Bowker Creek is easy to overlook precisely because so much of it is hidden. Beneath roads, beside schools and through neighbourhood parks, it connects Saanich, Victoria and Oak Bay. Its watershed cove...

“Don’t split the vote.” It is an argument that can sound practical, even responsible. But too often, beneath it lies a much less inspiring message: vote for us, otherwise you will get them. What disap...

Six days into this campaign, I want to begin with a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has signed my nomination papers. The support has been quite overwhelming, and I am deeply grateful. It would be ...

It’s been quite a week. Seventy-two hours after the writ was dropped, I find myself somewhere I hadn’t expected to be: getting a provincial election campaign off the ground while helping my wife, Jord...

I can still remember how frightened I was. My mother had taken me and a few friends to the Oak Bay Theatre to see Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey to celebrate my seventh birthday. The theatre ...

Saanich needs homes that people can afford, and approval processes that allow good projects to proceed promptly. We need to make room for young families, people who rent and older residents who want to downsize within their communities. Meeting those needs will require change, and an open conversation about how our neighbourhoods can welcome more

Scientific Reports - Mitigating anthropogenic climate change with aqueous green energy

I've completed Chapter 8 of my book: A Climate For Hope. This chapter, and song, are both entitled Not the Crown.

I've completed Chapter 7 of my book: A Climate For Hope. This chapter, and song, are both entitled The Building a Beachhead. I've completed Chapter 7 of my book: A Climate For Hope. This chapter, and song, are both entitled The Building a Beachhead.

St. Francis of Assisi has been following me for most of my life, although for years I didn’t recognize the pattern. St. Francis of Assisi has been following me for most of my life, although for years I didn’t recognize the pattern.

I’m well into writing a book, entitled A Climate for Hope, about science, politics, faith and the choices we make. I’ve enjoyed writing lyrics for a song that I will associate with each chapter. I’ve ...

I’m well into writing a book, entitled A Climate for Hope, about science, politics, faith and the choices we make. I’ve enjoyed writing lyrics for a song that I will associate with each chapter. I’ve ...

I’m well into writing a book, entitled A Climate for Hope, about science, politics, faith and the choices we make. I’ve enjoyed writing lyrics for a song that I will associate with each chapter. I’ve ...

Wildfire smoke does not carry a passport. Canada cannot thin, log, rake or prescribe-burn its way out of a planetary crisis.

Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have undertaken to measure gases, glaciers, clouds and more.

AbstractAs atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels continue to rise, increasing attention is focussed mitigation techniques that could enhance the natural draw down of CO2. One such mitigative interve...

After a lack of funding, the School-Based Weather Station Network is coming to an end across Greater Victoria.

It's been more than twenty years since I installed the first school-based weather station at Strawberry Vale Elementary on March 11, 2005. Now, the project is at a critical juncture. Do I shut it down, or do I try to reinvigorate it? Decision day is September 30, 2025.

It's time to change the conversation about the economy and climate change

This post was written by my father, John Weaver, and originally published on March 22, 2016 on his blog: beorminga.wordpress.com. I am preserving them on my website as his blog posts are remarkable in...

The Geothermal Energy and Geofluids (GEG) Group is a renowned research unit in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich investigating a wide range of subsurface mass and energy…

Mark Carney was just elected to lead the Liberals into the forthcoming Canadian federal election. This election is turning out to be one of the most important in Canadian history.

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Machine Learning for Actionable Climate Science will be held in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Apply today to reserve your spot.

Vaughn Palmer: Proposed law would give unprecedented power to Premier David Eby in the name of fighting Trump tariffs

The Regime’s Big Talk Indicates that the Decision Has Been Made; They Just Don’t Know How or When.

BC Conservative Leader John Rustad said MLA Dallas Brodie was expelled for her "decision to publicly mock and belittle testimony from former residential school students."

The US withdrawal from the World Health Organization formally takes one year, but the country has already stopped sharing influenza surveillance with the international body, which could impact the eff...

Carbon Brief explores how China has been driving the energy storage sector forwards and how it fits into the nation’s wider energy transition.

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