The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently published “Net Zero by 2050 – A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector”, in which they document details of a scenario (Net-Zero Emissions Scenario, or NZE) taking the world to a time 29 years from now when global humanity will produce net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
The report is long – 190 pages plus appendices. It addresses in considerable detail what must happen in all major energy consumption areas –...
In the West, we trust that our public policies are guided by rationalism, and that our governments “listen to the science”. (For more on this topic, see Science – there is method to the madness)
We believe that despite being messy, the adversarial nature of our parliaments, combined with transparency from the fourth estate, journalism, and objective laws from an independent judicial system, ultimately translates to a healthy society. Yet the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weakness...
This is the story behind the story that entrepreneur/geoscientist Laurie Weston wrote on what she called the Alberta Deathscape.
It should help some readers better understand the difference between BIG Media’s truth-focused approach and what we are familiar with in mainstream media reports.
This is a story that earlier in my career as a journalist, I would have taken on myself. As mainstream media reporters and editors tend to do, I would have looked at the...
Dear Media Friends,
Please stop scaring the heck out of people by withholding information that might prevent them from freaking out.
For example, when you report that there are a “record-smashing” 300,000 new cases of COVID-19 in India, could you please add some context?
Like maybe mention to Canadians that India has roughly 102 times the population of Ontario, so the last daily report of 3,871 news cases in Ontario is higher per capita than India’s reported...
Politicians and bureaucrats, pushed by demands to “do something” about climate change, are setting goals for reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions based on Paris Agreement targets or some other measure of “where we must be” by mid-century. In other words, they want to reach some emissions target by a certain time not too far in the future without having given any thought about how humanity can get there.
It’s like me going to my doctor...
Having examined the dwindling COVID-19 numbers in Texas, it is clear that they are doing some things right. Vaccination and good weather are no doubt parts of the Lone Star State's success story, but I believe that dropping the mask mandate more than a month ago may also have helped.
I stirred controversy seven months ago when I postulated in a LinkedIn post that the mask mandate might be counterproductive. Since then, I have seen...
When the Texas Rangers play host to my Toronto Blue Jays (I don't own them, but I cheer for them as if I do) at 3:05 p.m. Central today, the eyes of the sports world will be paying close attention. The eyes of the non-sports world will also be tuned in.
Why?
Because Globe Life Field in Arlington, Tex., is expected to be filled to its capacity of 40,300 humans.
COVID-19 cases have plummeted since Governor Greg...
Picture this.
It's a cloudy August day, the towering wall of Mount Yamnuska engulfed by the cool, murky mist. You are walking pensively through the forest and up along the expansive rocky stretches of trail. In your left-hand backpack pocket lies a half-smoked joint. Nuken, they call it – an indica hybrid you know well.
You pull out your lighter and put the filter to your lips. Inhaling, you savour the peppery quality of the weed....
A highly educated gentleman told me recently that he would never become a member of our new media company because "reading news on the Internet is free."
Do you believe that reading information on media sites that do not charge for access is free?
In my opinion, such sites come with great cost.
First, there is the cost of contending with advertising popping up all over your screen. Some folks do not mind having their reading experience...
When I informed associates that I was launching a media company that would provide a trustworthy source of spin-free coverage of the most important matters, their inspiring responses included: “That is impossible!” “Everyone sells out.” And the classic, “Good luck with that!”
A prospective shareholder asked, “How do you propose to avoid giving in to the pressure that seems to doom all others to agenda-driven coverage?” My answer is laid out in the ...
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