Struggling to shift the public conversation
Plus: Exciting gala invite from BC Policy Solutions (featuring Cory Doctorow), and a climate emergency song recommendation
Seth Klein / Emergency Measures
Seth Klein is a writer, policy researcher & climate campaigner. In this newsletter, you can expect regular columns and posts about the crises we face and solutions that aim to confront these emergencies at scale.
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We mobilize to put fires out, but not yet to prevent them
While many leaders are comparing the wildfire crisis to the Second World War, most fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action.
Where is the Carney government's promised Youth Climate Corps?
Update on federal budget's YCC pledge.
Six months in, how’s it going?
Newsletter update, stats, and a couple pitches
Time to hit Trump where it hurts
Canada needs to impose an export tax on oil and gas to the U.S. and stop rewarding the bully's fossil fuel friends
No new fossil fuel projects on a burning planet
We are paying for oil and gas in countless ways; a few other political takes; and one last item on my dad
How might extreme heat shift the political & policy landscape?
Plus: other climate news, the latest from BC Policy Solutions, and a little more about my dad
I lost my dad last week
Some memories and reflections on the passing of Michael Klein
Climate tax credits not fit for purpose & Canadians want a windfall profits tax
All the core planks of Canada’s climate policy are now gone, save one – a package of “clean economy investment tax credits.” Yet as my latest piece explains, the program is massively undersubscribed.
Take government excitement about LNG deals with a lump of salt
Also: First Nations for the save, Suzuki’s birthday, and hey, I’m open to speaking invitations