By Roland Imhoff, Professor of Social and Legal Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. From Aeon, a registered charity committed to the spread of knowledge and a cosmopolitan worldview. Edited by Sam Dresser. The internet is full of wild-eyed insinuation. Seemingly accidental events are not actually...

Readers may have noted that the overwhelming response to the current opinion poll on the voting age in BC opined that “16-year-olds are still too immature to vote responsibly.” Given some of the electoral decisions made by adult registered voters, one may wonder if adults are also too immature to vote responsibly. No, I’m not...

Scientists, academics, environmentalists and communicators have urged governments to take the climate crisis seriously for decades. We’ve outlined the overwhelming evidence, generated discussion and offered myriad solutions. We’ve confronted politicians who refuse to accept that a problem exists, or that we can do anything ...

Rossland Regular Council Meeting, March 26, 2018 Council Members Present: Mayor Kathy Moore, and Councillors Lloyd McLellan, Andy Morel, Marten Kruysse, John Greene, Aaron Cosbey, and Andrew Zwicker Staff Present:  Chief Administrative Officer Bryan Teasdale,  Executive Assistant Alison Worsfold, Manager of Finance...

Wildfire is an ever-increasing hazard in these years of accelerating climate change, and 20 communities throughout the Columbia Basin — including Rossland, Castlegar, Regional District of Central Kootenay and Nelson — will benefit from more than $800,000 in funding from Columbia Basin Trust for wildfire mitigation measures....

SCAMS: callers purporting to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) are again, or still, targeting residents. The caller will provide a name, and say that the resident owes back taxes and fees; he or she may also threaten the resident with a visit from the police if the resident fails to pay.  A new twist to the tired old ...

Environmental education and awareness programs at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area are going to continue under new management. Since 1974, these programs were provided by the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority, but this ended with the permanent closure of the interpretive centre in October 2017. Now the...

When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency increased safety and environmental standards for cars in the 1970s, automakers responded. Although they had to adhere to the new rules, they didn’t base their entire response on safety or pollution concerns. Instead, they looked for loopholes. Under the U.S. Clean Air Act, vehicle...

How do the oceans affect life in the Kootenays? With World Water Day coming up on March 22, let’s think, not only about how lucky we are to have enough fresh water, but also about how vast and distant saltwater oceans affect us all, everywhere. Many people have viewed the video clip of a diver swimming near Bali through a sea...

Editor’s Note:  This is such a cheering article because it shows that people can decide to check out facts, and do it, and then change their minds on contentious issues. By Bud Ward, of Yale Climate Connections Climate change policy analyst* Jerry Taylor spent more than 25 years earning his well-deserved reputation as the...