Opinion

The link between human rights, human health and an unhealthy planet is clear to us as physicians. The federal government must also make these connections.

Micro and nanoplastics are implicated in health deficits and disorders, including heart attacks and Parkinson’s disease.

Young voters are mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore. Those trying to pander to them — or worse, using them as stalking horses for their own priorities — would do well to remember that.

Recycling alone will not eliminate plastic waste. We must trace the life cycle of plastics to create a circular plastics economy. 

According to researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the climate crisis will cause $38 trillion in annual losses to the global economy by 2049.

Plastic pollution in the ocean has multiplied tenfold since 1980.

Charlotte Taylor tells hopeful stories about the real impacts of climate change. The University of British Columbia student has been selected for a Climate Storytelling Fellowship as part of UBC’s 2024 Communicating Climate Hope conference.

Today, as another existential and civilizational threat barrels down upon us, what would Conservative leadership look and sound like? Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is a far different beast than your grandparents’ Conservatives, and Poilievre is no Winston Churchill.

Rather than complex schemes to catch carbon in agricultural soil after it is released, do not release it.

We keep hearing that Canada "is broken" — and now, that it "needs to be gutted and rebuilt from the ground up." But from climate change to health care and housing, our challenges require more Ottawa, not less. It's time for Justin Trudeau to say as much.

Studies we reviewed of people living near fracking sites revealed harmful effects, including impaired fetal growth, premature birth and congenital malformations.

The Cold War shows that environmental sustainability, like peace, cannot be achieved solely by focusing on technology.

The bottom line is the care and wellbeing of animals are at the heart of what we do.

Housing affordability is the issue, and solving it also solves inflation.

Danielle Smith's government has decided to smother every aspect of Ottawa's relationship with her province in red tape and gatekeeping, including the funding of individual post-secondary research grants. And you thought Jason Kenney was bad.