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Airport security staff may be in charge of vaccine verification for travellers
The federal government is considering asking airport security agents to screen passengers for vaccine passports
With Canadian fossil fuel jobs about to be cut in half, it’s time to talk about a just transition
A new report, released this week, lays out recommendations for governments to address the phaseout of oil, gas and coal, including the need for 56,000 new jobs in alternative sectors.
Countries slow to act on COVID-19 global food crisis
Countries taking part in an annual UN food security meeting have failed to agree on a shared response to widespread hunger and supply chain disruption triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grassroots groups call on Parliament to create just transition act in first 100 days
This week, grassroots organizations across the country are mobilizing to demand community-led just transition legislation within the first 100 days of Parliament as part of a “Climate Code Red” week of action.
Preventing biodiversity collapse critical to COP26 climate goals, say world leaders
At the current UN summit aiming to pull biodiversity back from the brink, global leaders emphasized conserving nature is vital to achieving climate targets set at COP26.
For decades, economists helped Big Oil obstruct climate action
Science historian Benjamin Franta on the role economists played in the fossil fuel industry's decades-long disinformation campaign.
Poll finds most Canadians want a just transition — and not a dollar more for TMX
A new poll from Abacus Data shows Ottawa lagging behind what a majority of Canadians want when it comes to climate action.
On campus, COP26 is far from some Toronto students’ minds
Young climate strikers express a mix of anger and optimism when speaking about environmental politics, but for students not engaged in the climate movement, it’s more like resigned indifference.
Prince William blasts Bezos and Shatner for extravagant space flight
In comments to the BBC aired Thursday, William said the money would be better spent trying to fix problems on earth