologic time scale, but...
“It is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. … Once the emotions have been aroused — a sense of...
The global parade of extreme weather continues. Europe, Asia and the North America are experiencing record heat and attendant wildfires. The Guardian newspaper (Britain) dubs this “a wake-up call” and, once again, the U.N. Secretary General issues a dire warning to...
At no time in history has it been more critical for governments to make a sustained effort to avert climate catastrophe. But here in Ontario, due to our flawed First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system, we have yet another false majority government committed to...
Finally, spring has arrived in its full glory, but it is masking a harsh underlying reality of the continuing global climate emergency. Consider last month: An ongoing and record-breaking heat wave in India and Pakistan is closing schools, damaging crops and putting...
Continuing the series “The Future We Choose, on Earth Day 2022, we have just obtained The Spec editorial for Earth Day 2050 through the magic of time travel. We thought readers would be interested in reading it. Hamilton and Burlington are great places to live in...
(First published as Op Ed in The Hamilton Spectator, Mar. 22nd, ’22) Welcome back to “The Future We Choose”, a series we are writing for you – every reader who is confused, frustrated, scared, and feeling powerless to do something useful about climate change. We don’t...