climate action

"We're not the problem. We can throw all our car keys in Halifax harbour, turn down the heat, turn off the lights, walk around naked in the dark eating organic beets and it won't make a difference." - Peter MacKay, Conservative Party leadership hopeful, February 2020 as reported by CBC

As a means to address climate change, it’s a complete cop-out.

The oil and gas industry needs to increase efforts to address climate change or risk becoming socially unacceptable and unprofitable, according to a new International Energy Agency report.

Students told corporate firm Paul, Weiss that they refuse to work for a firm that helps corporate polluters block climate action.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney, who previously served as Canada's top central banker, will be taking on a new role as the United Nations' special envoy on climate action and climate finance.

Several environment leaders say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to put action on climate change into the mandate letter of every minister he names to his inner circle.

According to University of Regina researchers, the influence of oil and gas has instilled in Saskatchewan's education system a troubling worldview that doesn't acknowledge the urgency of the climate emergency.

Green Leader Elizabeth May hopes to use whatever influence her three-member caucus has to ensure bolder climate action, a pharmacare plan and a promise of lower cellphone rates make their way into the next throne speech.

The United States government is suing California for signing an emissions-reduction agreement with Quebec, saying the deal amounts to foreign policy that the state had no right to conduct.

While Canada's federal leaders took to the election campaign trail at home, Canadian mayors took to the United Nations to listen, learn and promote best sustainable practices and nature-based solutions in cities.

A children's rights advocate is urging Canada to adopt a United Nations protocol that 16 youths, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, are using to push for climate action.

The New Democrats are seeking to boost momentum in the polls with ambitious promises, while the Liberals are trying to refresh their sullied record with tax cuts.

One of European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen's first acts in office was to task her second-in-command with leading the continent on a path to climate neutrality by 2050.

While we loudly condemn the Maxime Berniers of the world, compassion may be the most appropriate response to its Christopher Caldwells.

We need the voices of the imams, rabbis, bishops, priests and monks in our communities to speak to their congregations of the urgent need to act on behalf of our climate.