Banff Transition

ScienceNOW: “Thanks to warming temperatures in Colorado, yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) have been getting up earlier from hibernation each year, giving them more time to feed. As a result, they grow about 10% bigger than they used to. That extra weight helps the marmots survive longer, giving each group time to produce an average of 14 more little yellow-bellies a year than did their predecessors.”

 

Post Carbon Institute: “First off, Canada is not now, nor is it ever likely to be, an ‘Energy Superpower’… The Canadian practice of liquidating non-renewable energy resources as fast possible to stoke economic growth is a sell-out to the energy security of future generations.”