Many assume that because I often publish articles criticizing and debunking climate alarmism, I must not care about the environment.
This is simply not the case; I care a lot about the environment. In fact, technically, I qualify as an environmental activist.
My activism starts with my personal life: I use my legs instead of an automobile to get around town, I purchase minimal packaging, I live in a small home, I have few possessions, and at least 90% of the year I do not use heating (or air-conditioning, which is not difficult in Canada) at home. I even practise minimalism in my favourite hobby, wearing barely any clothing as I knock around a volleyball on the beach with my friends in bikinis and boardshorts.
However, I believe that my best work as an environmental activist is helping people understand fundamental truths about our surroundings. Empowered with practical knowledge, people are less likely to be fooled into supporting bad actors and counterproductive policies – and more likely to direct their time, effort, and money toward things that will have a positive impact on the environment.
In order to properly document facts and dispel false narratives regarding these important issues, I recruited people much more knowledgeable than me to tell the stories.
When we read an article at BIG Media by doctor of geology Brad Hayes, we benefit from his relentless research – the dude actually reads every word of those 200-page reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and International Energy Agency (IEA). And his course on energy transition through the University of Alberta has attracted more than 6,200 students. Brad is an exceptional writer, who sticks to verifiable facts and logic.
Some of the environment-related topics that Brad has covered with the utmost in accuracy and integrity:
- Real climate science – uncertainty and risk
- Taking a critical look at the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’
- Trash talk: are microplastics truly the horror story we are being told?
- Use of scenarios in our energy future is a double-edged sword
- Canadian energy modelling flawed and futile
- Where is oil demand really heading?
- Real-world lessons on energy transition
- Recognizing roots of global energy crisis might help us move toward solutions
- Energy transition – a lesson in advocacy and models
- Is ‘Big Oil’ holding up the energy transition
- Hydrogen: the ultimate path to net zero or a whole lot of wishful thinking
- Can climate be litigated?
- Carbon capture, utilization, and storage – effective technology or convenient scam
- What the world needs now is energy education and pragmatic energy policy
- Sea level is rising – should we be worried?
- Yes, there is an energy transition – and to manage it, we need to understand it
- Real science requires real peer review
- Why do net-zero advocates continue to believe humanity will achieve 2050 emissions target?
When we read an article at BIG Media by entrepreneurial data scientist Laurie Weston, we benefit from her tireless research and data prowess. She is a distinguished lecturer internationally with a unique ability to “listen” to data and detect subtle threads that lead to insights that others routinely miss.
Some of the environment-related topics that Laurie has covered with the utmost in accuracy and integrity:
- Climate change and energy – context for the great debate
- Putting global emissions in perspective
- Funeral for a glacier
- Capturing carbon
- Power struggle – data analysis puts Texas energy debacle in perspective
- Fracking 101 – just the fracts
- Artificial intelligence – how AI is going to terminate us
Laurie has also written a three-part series on fundamental principles of science that has earned praise from scientists and non-scientists alike. These articles help us all examine with a more critical eye environmental messaging from news media, politicians, and climate scientists:
Thanks to the work of Brad, Laurie, and others on the BIG Media editorial team, I am proud to claim that I am an environmental activist who is making a difference – and who aims to make a BIG difference with help from all you beautiful supporters of our uniquely accurate and transparent brand of journalism.
You will certainly not see me protesting pipeline development or chaining myself to a tree, but I will continue to work diligently in a way that I believe helps protect our environment.
