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1. Questions People Ask About Climate Change

     Many claims are made about the scientific understanding of climate that are not backed up by the core literature that dominates the field. But as most people read only summary versions of the scientific literature, they’re easily led astray by alarmist ...

2. Privatize Willy

   Appeared in the National Post, February 28, 2003 Whale lovers are rightfully horrified at the tragedy that is playing itself out on Vancouver Island, where Luna, a lone killer whale, has taken to socializing with human beings rather than the rest of his ...

3. Environmental Adversarialism Misses the Point

     Some observers are suggesting that Canada’s passage of the Kyoto Protocol, are another sign of the ultimate victory of environmental pressure groups over “conservative critics.” In a recent Post column, for example, Lawrence Solomon suggests that ...

4. Rage Against the Machine

     The war on SUV owners has reached a fever pitch of late, with ad campaigns, columnists, and star-studded advertorials raging against the machines. Now, everyone is entitled to an opinion, and far be it from me to presume that celebrities are too empty ...

5. Tolls, Not Taxes

   Appeared in The Vancouver Sun, February 17, 2003 British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell has proposed raising gasoline taxes by 3.5 cents per liter in order to fund transportation projects in rural B.C. The upgrades include improvements to Trans-Canada ...

6. Suzuki's Way Would Make Things Worse—for People and the Planet

     David Suzuki has delivered himself of ten suggestions Canadians can adopt to improve environmental quality (Suzuki Foundation, November 2002). Some of the ideas are fine, such as encouraging Canadians to choose more fuel-efficient cars, or to live ...

7. Canada's Kyoto Concerns Go South

   Appeared in the New London Day (Connecticut), November 8, 2002 and The Providence Journal While the United States has been focused on the mid-term elections and Iraq for the past several months, Canadians have been focused intently on the question of ...

8. Alberta Climate Policy a Step Forward

     Just when it seems that the muddle over the Kyoto Protocol can’t get more muddled, Alberta’s scientists have thrown their lab-coats into the ring. David Schindler, an ecology professor at the University of Alberta, says that Alberta’s climate scientists ...

9. Practicing Policy Without a License

     The saga of Dr. David Swann’s Kyoto Prescription neatly illustrates the dangers that doctors and the public face when physicians practice policy without a license. In early October, with policymaker Alberta sentiment raging against Prime Minister Jean ...