Opinion

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Lagging at the polls, the Liberals must make a statement with today's budget.

The federal government should include a windfall tax when it delivers its budget today and use those funds to increase government climate action. 

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.

Climate activism can be a valid, even vital, coping strategy. But young people also say when they rush into action and find climate movements are not all structured for healing, they experience burnout and dejection.

Joshua Ralph honours the lives of invasive plants. The Vancouver-based artist, 25, hosts workshops teaching participants to make art supplies from plants removed in the work of restoring and rewilding.