Could Saskatchewan Town Use the ‘Necessity Defence’ Against Federal Climate Laws to Keep Its Coal Mine Running?

Commentary Alan Jones has fans and haters. The Australian pundit boldly rejects the prevalent climate narrative and his video that talks about “economic suicide” is getting lots of attention on social media. Regardless, Jones lays out some straight facts in the climate debate: carbon dioxide is 0.04 percent of the air; human beings create 3 percent of carbon dioxide; of that 3 percent, Australia creates 1.3 percent. A spiral of tiny into even smaller yet. Jones, and a growing list of others, denounce how national economies have been turned upside down based on what they claim is  absurd insignificance. “It’s like saying a bridge is dirty because of single grain of sugar,” Jones remarks. Call it spaced out or spot on, Jones throws sharp criticism in an era that doesn’t like these questions....