Newfoundland offshore drilling: a case of bending environmental impact rules
Environmental impact assessment of offshore oil-and-gas drilling on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland is being eclipsed by COVID-19 and pipelines
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Politics and COVID-19 make a lethal mix
The U.S. is doing spectacularly badly in the fight against COVID-19, thanks to its capricious and ill-informed president and its patchwork state-by-state approach.
B.C. NDP should abandon LNG pipe dream, create real jobs instead
As we ponder post-pandemic economic and social recovery, pouring tax money into LNG is not the right fork in the road to take.
Réponse économique fédérale à COVID-19: sauvetage pétrolier ou citoyen?
Le gouvernement a maintenant plus de latitude pour augmenter les dettes et les transactions qui pourraient paver la voie à de potentiels sauvetages corporatifs.
World banking giants have pulled out of Arctic drilling. Why are Canadian banks staying silent?
Enacting a policy against Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling would be an easy win for Canada’s banks, yet they are noticeably absent from the list of banks that oppose it.
Is Canada taking COVID-19 seriously enough? It didn't look like it on my plane home.
The Canadian government, at the critical juncture when people are coming home, has the opportunity – and the responsibility – to impress upon travellers the importance of the 14-day quarantine.
COVID-19 recovery must bail out people not corporations.
Parliamentarians must ensure the billions in financial assistance are deployed under the condition that they stabilize the economy, generate employment and that progress is monitored rigorously and transparently.
Reflections on a pandemic: Inconvenience, anxiety and grief during COVID-19
We’ll all be chaperoned by inconvenience, anxiety and grief until the crisis is done. But someday the recovery will come.
We need healthcare allocation policies that put working people first
We can help the people whose work puts them at risk for COVID-19 - not just healthcare workers, but folks who are still going to work everyday as grocery clerks or delivery people - by being especially diligent about social distancing.
265 academics to Trudeau: No bail out for oil and gas in response to COVID-19
265 Canadian academics sign a letter to Trudeau to support an economic recovery plan that encompasses a green transition, not oil and gas
COVID-19 crisis is a tipping point. Will we invest in planetary health, or oil and gas?
Amidst a pandemic, Canada is considering a massive transfer of public funds to support the oil and gas sector — the very industry most likely to cause the next health crisis.
None of us are immune to climate change
COVID-19 serves as a case study in what is required to respond to another crisis: the climate emergency
As US set to become epicentre of COVID-19, Canada must react to new reality
On Saturday, for the first time, the US had more new cases than any other nation, including Italy. It will likely surpass all countries in terms of total cases in the near future.
Global pandemic, what will our legacy be this time?
MP Elizabeth May reflects on working to help Canadians amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and what the pandemic could mean for the climate emergency
Why did the Globe and Mail portray a climate denier as a coronavirus expert?
Who is Lawrence Solomon and why is he talking about coronavirus?
