CLIMATE CHANGE | CANADA | POLUTION
The Canadian Tar Sands: War Crimes in the Fight Against Climate Change
It’s a stain on our nation and an international catastrophe
The changing climate is hitting us like a runaway freight train here in Canada.
For the past few years, we’ve seen more heat domes forming, and the temperatures have kept climbing. Higher and higher, the numbers tick upwards, and humidity soars.
These days, the heat is killing people faster than the wildfires are. Go figure.
I just had a discussion with my mother about wet bulb temperatures and what we should be doing to keep the house locked down this week. We’re under a potentially lethal heat warning here after a week or two of heavy rain.
We’re battening down the hatches and installing a dehumidifier on top of our air conditioners. On the worst days, I can barely breathe with all the moisture in the air.
Climate change is an existential threat. It threatens our health, well-being, and our very lives. In the face of chaotic weather, rising heat, and an uncertain future, you would think we would be doing everything we could as a society to stop making things worse.
