To hit our climate goals, automakers have to clean up their act
Car corporations want to slow the switch to electric cars so they can continue profiting from pollution.
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Farming with nature
Corporations controlling the food system are as powerful as fossil fuel industries and deeply linked to them, writes Harriet Friedmann.
Want to jump the queue for a mid-size electric vehicle? Get ready to pay big time
When it comes to electric vehicles, the array of options normally available to Canadians is scant, and there is nothing to do but wait, writes managing editor Adrienne Tanner.
Sustainable development goals can transform mid-sized cities
With mid-sized cities such as Guelph, Ont., in the throes of social and economic transformation, they are ideal locations for local SDGs, global blueprints for clear targets related to human health and the environment.
Canada is not broken — but Pierre Poilievre’s approach is
Whether it’s inflation, rising gasoline prices (which have since plummeted) or Canada’s precarious housing market, Pierre Poilievre lays the blame entirely at the feet of Justin Trudeau, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Ben Feagin sets the table for food security in northern Ontario
As founder and CEO of AgriTech North, Ben Feagin is bringing fresh produce and food security to northern Ontario.
At COP15, Indigenous territories can save life on Earth — if there is political will
Negotiators from around the world have spent their days and nights holed up in the confines of Montreal’s Palais de congrès mulling over legal text with a fine tooth comb that could make or break the future of our planet.
Aboriginal rights are biodiversity rights
With many nations already on board, 30 by 30 might be one of the few successes coming out of COP15. If so, time will prove it a pyrrhic victory.
Nuclear fusion breakthrough should be a wakeup call for Alberta
Nuclear fusion may still be decades away, but the global energy transition away from fossil fuels is only going to pick up speed in the months and years to come, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
African and Indigenous women voices essential for climate action
Rather than prioritize their knowledge and expertise, climate COP negotiators sideline African and Indigenous women who disproportionately feel the brunt of the climate crisis.
Sikh practice sets a path for community-led climate action
Like many others, I’ve been drawn to community service through direct aid as a way to feel like I am tangibly contributing, writes Anjali Appadurai.
Parents want urgent action to protect nature at COP15
Parents like me from across the country are calling on our elected representatives to be bold, practical and visionary at COP15.
Forest protection should be a high priority at COP15
More than 80 years after Ernest Callaway Manning warned "over-cutting" was "creating barren lands", the forestry industry has plundered the majority of the most valued old-growth forests in B.C.
Keep it up, Poilievre, and you’ll deliver Trudeau a fourth term
The CPC’s poor showing is all the more striking in light of the current political environment, one that’s dominated by inflation, rising interest rates, and other economic dynamics that should hurt the incumbent party.
Greedflation and Justinflation
Greedflation, justinflation, even shrinkflation are the newest terms to describe what we have all been going through financially for the past two years. And on top of this we have rising interest rates. Is there anything that can be done to ease the pressure?