
On July 6, the world’s average temperature was the hottest ever recorded, at 17.23 C. That beat the previous highs on… July…
On July 6, the world’s average temperature was the hottest ever recorded, at 17.23 C. That beat the previous highs on… July…
If you understand that the climate crisis is a serious challenge and believe governments, industry and society should be doing…
In 1989, I did a radio series for CBC called It’s a Matter of Survival. It examined how humans were altering…
The world is on fire. Sometimes it seems not enough people care. We’re still electing governments that do the bare…
Nine years ago, the David Suzuki Foundation launched the Blue Dot Movement. Its goal was to enshrine the right to a…
In the effort to limit and reverse the worsening impacts of global heating, the immediate goal is to quickly stop…
As the impacts of climate disruption become more frequent and intense, we need a range of solutions. One that’s getting…
Canada’s recent greenhouse gas inventory shows climate policies are working — but we still face major hurdles. On the positive…
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions to keep the world from heating to catastrophic levels is entirely possible and would save money.…
How can a bank for wealthy venture capitalists, tech bros and people such as ultraconservative billionaire Peter Thiel be “woke”? Or…
We can all help bring nature home to our neighbourhoods. This story begins with a plan to crowdsource a network…
People who oppose the transition from polluting, climate-altering fossil fuel energy to cleaner, renewable energy often point to the latter’s…
In many countries — most notably the U.S. — corporations are considered “persons” under law, enjoying many of the same legal rights…
Long-awaited bill to update Canadian Environmental Protection Act faces final MP vote. OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN…
Resolving the climate crisis is a challenge — but not for lack of solutions. What’s needed is political will and…
By now, anyone paying attention knows that burning coal, oil and gas has created a crisis that threatens our survival.…
Cooking with gas has some advantages over cooking on conventional electric stoves, as gas stoves heat and cool instantly. But…
The following is adapted from the prologue to the 25th anniversary edition of The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone…
The human population just reached eight billion! Does it matter? Our numbers have quadrupled in my lifetime — and doubled…
As the 27th UN climate conference of the parties (COP27) wraps up, we can’t lose sight of the biodiversity COP15…
This summer, a Fortis BC booth at a Vancouver farmers market displayed the slogan, “Natural gas is good for your…
Environmental racism or discrimination can take many forms. It can mean building polluting factories or mines next to Indigenous communities, or…
In Canada and many places worldwide, those who pollute the atmosphere must pay. By putting a price on activities that…
Beavers have long been considered nuisances. They knock down trees and block waterways, often flooding areas where humans live and…
Researchers only began to understand the “diel migration” a few decades ago. It’s “the largest routine migration of life on…
Canada offers some of the world’s most generous support for the fossil fuel industry, but industry executives want more. Even as…
Most of us have seen images of sea turtles malformed by plastic six-pack rings, dead birds with stomachs full of…
The lineage of our human species has survived for several million years thanks to a wondrous, interconnected evolution of factors…
Near the end of the film Don’t Look Up, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, astronomer Randall Mindy, turns to the people around him…
The five-day workweek is an anachronistic relic of a time when conditions were far different than today. Back in 1930,…
The fossil fuel industry has employed many strategies over the years to keep money flowing. It’s covered up its own…
Over the decades that I and others have been warning about the consequences of burning coal, oil and gas, we’ve…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment shows the world is unnecessarily headed toward climate catastrophe, and all it would take…
When I was a boy, my father’s biggest threat was not physical punishment, but pulling me out of school. Like…
When bumper-to-bumper traffic chokes roads and SUVs fill urban parking lots, we can’t say we’re taking the climate crisis seriously.…
The longer we put off seriously addressing climate disruption’s causes, the more we’ll have to adapt to unavoidable consequences. Those…
When politicians and fossil-fuelled media seize on a few ill-chosen words I or other environmental advocates blurt out, while ignoring…
When people do things they shouldn’t, they often try to distract attention from their actions. Guardian writer George Monbiot notes that many corporations…
As light slowly returns to the Northern Hemisphere, we anticipate brighter days ahead. It’s a good time to consider the…
According to philosopher-historian Yuval Noah Harari, “Homo sapiens conquered this planet thanks above all to the unique human ability to create and…
The planet and its miraculous nature will go on with or without us. After all, extinction is an essential part…
Most of us believe wild animals such as tigers and wolves shouldn’t be kept in basements or backyards as pets…
Resolving the climate crisis isn’t just about shifting from one technology to another; it’s about shifting our ways of thinking…
What’s the best way to respond to a “code red”? Recent research is testing us on that. The Intergovernmental Panel…