29 Aug 2019

Potpourri

Potpourri 2 Comments

==> My radio interview with Danielle Smith was a good one concerning climate change and tree planting.

==> This is old but someone sent me an article explaining why the international mortality stats can be misleading.

==> I haven’t read it yet, but apparently this article at Jacobin takes Phil Magness’ side on the issue of US capitalism and slavery.

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    Tel says:
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    My radio interview with Danielle Smith was a good one concerning climate change and tree planting.

    I look forward to Justin Trudeau coming on your show to thank you, and apologize for not giving you credit sooner.

    https://montrealgazette.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/trudeau-promises-liberals-would-plant-2-billion-trees-to-fight-climate-change/wcm/78236962-a223-4bd8-8d3d-25af05af4aca

    The role of trees in fighting climate change has been generally understood for some time. But a landmark study by Swiss researchers in June suggested planting trees could be the most effective and cost-efficient way to fight climate change because of their ability to capture and store carbon dioxide, particularly when they are young and growing.

    The study, published in the journal Science, also found there is enough space worldwide to plant one trillion trees without affecting existing cities or farmland, and listed Canada among six nations with the space to handle a large share of such efforts.

    I’ve been listening to a bit of Danielle Smith and she flipped out when she got so much abuse over the tree planting episode then Trudeau came up with the same idea and is suddenly the darling.

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