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350 or bust: In Keeping With The Season

   

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Impolitical: Opposition MP part of official delegation in Durban

Yep, Green Party MP Elizabeth May is an official delegate for Papua New Guinea. It’s another bizarre moment on the world stage brought to you by the Harper government. It means that in addition to the...

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350 or bust: COP17: Politicians, Get Your Head Out Of The Sands And Lead!

Our eyes on the ground of the Durban climate conference, Ani, updates us from Day 6 of COP17. To read more, visit Ani’s blog at YouthDelegateManitoba.wordpress.com: I could spend my time writing this...

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350 or bust: It’s Official: Canada Breaks International Law, Withdraws From...

From the Globe and Mail: Environment Minister Peter Kent says Canada is finished with the Kyoto Protocol. Speaking in a teleconference from an international climate-change summit in South Africa, Mr....

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350 or bust: Durban: “Down With Canada”

Concerned citizens from around Africa and the globe have gathered in Durban South Africa to “Occupy Cop17″, as hopes for a global agreement to address the climate crisis fades. As part of Occupy COP17,...

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350 or bust: Canada’s Pollution Peddlers Arrive At COP17 in Durban

It’s a busy time for a climate activist; the updates from COP17 are coming in fast and furious, particularly from Canadians as the Canadian Minister of the Environment Peter Kent and his delegation...

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350 or bust: U.S. Navy: Climate Change Is A National Security Threat

Here are some more voices from Durban, as the UN climate negotiations continue to the end of the week: Rear Admiral David Titley, Oceanographer and Navigator of the US Navy, discusses climate change at...

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350 or bust: Durban: Youth Turn Their Backs In Response To Canadian...

Here’s another post from Ani, part of the Canadian Youth Delegation in Durban, South Africa where the 10 days of U.N. climate negotiations have less than 48 hours to go, and no agreement is in sight....

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350 or bust: Some Honesty At Durban Climate Conference: Youth Told “No One Is...

Willard Metzger is the General Secretary of Mennonite Church Canada and blogs at Church Guy. He is well acquainted with the suffering that climate change is already inflicting on the most vulnerable...

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DeSmogBlog: Climate Denier Marc Morano Praises "George W. Obama" at COP17

marc-morano.jpg If the jury was still out on President Barack Obama's climate policy accolades (a huge "if"), consider the verdict now in, and from a surprising character at that: Marc Morano. Morano...

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Brigette DePape marches on. Shows up at Durban Climate Summit.

Proving she’s no one-hit wonder, Brigette DePape showed up in Durban to peacefully fight for the future of Canada and the world. The inspiration for countless of Canadians after her silent Stop Harper...

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Brigette DePape marches on. Shows up at Durban Climate Summit.

Proving she’s no one-hit wonder, Brigette DePape showed up in Durban to peacefully fight for the future of Canada and the world. The inspiration for countless of Canadians after her silent Stop Harper...

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350 or bust: Canada At Durban Climate Talks: Talking Green, Walking Dirty

Fresh from Ani’s blog, this video of the large crowd of people have gathered outside the negotiations room at COP17 to stand with Africa as the negotiations come to a close: Here are other recent posts...

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350 or bust: Durban: Setting The Stage For Climate Chaos

Today’s guest blogger is friend of 350orbust Graham Saunders, who gives us his perspective on the U.N. climate negotiations in Durban: The Kyoto Agreement to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases...

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350 or bust: Dr. Seuss On U.N. Climate Talks: “On Wednesday My Chicken Laid...

Dr. Seuss was always an accurate as well as entertaining observer of human nature. Marcus Brigstoke and the other funny folks at the British radio comedy “The Now Show” pay homage to him in their take...

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Just what Canada needs at Durban – another Conservative asshole

Peter Kent is proving himself quite the buffoon, representing Canada as he is overseas at the climate conference in Durban. He’s insulting folks left and right and pissing off those at home who are...

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Accidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links

Assorted content for your Sunday reading. - It’s bad enough that what’s passing for climate change discussion is an agreement to keep meeting for years on end that doesn’t really advance matters any...

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350 or bust: Citizens Climate Lobby: Progress in Durban On Climate, But We...

Citizens Climate Lobby Canada released this response to the recent Durban climate negotiations and the announcement yesterday by Environment Minister Peter Kent that Canada is pulling out of the Kyoto...

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Peter Kent denies being a "piece of shit"

OTTAWA – Minister of the Environment Peter Kent emphatically denied being a “piece of shit” today during Question Period in the House of Commons. MP Justin Trudeau referred to the minister as a “piece...

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Get it Done: BC student shows Durban not all Canadians are jerk-offs

This is inspiring. Hats off to Anjali Appadurai. Expect the establishment media to begin dumping on this eloquent, brave woman the way they ripped apart Brigette DePape.

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