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Can the most-polluting heavy industries decarbonize?
The production of steel, cement, and ammonia together emit about one-fifth of all human-caused CO2. Technologies are emerging that promise to decarbonize these problem industries, but analysts warn big challenges remain before the processes can be cleaned up.
Lorelei Williams says Canadians must believe the dark truth of genocide
Canada’s National Observer spoke with Lorelei Williams, an advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) and their families, ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The shadow of residential schools ‘gets longer and longer’
Homalco Chief Darren Blaney has the tragic distinction of being a third-generation residential school survivor.
Some Quebec nurses reject provincial bonus and call for end of mandatory overtime
Nurses say mandatory overtime rules mean they often work 60 hours a week.
Ontario Liberals say Doug Ford should send more COVID-19 tests to schools
Ontario’s Liberals are calling on the Ford government to send out many more COVID-19 rapid test kits to schools, especially in hard-hit neighbourhoods, as children make up a growing portion of the province's overall case count.
Federal Court dismisses Ottawa's appeals on Indigenous child-welfare rulings
The Federal Court has dismissed Ottawa's attempts to appeal a pair of rulings about providing services and compensation to First Nations children.
Oil will begin to flow Friday through Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline
The pipeline was completed despite opposition from environmental and Indigenous activists who say it violates treaty rights, worsen climate change and heighten the risk of spills.
Why people, not trees, are the key to rewilding success
How do you persuade farmers and the local community to join one of Scotland’s biggest land restoration projects? Call in a psychologist.
No more oil for Canada's second-largest pension fund
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is selling off its oil assets as part of a four-pronged strategy to protect its members’ pensions as the world hurtles into an era of climate breakdown.
Open letter calls on B.C. government to upend its climate plan
Titled “An Urgent Call to the BC Government to Confront the Climate Emergency,” the letter’s signatories include the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Stand.earth, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and other faith, labour, youth, senior and community groups.
VIFF documentary dives into endangered orcas' race for survival
Coextinction, set to premiere in Canada at the Vancouver International Film Festival, shows how the survival of southern resident killer whales is tied to the collapse of wild salmon populations and injustice against Indigenous peoples displaced as environmental stewards.
Judge denies Fairy Creek injunction extension
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has denied a forest company's application to extend an injunction against blockades by people opposed to the logging of old-growth trees in the Fairy Creek area of southern Vancouver Island.
Greta Thunberg's speech at Youth4Climate hits hard at 'empty words and promises'
"Thirty years of blah, blah, blah," Greta Thunberg said in a speech Tuesday. "Net zero by 2025. By 2050! This is all we hear from our leaders. Words that sound great, but so far have led to no action. Our hopes and dreams drowned in their empty words and promises."
Annamie Paul leaves a struggle ‘for the soul’ of the Green Party
Annamie Paul says there’s a fight over the future of the Green Party and she’s not up for any more punches.