Is your asthma inhaler ruining the planet?
“Many patients on these puffers do not even need them,” says Dr. Kimberly Wintemute, a family physician who leads the Toronto Academic Health Science Network.
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Politician-turned-poet Jeremy Loveday hands the mic to young voices
For the past 13 years, this spoken word poet from Victoria, B.C., has mentored hundreds of high school students at the annual Victorious Voices spoken word festival.
Canadians say they can’t wait for government action on biodiversity loss and climate change
Most Canadians say they want provincial and territorial governments to match the federal pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and ocean in Canada by 2030, writes Sandra Schwartz of CPAWS.
Am I helping? A biologist’s search for self-worth in a world on fire
I could never shake the nagging feeling that I was standing on the sidelines, watching idly as ecosystems around me fell like dominoes, writes Auston Chhor.
Devastating tornadoes hit Canada without warning — something has to change
The Northern Tornadoes Project looked at Environment Canada's data and found that 70 per cent of tornadoes between 2019 and 2021 that touched down had no ECCC tornado warning.
Future Majority keeps pressure on Mississauga over green building rules
Young climate activists stressed the need for Mississauga to improve its inadequate and voluntary green measures during this month's election campaign, while councillors told them it's up to developers or the province to fix.
Jacqueline Lee-Tam helps grassroots groups lead the charge for climate justice
As the director of the Climate Justice Organizing Hub, this 24-year-old Montrealer helps thousands of Canadian volunteer climate activists learn from each other.
Storms, floods and fire: Extreme weather forces Canadians to leave home for good
With the release of Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy to come before November’s COP27 in Egypt: talks of climate adaptation, mitigation, and sometimes, retreat.
The trouble with climate targets
Canada does have a particularly poor track record in meeting climate targets, and Liberal governments in Canada tend to wear the “missing targets” badge more than others.
Guelph wins international kudos for food waste and recycling pilot project
This week, the pilot program from Circular Innovation Council received international recognition for diverting 318 tonnes of organic waste and redistributing 16.1 tonnes of edible food valued at $114,854 to local charities.
Vancity credit card will let you measure carbon emissions of your purchases
A first in Canada, the move will allow Vancity Visa customers to see the estimated carbon footprint of everything they purchase using their credit card.
Trudeau touts climate progress, says there's room for more oil and gas production
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is on track to achieve its 2030 climate goal, adding: "We have already seen a bending of the curve of emissions."
Governments fail low-income Canadians hit hardest by high energy costs
Improving energy efficiency for low-income households needs urgent attention because they are excluded from federal policy, write Brendan Haley and Abhilash Kantamneni of Efficiency Canada.
When it comes to fighting fossil fuels, Simon Guiroy wants all hands on deck
Patricia Lane talks to the Montreal-based founder of Arrêtons GNL, a coalition of most student unions in Quebec, about plans to make his movement Canada-wide.
Researchers look to Canada’s oceans to sink planet-warming carbon
A new research initiative is working on a national assessment of the “blue carbon” storage capacity of Canada’s salt marshes, seagrass meadows and kelp forests to fight against climate change.