Barbara Kingsolver on climate change: ‘Words are what I have to offer’
The novelist explains why she wrote a pledge for the American Climate Corps.
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Guilbeault suspends Rouge urban park assessment after Ford's Greenbelt decision
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected today to stop a study of the Rouge National Urban Park that was launched after Ontario Premier Doug Ford opened nearby protected lands to development.
More species are at risk than ever in Canada. Who will save them?
The monarch butterfly is just the latest to be added to a growing group of wild species found in Canada that are at risk of disappearing forever.
How home gardeners can help the monarch butterfly survive
The migrating monarch butterfly was added last week to the “red list” of threatened species and categorized as “endangered” for the first time by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Monarch butterflies land on international endangered list
“It’s just a devastating decline,” said Stuart Pimm, an ecologist at Duke University who was not involved in the new listing. “This is one of the most recognizable butterflies in the world.”
Goodbye, bug splatter: is this the new silent spring?
We should savour the joys of these captivating critters while we can, because their future — and that of insects generally — is uncertain, writes David Suzuki.
