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Why Canada will Waste Money on the Trans-Mountain Pipeline
As I stare at the blank page. Thinking how to begin, I sense I am about to pound my head against a rather solid wall yet again. Logic does not always overcome politics, and to understand Canada’s love affair with what used to be called the Kinder-Morgan Trans-Mountain Pipeline, we need to understand the politics. … Continue reading
Restoring Our Relationship with the Natural World
On 6th August, 2018, a paper was published on-line at the PNAS site. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS to its friends), is a highly respected science journal that has been published since 1915. The article, by Will Steffen, of Stockholm Resilience Centre and Australian National University, … Continue reading
Dragons and Tribes: more about communicating the coral reef story to the public.
I’ve been pondering the relative lack of impact on people of the coral reef crisis. Reefs have been degrading for a long time, probably ever since human populations became powerful enough to rearrange the landscapes near them or catch fish in significant quantities from their waters. But degradation and loss of coral reefs has hastened … Continue reading