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Snow blankets street in Texas following winter storm, February 15, 2021. Image credit: bk1bennett/Flickr
Legacy of climate change denial compounds crisis in Texas
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Texas, the proud, independent Lone Star State, is suffering a humanitarian catastrophe caused by its shortsighted denial of the climate crisis and lack of federal regulation.
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The author’s favourite boots, handmade by the Alberta Boot Company of Calgary. Photo: David J. Climenhaga
Alberta is not Texas North and Kinder Morgan's big brains in Houston must've known it
David J. Climenhaga | One would have thought a corporation with revenue of US$14 billion could afford to hire people who would keep them au courant about how things work in the countries where they do business.
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As Harvey hits the 'Petro Metro,' President Trump continues to deny climate change
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The planet is drowning in denial. Climate change is real, and needs to be addressed.
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Image: U.S. Department of Defense​
Harvey coverage borderline 'rescue porn,' with little to no mention of cause or prevention
Rick Salutin | There’s an endless appetite for rescue scenes, but little emphasis on what caused the tragedy, and what could have been done to prevent it
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Texas State Capitol, Austin (David Climenhaga photo)
With Rachel Notley off to Texas, it helps to understand why Canadians and Texans are naturally simpatico
David J. Climenhaga | I expect the small NDP group will be made to feel right at home today by the nabobs of the petroleum industry in Houston, and will feel naturally at home tomorrow in Austin.
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Bill Walker
Baked Alaska and the Fraser Institute: What changes, and what doesn't, when oil prices fall and the money melts
David J. Climenhaga | The State of Alaska, which has been following the Fraser Institute's advice on how to run an oil-rich jurisdiction, is now in 'a profound fiscal crisis.'
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Brad Wall
Brad Wall's call to block refugees from Syria is just more of the same old conservative wedge politics
David J. Climenhaga | Presumably Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, alleged to be the Mr. Congeniality of Canadian politics, will keep this kind of thing up until the provincial election now scheduled for April 4.
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Rick Bell
A message from the Lone Star State to the Lone Tar Province: Assignment of blame is everything
David J. Climenhaga | We have all sinned and come short of the glory of the market. We're just going to have to repent and admit that this whole mess is our fault.
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Sunset on the Oilpatch
Cheap oil's the disaster it is for Alberta because our province is so badly run
David J. Climenhaga | Unlike other provinces that didn't share our perverse good fortune, Alberta's situation is made far worse by our government's poor planning, or complete lack of it.
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Reproductive rights under attack: Texas imposes restrictions on abortion
Amy Goodman | Texas state restrictions on abortion access means that 80 per cent of abortion clinics have been closed. Pro-choice activists call them "TRAP laws" -- "Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers."
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Swiss Cheese
The Fraser facts, minus the spin: Alberta has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
David J. Climenhaga | Never mind the statistics, there are enough holes in the Fraser Institute's sloppy interpretation to store captured carbon!
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You could drive one of those tar sands heavy haulers through the gaping holes in the latest Fraser Institute 'study'
David J. Climenhaga | We need to remember all the Fraser Institute produces is market-fundamentalist propaganda, and we are dangerously deluded when we decide to treat it as if it were serious economic research.