Everyone's Mesmerized by the Market — Except Mother Nature!

onApr 21, 2009 @ 18:57 PDT

What’s the difference between “cap-and-trade” and a “credit default swap?”

Not much!

“All the methods of pricing carbon permit the creation of a carbon market that will allow us to pollute beyond a catastrophic tipping point. In other words, they require us to put a price on the final “killing” tonne of CO2 which, once emitted, tips the balance and triggers runaway global warming.”

By Ross Gelbspan

Analysis

Alberta Separatism Would be Terrible for Indigenous Rights

ByMitch Anderson

onJan 22, 2026 @ 13:36 PST

For some separatists, ignoring Indigenous rights is not only a side effect of an independent Alberta, but an explicit goal.

Opinion

As the UN General Assembly Turns 80, Can Ordinary Citizens Change How the World Is Governed?

ByRich Wilson

onJan 19, 2026 @ 10:12 PST

Democratic innovation as a pathway for revitalising global climate action.

Danielle Smith Working With Trump Official Who Wants to Annex Greenland

ByMary Stuart

onJan 14, 2026 @ 13:41 PST

The Alberta premier belongs to a U.S. group called the Governors Coalition for Energy Security that’s led by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Trump’s envoy to Greenland.

Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

Series: MAGA