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Mail-in ballots will test Americans' faith in the voting system and democracy
Despite living in the information age, where technology and big data are pervasive, the U.S. election is a reminder of how much our world still operates on faith.
California megafires rise exponentially as global heating takes the gloves off
Record temperatures are teaming up with record droughts to turn the Golden State into a tinderbox. Megafires have followed with increasing frequency and size.
Politicians, show us your blueprint to protect our coast
B.C. can work with Indigenous governments on a comprehensive plan to protect the coast at a time when we need it most. We call this "a blueprint for the coast."
Time is running out to save old-growth forests
Protection for big trees must be improved, writes Jens Wieting — we need a change in forest management overall, not just for old-growth trees.
UN sounds the alarm on poverty, food security and COVID-19
The rise of COVID-19 has resulted in an increase in global poverty for the first time in years.
Deferral areas in B.C.’s new old-growth forest plan a good first step, but not enough
The province's new plan for old-growth forest management must also be done in partnership with Indigenous governments, says Jens Wieting.
Are environmentalists turning away from the BC NDP?
Out of the B.C. provincial election may come a greener, younger, more climate-savvy legislative body. It's a long shot, but better than none at all.
What’s in B.C.’s new plan to manage old-growth forests?
The story of the ancient yellow cedar in B.C.'s Dakota Valley illustrates the shortcomings of the province's response.
Pricing in climate risk could be a risk of its own
Investors should be making data-informed decisions, and consistent and reliable climate-related data is imperative to do so. However, Julie Segal writes, based on traditional risk and reward principles, pricing in physical risks imposes a surcharge for those most liable to climate damage.
What good is a single-use plastics ban if it doesn't include water bottles?
The world is now producing half a trillion plastic water bottles every year, and only nine per cent of all plastic ever produced has been recycled.
Bjorn Lomborg’s false comfort
Ahead of your annual Thanksgiving tête-à-tête with your right-wing uncle, Matthew Klippenstein reads Bjorn Lomborg’s 'False Alarm' so you don’t have to.
The most sadistic figure in the Trump administration has the coronavirus. Is it wrong to cheer?
Is it wrong to cheer such terrible luck for possibly the most sadistic figure in the Trump administration? Or for Trump himself, the others in his administration and the GOP senators who have so debased their office in his service?
Time to reimagine the U.S. government
Even though the divided United States is so neatly summed up by the choice between Trump and Biden, the division isn’t simply partisan.
