Nov 16, 2018: Trudeau’s Indigenous Rights Framework ≠ Reconciliation

It’s more than oil. Extraction, beyond being an environmental concern, materially reinforces and deepens colonization. And extraction is a form of production that extends far beyond industrial projects like the oil sands. Extraction, around the globe, is required for the…

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December 22, 2017: “Free” Energy

(Image: Front Page Fold Over of Edmonton Journal: December 22, 2017) First one is free? This add, offering two months of free residential electricity and natural gas — because “that’s what neighbours do” in Alberta — makes me really curious…

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November 18, 2017: Luxury

A blazing fire. Steaming chicken soup, hot off the range. Energy intensive luxuries, for a weary body suffering feverish chills. (Image: Fireplace)

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November 9, 2017: Energy Transition Network

The day started early at 5am. The kids haven’t adjusted to the time change this past weekend, so while they were waking up at 6, they now wake up at 5. All the better, I suppose, because I had a…

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