Jason Kenney blackmailing Canada won't solve climate crisis
Support for the Teck Frontier project symbolises the laissez-faire attitude of the government of Alberta that has allowed GHG emissions to soar without restraint.
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Why Canada must not approve Teck Frontier mine
Imagining what Canada will look like in 30 years if we refuse to untether ourselves from a fossil fuel expansion agenda
246 academics call on government to act now to avoid global collapse
246 academics call for the Canadian government to take radical action in addressing the climate emergency and for Canadian universities to divest funds from the fossil fuel industry
Canada falling short in fossil fuel divestment
While governments around the world are part of the growing fossil fuel divestment momentum Canadian financial institutions and governments are still betting on fossil fuels.
Kobe Bryant, an LA Story
Was it too much to ask that the family make it through just one day of unimaginable grief without someone dredging that up? In 2020, yes it was.
Settler nations have failed as stewards of the land
Global-warming-induced crises like the fires in Australia will hopefully trigger a long-overdue change in consciousness.
Harper's draconian laws and the Quebec mosque shooter's appeal
Stephen Harper’s tough-on-crime laws have plunged sentencing into a legal quagmire that is playing out in the courts today.
Raffi asks fans to make a vow
I feel I must speak out for the sake of my beloved fans, the “beluga grads” and their kids, on the climate emergency we all face.
Canada’s high-stakes herring fishery gamble
Fisheries and Oceans needs to take an ecosystem-based approach to herring fishery management and reduce the focus on maximizing harvests.
RCMP, let journalists witness Unist'ot'en Camp
Members of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation have fought for many years to keep three pipelines from running through their land in northern B.C. At stake, the protesters say, is their way of life, their culture and their system of governance which was recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada in the landmark Delgamuukw decision in 1997.
WWII tactics could be key to combating today’s climate crisis
It is important in times of crisis to look to history for solutions. The model of Second World War mobilization in Canada demonstrates the incredible capacity of people and society to change rapidly, to adapt and plan and to successfully navigate and survive crises.
Australia, your country is burning – dangerous climate change is here with you now
I am a climate scientist on holiday in the Blue Mountains, watching climate change in action
Alberta's $30-million bonfire
In place of the elite, nimble fact-checking bureau Premier Jason Kenney had promised for Alberta’s oil and gas sector, the war room appears instead to be building the media equivalent of a roaring $30-million bonfire of government money in front of the legislature.
Latin American environmentalists face looming threats of violence
Foreign mining and energy companies that invest in the region have a responsibility to help safeguard local activists.
