ExxonMobil ranks dead last on environmental racism scorecard
ExxonMobil and other oil companies got negative scores for polluting non-white communities.
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Annamie Paul wants voters to back a ‘green rush’ to climate action
Canada’s National Observer asked federal Green Party Leader Annamie Paul about hot-button issues in the upcoming election, and what Canada needs to focus on to tackle the climate crisis.
Jagmeet Singh promises to kill fossil fuel subsidies
If elected, the federal NDP would identify fossil fuel subsidies, eliminate them “once and for all,” and spend the money on the renewable energy sector, Leader Jagmeet Singh said on the campaign trail Monday morning.
Insurance industry looks to limit fossil fuel exposure as the climate threat grows
With global climate change threatening to wreak havoc on their industry, insurance companies are increasingly looking to limit their exposure to the fossil fuel sector.
Climate change has already done irreversible damage. Don’t make it worse
What should we demand from our leaders and political parties during the federal election? Support for the Paris Agreement on climate change and the upcoming international meeting on climate change in Glasgow and followup meetings, writes Joel Burcat.
Yellowknife banks on a controversial climate solution
Often falsely touted as being carbon-neutral, biomass boilers are only good for the environment under very specific circumstances.
Minnesota asks federal court to block Line 3 tribal lawsuit
The lawsuit, which was filed two weeks ago in the White Earth Band's tribal court, is the first “rights of nature” enforcement case brought in a U.S. tribal court and the second such case to be filed in any U.S. court.
Trudeau’s most dangerous challenger
Jagmeet Singh’s NDP is particularly popular among younger voters, the same demographic that helped propel the Trudeau Liberals to their first majority in 2015, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Pressure mounts on Biden to yank Line 3 pipeline permits
More than two dozen Democrats in Congress are demanding the White House pause construction on the oil project and carry out new environmental studies.
Climate action is front and centre this election — and Conservatives are barely catching up
To their credit, Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives have stopped pretending climate change isn’t a real issue, but you can forgive Canadians for not taking them seriously on the matter just yet, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
We need this election to be all about climate
While I didn’t want this election, I think we need it, writes Cameron Fenton, Canada team lead with 350.org.
Election 2021: Your last-minute guide to where the parties stand on climate action
Climate change will almost certainly be top of mind in the upcoming election after a summer of intense heat waves has left apartment dwellers roasting with no relief and wildfires are sweeping through Ontario and B.C.’s rural communities.
Tall buildings: A boon for housing, a bane for the climate crisis
The latest UN climate report pinpoints the biggest culprit behind overheated cities.
The asbestos industry is fanning the flames of resentment. We must make them stop
The asbestos lobby uses the same tactic as the Alberta oil industry — vilifying its opponents as enemies secretly working for foreign interests who wish to destroy the livelihoods of local communities, writes former director of the BC Human Rights Commission Kathleen Ruff.
Young people are helping set the agenda for Glasgow’s COP26 meeting
Fergus Linley-Mota, a 23-year-old recent Simon Fraser University graduate, hosted a global dialogue with major climate leaders about the role of cities in finding climate solutions.