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Turning the corner

  • In Canada the meager momentum of climate mitigation is stalling out. As the gloom of winter sets in it’s easy to be depressed, but
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | December 9, 2024
Fort McMurray, Alta., oilsands, pictured. In a year of off-the-chart record temperatures, deadly and costly weather events on every continent, and unprecedented dire climate science, Trump and the billionaires managed to make the electorate insecure and mad enough to ignore common sense and take it out on the incumbents, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of eryn.rickard, Flickr.com

Turning the corner

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | December 9, 2024
  • In Canada the meager momentum of climate mitigation is stalling out. As the gloom of winter sets in it’s easy to be depressed, but

Turning the corner

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | December 9, 2024
  • In Canada the meager momentum of climate mitigation is stalling out. As the gloom of winter sets in it’s easy to be depressed, but
Fort McMurray, Alta., oilsands, pictured. In a year of off-the-chart record temperatures, deadly and costly weather events on every continent, and unprecedented dire climate science, Trump and the billionaires managed to make the electorate insecure and mad enough to ignore common sense and take it out on the incumbents, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of eryn.rickard, Flickr.com

Mitigation failure: slip-sliding away

  • As things worsen and slip-sliding away gets impossible, real mitigation will eventually be considered and then—if the disaster chaos doesn’t make it impossible—implemented. But
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 23, 2024
Forest fires in Alberta in 2023. This mitigation failure and regression is happening as the climate science is telling us that climate change is accelerating. Climate change is now an existential crisis, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

Mitigation failure: slip-sliding away

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 23, 2024
  • As things worsen and slip-sliding away gets impossible, real mitigation will eventually be considered and then—if the disaster chaos doesn’t make it impossible—implemented. But

Mitigation failure: slip-sliding away

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 23, 2024
  • As things worsen and slip-sliding away gets impossible, real mitigation will eventually be considered and then—if the disaster chaos doesn’t make it impossible—implemented. But
Forest fires in Alberta in 2023. This mitigation failure and regression is happening as the climate science is telling us that climate change is accelerating. Climate change is now an existential crisis, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

Climate records and effective mitigation

  • Climate change is accelerating and the effects are getting worse. We may have already crossed a threshold to Hothouse Earth. But in the real
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 18, 2024
Wildfire
Wildfire
Waking up to how serious a danger climate has become would mean a full, open conversation about responsible risk management and what responsible mitigation must mean: climate is an existentially threatening emergency that needs mitigation that isn’t happening and can’t happen in political and economic business as usual, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

Climate records and effective mitigation

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 18, 2024
  • Climate change is accelerating and the effects are getting worse. We may have already crossed a threshold to Hothouse Earth. But in the real

Climate records and effective mitigation

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 18, 2024
  • Climate change is accelerating and the effects are getting worse. We may have already crossed a threshold to Hothouse Earth. But in the real
Wildfire
Waking up to how serious a danger climate has become would mean a full, open conversation about responsible risk management and what responsible mitigation must mean: climate is an existentially threatening emergency that needs mitigation that isn’t happening and can’t happen in political and economic business as usual, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

This is your wakeup call to catastrophic climate change

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—This is a stunning occurrence and an off-the-chart record. A tenth of a degree increase in a temperature record like this would be
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 13, 2024
A wildfire burns in Alberta in July 2023. Photograph courtesy of Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

This is your wakeup call to catastrophic climate change

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 13, 2024
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—This is a stunning occurrence and an off-the-chart record. A tenth of a degree increase in a temperature record like this would be

This is your wakeup call to catastrophic climate change

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 13, 2024
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—This is a stunning occurrence and an off-the-chart record. A tenth of a degree increase in a temperature record like this would be
A wildfire burns in Alberta in July 2023. Photograph courtesy of Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Meanwhile, climate change is accelerating

  • Maybe we should quickly rethink our mitigation plans, and shift to how to actually rapidly reduce emissions—not just pretend.
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 8, 2024
Members of 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, use axes to break up ground to help the BC Wildfire Service in suppressing fire hot spots outside Topley, B.C., in August 2023. DND photograph by Corporal Alexandre Brisson

Meanwhile, climate change is accelerating

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 8, 2024
  • Maybe we should quickly rethink our mitigation plans, and shift to how to actually rapidly reduce emissions—not just pretend.

Meanwhile, climate change is accelerating

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 8, 2024
  • Maybe we should quickly rethink our mitigation plans, and shift to how to actually rapidly reduce emissions—not just pretend.
Members of 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, use axes to break up ground to help the BC Wildfire Service in suppressing fire hot spots outside Topley, B.C., in August 2023. DND photograph by Corporal Alexandre Brisson

The world’s energy transition is failing, and we’re just all standing by watching

  • In our lifetimes, we will come to know that we failed to effectively mitigate. We will be losing everything we care about, know and
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 27, 2024
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The world’s energy transition is failing, and we’re just all standing by watching

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 27, 2024
  • In our lifetimes, we will come to know that we failed to effectively mitigate. We will be losing everything we care about, know and

The world’s energy transition is failing, and we’re just all standing by watching

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 27, 2024
  • In our lifetimes, we will come to know that we failed to effectively mitigate. We will be losing everything we care about, know and
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The climate election year

  • We need a wartime-style emergency-coalition government with a strong, unified, all-on-the-same-page approach to fight climate change.
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 4, 2024
A forest fire in Canada last summer. Stop pretending that climate mitigation is possible in political and economic status quo, and get to an emergency government that can do what we responsibly need to do, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

The climate election year

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 4, 2024
  • We need a wartime-style emergency-coalition government with a strong, unified, all-on-the-same-page approach to fight climate change.

The climate election year

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 4, 2024
  • We need a wartime-style emergency-coalition government with a strong, unified, all-on-the-same-page approach to fight climate change.
A forest fire in Canada last summer. Stop pretending that climate mitigation is possible in political and economic status quo, and get to an emergency government that can do what we responsibly need to do, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

Waking up: Australia and the El Niño

  • Watch what happens in Australia this summer, and then what happens in the Northern Hemisphere next year.
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 9, 2023
A bushfire burns near Binjura, New South Wales, Australia, last week. Photograph courtesy of the NSW Rural Fire Service

Waking up: Australia and the El Niño

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 9, 2023
  • Watch what happens in Australia this summer, and then what happens in the Northern Hemisphere next year.

Waking up: Australia and the El Niño

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 9, 2023
  • Watch what happens in Australia this summer, and then what happens in the Northern Hemisphere next year.
A bushfire burns near Binjura, New South Wales, Australia, last week. Photograph courtesy of the NSW Rural Fire Service

One step forward out of climate denial, many more to go

  • When it comes to mitigating climate change, no more kicking the can down the road unpunished.
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 27, 2023
An electric-powered OC Transpo bus is parked at Ottawa City Hall for an announcement of new federal support for electric vehicle infrastructure on June 30, 2023. We are waking up to the absolute need for effective mitigation, but half-measures won't cut it any longer, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

One step forward out of climate denial, many more to go

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 27, 2023
  • When it comes to mitigating climate change, no more kicking the can down the road unpunished.

One step forward out of climate denial, many more to go

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 27, 2023
  • When it comes to mitigating climate change, no more kicking the can down the road unpunished.
An electric-powered OC Transpo bus is parked at Ottawa City Hall for an announcement of new federal support for electric vehicle infrastructure on June 30, 2023. We are waking up to the absolute need for effective mitigation, but half-measures won't cut it any longer, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

After 30 years of failed mitigation, we need to cut emissions by half globally by 2030; this is almost impossible, but must be done

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—About a decade ago, there was a flurry of news stories and columns in the Canadian media about carbon pricing. In the 1990s,
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 17, 2023
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. Our present conception of mitigation is a plan to fail. It just keeps fossil fuels in the game running out the clock. It is a plan to sacrifice our kids' future and everything we love and care about, writes Bill Henderson.  The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

After 30 years of failed mitigation, we need to cut emissions by half globally by 2030; this is almost impossible, but must be done

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 17, 2023
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—About a decade ago, there was a flurry of news stories and columns in the Canadian media about carbon pricing. In the 1990s,

After 30 years of failed mitigation, we need to cut emissions by half globally by 2030; this is almost impossible, but must be done

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 17, 2023
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—About a decade ago, there was a flurry of news stories and columns in the Canadian media about carbon pricing. In the 1990s,
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. Our present conception of mitigation is a plan to fail. It just keeps fossil fuels in the game running out the clock. It is a plan to sacrifice our kids' future and everything we love and care about, writes Bill Henderson.  The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

This is our El Niño wakeup call and it is our last chance, people

  • The feedbacks are starting to kick in and soon the momentum will be irreversible. We should never have allowed ourselves to be this close
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 19, 2023
Toxic smoke from forest wildfires in Quebec and Ontario covered the Ottawa-Gatineau region for at least three days recently, created off-the-charts unhealthy air quality. This photo of the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., was taken on June 6, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

This is our El Niño wakeup call and it is our last chance, people

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 19, 2023
  • The feedbacks are starting to kick in and soon the momentum will be irreversible. We should never have allowed ourselves to be this close

This is our El Niño wakeup call and it is our last chance, people

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 19, 2023
  • The feedbacks are starting to kick in and soon the momentum will be irreversible. We should never have allowed ourselves to be this close
Toxic smoke from forest wildfires in Quebec and Ontario covered the Ottawa-Gatineau region for at least three days recently, created off-the-charts unhealthy air quality. This photo of the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., was taken on June 6, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s time for responsible and effective climate mitigation

  • Governments must regulate an end to all fossil fuel expansion and a rapid wind-down of all present fossil fuel production on the best carbon
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 17, 2023
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks with reporters in the West Block on Oct. 18, 2022. The case for rapid government wind-down of fossil fuel production and use just has to be made, debated, and hopefully undertaken by Canadian legislators, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s time for responsible and effective climate mitigation

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 17, 2023
  • Governments must regulate an end to all fossil fuel expansion and a rapid wind-down of all present fossil fuel production on the best carbon

It’s time for responsible and effective climate mitigation

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 17, 2023
  • Governments must regulate an end to all fossil fuel expansion and a rapid wind-down of all present fossil fuel production on the best carbon
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks with reporters in the West Block on Oct. 18, 2022. The case for rapid government wind-down of fossil fuel production and use just has to be made, debated, and hopefully undertaken by Canadian legislators, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canadians are in continuing denial of climate change

  • Are there no climate leaders who recognize the degree of climate danger and our responsibility as a major fossil fuel producer?
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | November 10, 2022
A Canadian climate mitigation plan that doesn’t regulate a wind-down of fossil fuel production and mandate increased protection of forests and other ecosystems important to climate mitigation is continuing denial and appeasement, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of James Wheeler/University of Victoria

Canadians are in continuing denial of climate change

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | November 10, 2022
  • Are there no climate leaders who recognize the degree of climate danger and our responsibility as a major fossil fuel producer?

Canadians are in continuing denial of climate change

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | November 10, 2022
  • Are there no climate leaders who recognize the degree of climate danger and our responsibility as a major fossil fuel producer?
A Canadian climate mitigation plan that doesn’t regulate a wind-down of fossil fuel production and mandate increased protection of forests and other ecosystems important to climate mitigation is continuing denial and appeasement, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of James Wheeler/University of Victoria

Are you a climate appeaser?

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—U.K. climate scientist Bill McGuire’s recent, insightful Guardian op-ed is an important read. His message: climate change is happening and it’s undeniable. But there is a very
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | September 14, 2022
Energy transitions take decades and we no longer have decades, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Are you a climate appeaser?

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | September 14, 2022
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—U.K. climate scientist Bill McGuire’s recent, insightful Guardian op-ed is an important read. His message: climate change is happening and it’s undeniable. But there is a very

Are you a climate appeaser?

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | September 14, 2022
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—U.K. climate scientist Bill McGuire’s recent, insightful Guardian op-ed is an important read. His message: climate change is happening and it’s undeniable. But there is a very
Energy transitions take decades and we no longer have decades, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The ‘apparently unstoppable global drift to climate catastrophe,’ indeed

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Following the release of the three Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment reports and the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, climate change dropped
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 14, 2022
A view of the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2008. The 'energy transition' has given way to energy security, while war has added to increasingly harmful weather in lowering agriculture production globally, writes Bill Henderson The Hill Times file photograph

The ‘apparently unstoppable global drift to climate catastrophe,’ indeed

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 14, 2022
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Following the release of the three Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment reports and the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, climate change dropped

The ‘apparently unstoppable global drift to climate catastrophe,’ indeed

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 14, 2022
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Following the release of the three Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment reports and the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, climate change dropped
A view of the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2008. The 'energy transition' has given way to energy security, while war has added to increasingly harmful weather in lowering agriculture production globally, writes Bill Henderson The Hill Times file photograph

Don’t look up and how Canada needs to get to effective climate mitigation 

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Futurist and complexity expert Thomas Homer-Dixon has an intriguing new PowerPoint presentation ‘Getting to Enough: How We’ll Solve the Dilemma that’s Destroying Our
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | January 10, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 5, 2022, arriving for a press conference at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Don’t look up and how Canada needs to get to effective climate mitigation 

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | January 10, 2022
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Futurist and complexity expert Thomas Homer-Dixon has an intriguing new PowerPoint presentation ‘Getting to Enough: How We’ll Solve the Dilemma that’s Destroying Our

Don’t look up and how Canada needs to get to effective climate mitigation 

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | January 10, 2022
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Futurist and complexity expert Thomas Homer-Dixon has an intriguing new PowerPoint presentation ‘Getting to Enough: How We’ll Solve the Dilemma that’s Destroying Our
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 5, 2022, arriving for a press conference at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada stuck in denial until MPs understand climate emergency requires deep systemic change

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—There is an important new climate science paper—Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why haven’t we bent the emissions curve?—that is very informative and
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | December 20, 2021
Pictured: a protest of government inaction on climate change on Parliament Hill in 2019. Here we have safe, totally defanged climate policy for the electorate, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Canada stuck in denial until MPs understand climate emergency requires deep systemic change

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | December 20, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—There is an important new climate science paper—Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why haven’t we bent the emissions curve?—that is very informative and

Canada stuck in denial until MPs understand climate emergency requires deep systemic change

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | December 20, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—There is an important new climate science paper—Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why haven’t we bent the emissions curve?—that is very informative and
Pictured: a protest of government inaction on climate change on Parliament Hill in 2019. Here we have safe, totally defanged climate policy for the electorate, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

The post-election dividing line on climate change

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—There is a consensus that climate change is now unequivocal, and that each and every Canadian political party will have a climate plan
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 20, 2021
The newly-elected Trudeau government has promised to reduce emissions by 40 to 44 per cent by 2030. Canadian governments are good at making climate mitigation promises, but a new report from Natural Resources Canada and the Trottier Institute predict that with our present mitigation policies Canada will fall far short of this target—a mere 16 per cent reduction by 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The post-election dividing line on climate change

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 20, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—There is a consensus that climate change is now unequivocal, and that each and every Canadian political party will have a climate plan

The post-election dividing line on climate change

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 20, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—There is a consensus that climate change is now unequivocal, and that each and every Canadian political party will have a climate plan
The newly-elected Trudeau government has promised to reduce emissions by 40 to 44 per cent by 2030. Canadian governments are good at making climate mitigation promises, but a new report from Natural Resources Canada and the Trottier Institute predict that with our present mitigation policies Canada will fall far short of this target—a mere 16 per cent reduction by 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

This abominable scam of a climate election

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—The pollsters report that climate change is Canadians’ top election concern. The extreme weather—the heat dome, the wildfires, flooding, and even unseasonably cold
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | September 15, 2021
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Trudeau Liberal government has been abysmal. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise and the government has done everything in its power to expand fossil fuel production, including spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars on a pipeline and claiming to be climate leaders while doing less than nothing but waste precious time, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

This abominable scam of a climate election

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | September 15, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—The pollsters report that climate change is Canadians’ top election concern. The extreme weather—the heat dome, the wildfires, flooding, and even unseasonably cold

This abominable scam of a climate election

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | September 15, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—The pollsters report that climate change is Canadians’ top election concern. The extreme weather—the heat dome, the wildfires, flooding, and even unseasonably cold
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Trudeau Liberal government has been abysmal. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise and the government has done everything in its power to expand fossil fuel production, including spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars on a pipeline and claiming to be climate leaders while doing less than nothing but waste precious time, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Time for Liberals, Tories to adopt serious climate change plans

  • You’ve read the respective climate platforms, but have you had a hard time figuring out what might be effective climate mitigation policies, and what
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | August 30, 2021
Pictured: a protest of government inaction on climate change on Parliament Hill in 2019. Neither the Liberals or Conservatives have pledged to end fossil fuel production in Canada, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Time for Liberals, Tories to adopt serious climate change plans

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | August 30, 2021
  • You’ve read the respective climate platforms, but have you had a hard time figuring out what might be effective climate mitigation policies, and what

Time for Liberals, Tories to adopt serious climate change plans

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | August 30, 2021
  • You’ve read the respective climate platforms, but have you had a hard time figuring out what might be effective climate mitigation policies, and what
Pictured: a protest of government inaction on climate change on Parliament Hill in 2019. Neither the Liberals or Conservatives have pledged to end fossil fuel production in Canada, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Tipping points: they must not happen

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Heatwaves, wildfires, floods, drought, and polar vortex cold—extreme weather is going to be on the minds of voters in the coming federal election.
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | August 16, 2021
Sea ice in the North Pole, pictured. Climate scientists know that what is happening out of sight and far away can matter more. The Arctic has been warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. Arctic amplification seems to have significantly effected the jet stream, slowing its flow and making it wavy. The weather patterns have changed profoundly. Polar vortexes bring polar air deep down into the continents. Warm air is funnelled up into the Arctic even in winter, melting the Arctic icepack and Greenland glaciers, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Flickr Christopher Michel

Tipping points: they must not happen

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | August 16, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Heatwaves, wildfires, floods, drought, and polar vortex cold—extreme weather is going to be on the minds of voters in the coming federal election.

Tipping points: they must not happen

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | August 16, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Heatwaves, wildfires, floods, drought, and polar vortex cold—extreme weather is going to be on the minds of voters in the coming federal election.
Sea ice in the North Pole, pictured. Climate scientists know that what is happening out of sight and far away can matter more. The Arctic has been warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. Arctic amplification seems to have significantly effected the jet stream, slowing its flow and making it wavy. The weather patterns have changed profoundly. Polar vortexes bring polar air deep down into the continents. Warm air is funnelled up into the Arctic even in winter, melting the Arctic icepack and Greenland glaciers, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Flickr Christopher Michel

Our climate emergency should be the main issue in next election

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—It looks almost certain that there will be a federal election this fall. Climate change—the climate emergency—should be the main issue because we
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 29, 2021
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2008. The Trudeau Liberals deserve Ds and Fs in any realistic climate report card and Canadians need a government that can deliver effective climate mitigation. Will Canada's climate intelligentsia be honest and inform Canadians about what has to happen before we go to the polls, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Our climate emergency should be the main issue in next election

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 29, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—It looks almost certain that there will be a federal election this fall. Climate change—the climate emergency—should be the main issue because we

Our climate emergency should be the main issue in next election

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 29, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—It looks almost certain that there will be a federal election this fall. Climate change—the climate emergency—should be the main issue because we
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2008. The Trudeau Liberals deserve Ds and Fs in any realistic climate report card and Canadians need a government that can deliver effective climate mitigation. Will Canada's climate intelligentsia be honest and inform Canadians about what has to happen before we go to the polls, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Three takeaways from Joe Biden’s climate summit

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—One: America is back as a climate leader. Firmly putting the toxic Trump presidency behind us, the new Biden administration is not only
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 10, 2021
Joe Biden's administration is not only showing leadership and competency in handling the pandemic, positioning the U.S. for a strong economic recovery, and endeavouring to lower rhetoric and tensions in a deeply divided America, but, most importantly, the new administration is launching an 'all-of-government' approach to the most serious threat to America's future, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Three takeaways from Joe Biden’s climate summit

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 10, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—One: America is back as a climate leader. Firmly putting the toxic Trump presidency behind us, the new Biden administration is not only

Three takeaways from Joe Biden’s climate summit

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 10, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—One: America is back as a climate leader. Firmly putting the toxic Trump presidency behind us, the new Biden administration is not only
Joe Biden's administration is not only showing leadership and competency in handling the pandemic, positioning the U.S. for a strong economic recovery, and endeavouring to lower rhetoric and tensions in a deeply divided America, but, most importantly, the new administration is launching an 'all-of-government' approach to the most serious threat to America's future, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Liberals’ climate action formula, a recipe for failure, says new report

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—There is a super insightful new report on the Liberals’ climate policies by two veteran researchers that clearly shows the Libs are far
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 22, 2021
The oil sands, pictured in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Liberals' climate policies by two veteran researchers clearly shows the Libs are far more interested in protecting Canada's extractive economy from needed climate change mitigation than in protecting Canadians and all of our futures from climate catastrophe, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Liberals’ climate action formula, a recipe for failure, says new report

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 22, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—There is a super insightful new report on the Liberals’ climate policies by two veteran researchers that clearly shows the Libs are far

Liberals’ climate action formula, a recipe for failure, says new report

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 22, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—There is a super insightful new report on the Liberals’ climate policies by two veteran researchers that clearly shows the Libs are far
The oil sands, pictured in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Liberals' climate policies by two veteran researchers clearly shows the Libs are far more interested in protecting Canada's extractive economy from needed climate change mitigation than in protecting Canadians and all of our futures from climate catastrophe, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Coming to grips with our climate predicament

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a pivotal climate summit this month. Three decades of climate change denial and procrastination—led by America in
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 15, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a pivotal climate summit this month. Three decades of climate change denial and procrastination—led by America in particular—have left humanity on the brink, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Coming to grips with our climate predicament

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 15, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a pivotal climate summit this month. Three decades of climate change denial and procrastination—led by America in

Coming to grips with our climate predicament

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 15, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a pivotal climate summit this month. Three decades of climate change denial and procrastination—led by America in
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a pivotal climate summit this month. Three decades of climate change denial and procrastination—led by America in particular—have left humanity on the brink, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

We’ve wasted three decades, it’s time for climate action

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Climate change is happening, it’s human caused, and could be catastrophic and we should be doing regime change in all haste, but for
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 1, 2021
The Trudeau government pretended to be climate leaders at the Paris COP, but five years later, emissions continue to rise, expansion of fossil fuel production—coal in British Columbia and Alberta, LNG in British Columbia and oil across the country—continues to be government policy, and we look set to waste even more of the precious remaining time to 2030, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We’ve wasted three decades, it’s time for climate action

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 1, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Climate change is happening, it’s human caused, and could be catastrophic and we should be doing regime change in all haste, but for

We’ve wasted three decades, it’s time for climate action

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 1, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Climate change is happening, it’s human caused, and could be catastrophic and we should be doing regime change in all haste, but for
The Trudeau government pretended to be climate leaders at the Paris COP, but five years later, emissions continue to rise, expansion of fossil fuel production—coal in British Columbia and Alberta, LNG in British Columbia and oil across the country—continues to be government policy, and we look set to waste even more of the precious remaining time to 2030, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau government’s new climate plan is insufficient

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—In 2014-2015, led by the newly formed Ecofiscal Commission, there was a bloom of comment, editorials and op-eds advocating carbon pricing as a
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | January 18, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is not acting fast to proactively to contain the growing danger of climate change, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Trudeau government’s new climate plan is insufficient

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | January 18, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—In 2014-2015, led by the newly formed Ecofiscal Commission, there was a bloom of comment, editorials and op-eds advocating carbon pricing as a

Trudeau government’s new climate plan is insufficient

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | January 18, 2021
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—In 2014-2015, led by the newly formed Ecofiscal Commission, there was a bloom of comment, editorials and op-eds advocating carbon pricing as a
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is not acting fast to proactively to contain the growing danger of climate change, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
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The COVID-19 economic dislocation, climate emergency, and what governments must consider

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Six months into the COVID-19 global pandemic, it’s looking increasingly like getting back to normal might take a long, long time and that
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | August 10, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on July 8, 2020, in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The COVID-19 economic dislocation, climate emergency, and what governments must consider

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | August 10, 2020
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Six months into the COVID-19 global pandemic, it’s looking increasingly like getting back to normal might take a long, long time and that

The COVID-19 economic dislocation, climate emergency, and what governments must consider

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | August 10, 2020
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Six months into the COVID-19 global pandemic, it’s looking increasingly like getting back to normal might take a long, long time and that
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on July 8, 2020, in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Climate change is an emergency, we need a coalition government to act now

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Looks like Canada is going to miss a huge opportunity to take much-needed action on climate change. Activists and green energy insiders have
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 29, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 29, 2020, 'climate change is an emergency. This must mean a new government, an emergency coalition government that can act, and renouncing our present plan to fail,' writes climate change activist Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Climate change is an emergency, we need a coalition government to act now

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 29, 2020
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Looks like Canada is going to miss a huge opportunity to take much-needed action on climate change. Activists and green energy insiders have

Climate change is an emergency, we need a coalition government to act now

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 29, 2020
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—Looks like Canada is going to miss a huge opportunity to take much-needed action on climate change. Activists and green energy insiders have
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 29, 2020, 'climate change is an emergency. This must mean a new government, an emergency coalition government that can act, and renouncing our present plan to fail,' writes climate change activist Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Lessons about climate change for government from COVID-19

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—First of all, I’d like to thank Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and her government’s leadership and competence in its medical and economic
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 27, 2020
Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured. Fossil-producing regions could have a few more years of fossil production that do make money while a Green New Deal-style plan builds out renewable potential that will, in time, create a much more stable and resilient, less fossil-flammable economy, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Lessons about climate change for government from COVID-19

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 27, 2020
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—First of all, I’d like to thank Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and her government’s leadership and competence in its medical and economic

Lessons about climate change for government from COVID-19

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | April 27, 2020
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—First of all, I’d like to thank Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and her government’s leadership and competence in its medical and economic
Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured. Fossil-producing regions could have a few more years of fossil production that do make money while a Green New Deal-style plan builds out renewable potential that will, in time, create a much more stable and resilient, less fossil-flammable economy, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Charging gray rhinos

  • GIBSONS, B.C.—The coronavirus is forcing us to learn valuable lessons. Sometimes governments have to act, and quickly, in protecting their citizens. Sometimes governments have
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 23, 2020
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for Question Period in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2020. The modest carbon tax implemented by Canada's Liberal government is an example of simply tinkering around the margins of a global problem, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Charging gray rhinos

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 23, 2020
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—The coronavirus is forcing us to learn valuable lessons. Sometimes governments have to act, and quickly, in protecting their citizens. Sometimes governments have

Charging gray rhinos

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 23, 2020
  • GIBSONS, B.C.—The coronavirus is forcing us to learn valuable lessons. Sometimes governments have to act, and quickly, in protecting their citizens. Sometimes governments have
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for Question Period in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2020. The modest carbon tax implemented by Canada's Liberal government is an example of simply tinkering around the margins of a global problem, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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