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Analysis of the effects of reduced economic activity during the pandemic revealed that CO2 in the atmosphere was reduced as fossil fuel usage fell during the same period. It then quickly rebounded as economic activity resumed, putting a lie to claims human activity does not affect CO2 levels.
The movement to ban fossil fuel advertising is about saving lives. People in Canada are already dying from fossil fuel pollution, with more deaths to come.
With the extent of climate change to be determined, and the definition of record-breaking fire seasons yet unknown, Ontario still does nothing to inform or protect its forest firefighters from smoke on the front lines.
Canada would benefit from a thoughtful national conversation about whether the "tough on crime" approach preferred by Conservatives actually works to reduce crime. That's not what we're getting from Pierre Poilievre or his various proxies.
Switzerland kicked the hornet’s nest of geoengineering with an official proposal to find a way to shade the Earth at the UN Environment Assembly’s latest gathering in Nairobi.
As co-founder and executive director of Black Eco Bloom, Tyjana Connolly, 25, lifts up Black womxn’s voices, raises awareness about the disproportionate impacts of climate change on Black communities and builds resilience through knowledge-sharing.
While straight-up denying the existence of climate change has declined by a third, videos discrediting climate solutions, like EVs, have more than tripled.
A federal budget that addresses young Canadians’ affordability challenges will likely have to focus on additional pocketbook issues, such as transit and post-secondary education.
The oilsands industry keeps saying it can't proceed with carbon capture and storage projects because of "political uncertainty." What its leaders won't say is the name of the politician who's actually creating it: Pierre Poilievre.