Everything will be monetized and measured and traded, even you. Up next on Wall Street's exploitation list. If not stopped, on November 17th, the U.S. government will pass a rule that allows for America’s protected lands, including parks and wildlife refuges, to be...
Whitney Webb is not like me, sending out essays on the regular, but when she does, just wow. Working off the attempt by Wall Street to financialize America’s national parks and conserved areas, and living in Chile as she does, she found something and holy pigeon-toed...
Big Topics and Big Ideas
A strange thing happened the other day. A large-scale solar panel farm in Fort Bend County, Texas, thousands of acres right in the middle of oil country, experienced a rough hailstorm. That’s not entirely unusual for the region. I grew up in Texas, and it was always...
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Big Topics & Big Ideas
The dangerous rise in eco-extremism in Canada is fueled by identity politics and exaggerated climate anxieties
A friend of mine, always with a keen eye on interesting things, passed on an interesting quote from the CERA Week energy conference the other week. The head of the International Energy Forum mentioned a surprising statistic, as quoted by Javier Blas on Twitter:...
The Looming Eco-Extremist Threat And Why We Must Stop Ignoring It
WINNIPEG, March 19, 2024 – A new study has issued a compelling call to Canadian politicians and policymakers to address the escalating danger posed by eco-terrorism within the country. The report, titled "Confronting Eco-Terrorism: A Wake-Up Call for Canada,"...
Brownstone Institute
Alberta’s close brush with possible rolling blackouts stiffens Moe’s resolve to keep the lights on. Moe reiterates: “We will not attempt the impossible when it comes to power production” The past weekend proved to be a close-run thing for the Alberta electrical...
Book Review: On Climate Uncertainty and Risk by Judith Curry
Is there any critical industrial material as bizarre as natural gas? The stuff holds almost zero interest for the general public, for the same reason no one is interested in the sound of a washing machine. Both boring. Both ubiquitous. Natural gas isn’t even sold on...