Category Archives: Environment

Frost bites

With Ottawa’s medical officer of health issuing a frostbite warning, telling us to wear layers and urging the homeless to seek shelters, and the Humane Society saying to get pets indoors, and the temperature plunging to -30 (without wind-chill) tell … Continue reading

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How capitalists are saving the planet

It’s opera. My wife is listening to opera while jogging. The heroine will, one assumes, come to a tragic end. But the batteries won’t, because she’s using a digital player. On which, I trust, I can record the sound of … Continue reading

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I’ve seen this show before

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. And you don’t have to go all the way back to the Danegeld to get the experience. Try this Monday’s release of the latest report by the National Round Table on … Continue reading

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Weather prediction is a guessing game

Today’s column is about global warming. Sitting down to write it made a nice break from all the hard physical chores we’re tackling thanks to the unseasonably cool weather.
Yes, unseasonably cool. As the July 16 Citizen reported, “Ottawa’s summer … Continue reading

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