Morgan Sharp
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About Morgan Sharp
Morgan Sharp is a non-binary trans journalist who wrote about youth and young people in and around Toronto, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.
She covered a wide range of subject areas over more than three years with National Observer and ten years with the Reuters news agency before that, including general and political news, the environment and sustainability, technology and the companies that sell it, financial markets and economics.
Originally from Melbourne, Australia, they lived and worked in Cairo and London before settling in Toronto.
Ontario NDP bill pushes for public sector climate action
Ontario’s sprawling public sector should be directed to steadily curtail its greenhouse gas emissions until they reach net zero, which would likely take two decades, the Opposition New Democrats say in draft legislation seen by National Observer on Tuesday.
Greta Thunberg and other youth call on Trudeau to ditch fossil fuels
Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and 14 other young people are calling on Canada to block any new oil and gas projects and move quickly to phase out existing production, saying that to do so would blaze a trail that other countries reliant on fossil fuel industries could follow.
Auditor general slams Doug Ford's climate policies
The government's policies are insufficient to meet emission targets and are riddled with errors and omissions, according to the province’s fiscal watchdog.
Does climate change cause flooding? Don't ask Doug Ford's government
A report on the province's recent floods calls on the Ontario government to acknowledge the "impacts of a changing climate." But, in responding to the recommendations, the environment minister focused instead on "fiscal challenges" facing the province.
Youth sue Doug Ford government over climate inaction
The gang of seven are taking their climate protest from the street to the courthouse, arguing that Ford’s weakened climate targets breach their constitutional right to life, liberty and security.
'Beyond disturbing' that Ford government remained silent for a year on massive sewage spill
Doug Ford's Ontario government knew about a massive leak of sewage in Hamilton more than a year ago, and the Opposition NDP wants to know why it didn't think to tell anyone.
Doug Ford ready to talk things over with Justin Trudeau
Ford and his team are looking forward to "rolling up our sleeves, getting our ministers involved and having a real collaborative relationship with them" regarding funding for transit, broadband and other infrastructure projects, the Ontario premier said at Queen's Park on Thursday.
Will Trudeau's new cabinet fast track climate action?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed no sign of dropping his government’s stated commitment to climate action when he unveiled a new cabinet Wednesday. But whether the government will act quickly enough to address the growing climate emergency remains to be seen.
Trudeau expands cabinet
The prime minister unveiled his new cabinet of 37 people at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday. Jonathan Wilkinson is Canada's new environment and climate change minister.
Under Doug Ford's transit plan, delays are counted as savings
The government has a $38-billion transit spending plan over the next five years, but is only allocating $29 billion.