Opinion

For all the gloss in Wright’s presentation, it doesn’t take much scratching of the surface to reveal the tinfoil underneath. But that doesn't make his message any less dangerous for those who care about climate policy.

The economic concerns of working people are legitimate, but they will not be solved by further investments in a dying industry, which will come at a terrible cost to everyone who faces the fires, floods and storms of our delay.

Pierre Poilievre reportedly has plans to slash the CBC's budget. That would be a disaster for national unity.

Fossil fuel companies continue to actively advocate against adequate climate policy. There are no jobs on a dead planet.

Summer Sharma and three other students started a coffee shop at Okanagan Mission Secondary School, B.C. They raised awareness about the difference collective action can make in achieving social and climate justice, and donated the profits to three charities chosen by their customers.

Almost none of the world’s most powerful leaders will be showing up in Baku — by contrast, more than 1700 fossil fuel lobbyists are mobbing the conference halls, official passes dangling from their necks.

Donald Trump has Canada over a barrel of oil and he knows it. He might not be a deep thinker when it comes to, say, foreign policy, but Trump is a genius at sniffing out weakness on the part of others and then exploiting it without fear or favour.

Too few companies are taking seriously the most pressing animal welfare topic in the food industry today.

Without a significant shift in approach, as the world shifts to green energy we risk perpetuating a legacy of environmental and cultural harm under a new banner of “green colonialism.”

Navigating this moment — Trump, protectionism, changing industries — is going to take some delicacy. And Doug Ford has all the tact of a wrecking ball.

Coal mining exploration on Alberta’s eastern slopes rears its head once again.

When it comes to lying, Poilievre won’t be able to match Trump — if only because that’s not humanly possible. His lies are appropriately Canadian, by comparison: more modest in scale, less adventurous in content.

“How are you coping?” Your answers feel even more on point with Donald Trump headed back to the White House, and you are certainly not alone if you’re feeling dread or even despair this week. I wish you could see my inbox — you would quickly be disabused of the notion that no one wants to talk about it.

Ben Liegey founded BetterTable.ca to help the food service industry reduce waste and save money.

There are a good many people in my home province, who wouldn’t buy into this line of thought for a second. However, Alberta is the powerhouse producer of oil and gas in Canada, and politically deserves its bad rap for thwarting efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.