climate crisis

Winning awards is usually considered a good thing. There are, however, various tongue-in-cheek honours that are more about mocking their recipients than celebrating their work.

Columnist Barry Saxifrage breaks down how much it costs right now to power a car with gasoline versus electricity in cities across Canada.

They say that carbon capture and storage has the potential to make a big dent in cutting pollution, while creating sustainable jobs and economic growth across the country.

Journalist-playwright Alanna Mitchell says the time is now to focus on ways to save the Earth’s oceans.

Research shows that governments and individuals making small changes can have a huge impact in reducing emissions

Journalist Jesse Winter ventured out with a thermometer during a heat wave last summer. The temperature differences between wealthy and poor neighbourhoods were staggering.

British Columbia's valuable carbon sink is gone. Its forests are hemorrhaging CO2. And the wood harvested from the province is now adding fuel to our climate crisis.

Ditching fossil fuels is a key part of tackling climate change and keeping our planet fit for human life, but Bay Street and Big Oil are standing in the way. Here's everything you need to know.

When we say net-zero, we should truly mean net-zero, writes Ross Belot.

Makadunyiswe Ngulube is studying how natural plants can soften the devastating effects of sea level rise.

Can our assumptions about economic growth and our attachment to the systems that drive it be adapted, and where necessary, dismantled and replaced to prevent our multiple crises from worsening?

Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies offer a window into how a form of money is created and how it acquires value.

The International Energy Agency has clearly stated that no new sources of fossil fuels can be developed if humanity wants to keep the climate crisis within the guardrails set in the global Paris Agreement. The oil industry in Canada, however, shows no sign it plans to do what's needed voluntarily.

Gurleen Aujla, as one of the leaders with SFU350, helped draw the attention of Simon Fraser University's board of governors to the substandard working conditions of its contracted janitors and cooks.

Francine Pauvif is protecting animals by bringing young voices to decision-making about biodiversity.