David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
The global pandemic has created a unique and challenging back-to-school season. Many parents, guardians and teachers are struggling to balance…
Sometimes we need to be reminded of the basics. During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials have repeated clear messages…
This year, “Earth Overshoot Day” came later than it has in 15 years — on August 22. That’s a mixed…
As part of its COVID-19 response, Canada’s government is spending $1.7 billion to clean up “orphan” and inactive oil and…
Almost every product and material we refer to as “plastic” is made from fossil fuels. Most of it hasn’t been…
The global call for a just, green recovery from COVID-19 will require planning for the short and long term. One…
Many people are calling for a just, green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Investing in natural solutions to climate change,…
As natural environments and geographies shape language, so too does language shape the way we see nature and, subsequently, the…
During and after his 2016 campaign, the current U.S. president promised to make coal great again. He also claimed climate…
Diversity is strength. That’s true in nature and human affairs. But recent painful events have shown society has yet to…
After the 2008 stock and housing market crash plunged the U.S. and world into economic upheaval, governments came to the…
I’m fortunate. This slowdown is giving me time with my grandchildren who are with me, and to think about what…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, cities worldwide have been repurposing streets to create more room for walking and cycling. In some,…
After months of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people just want to get back to “normal.” We will…
A chorus of world leaders has declared we’re all in the same COVID-19 boat. In response, U.K. writer Damian Barr…
The coronavirus spreading COVID-19 around the globe isn’t the first disease microbe suspected to have jumped from other animals to…
As if we didn’t have enough to contend with, now we’re facing a “murder hornet” invasion — but it’s more…
In early 1995, eight grey wolves were transferred from Jasper National Park in Alberta to Yellowstone National Park in the…
Most people just want to ensure that we and our families are safe and healthy during this crisis, and to…
Earth Day was born on April 22, 1970 — 50 years ago. Since then, the human population has more than…
When you pause to reflect on what’s truly essential and meaningful for you to thrive, what comes to mind? Is…
With everything humanity is going through, it’s comforting to come across good news. The best is that people are co-operating…
These are difficult times, especially for people who lack safe shelter, food and other necessities — and for those on…
Despite their crown “social distancing,” many trees communicate with each other through underground fungal networks, or “mycorrhizae.”
Rather, we should consider selective idleness. When it comes to climate activism, for example, we require more, not less.
Under Western legal systems, the concept of “personhood” includes rights, powers, duties and liabilities. In many countries, corporations are recognized as having legal “personhood” and accompanying rights as well
Our book Just Cool It!: The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do features a chapter on climate science history. We include…
Some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and their people are defending their rights to traditional practices, clean air and water and a healthy environment. They say the Coastal GasLink pipeline threatens those rights.
Island Scallops on Vancouver Island has relied on stable ocean conditions since 1989. But CEO Rob Saunders says those started…
If we’re going to tackle the climate crisis, we have to reduce transportation emissions. Good public transit — fast, reliable,…
Climate-wise connectivity looks at a number of strategies for conservation planning amid the climate crisis, as emergent ecosystems appear.
Let’s hope 2020 marks the start of a year and decade when we finally take climate disruption as seriously as…
With easily accessible gas and oil deposits becoming depleted, companies have turned to fracking to extract it from shale formations. This involves drilling deep, often horizontal wells and pumping large amounts of pressurized water, sand and chemicals into them to fracture rock and release gas or oil.
And when bees decline, so do the plants that depend on them for reproduction.
Too many adults become complacent, unwilling to even imagine making sacrifices for their children and grandchildren — even though many changes required to bring emissions and warming under control would confer numerous benefits, from healthier diets to reduced pollution to greater employment and economic opportunities in clean energy.
Most of us rarely think about concrete, but it’s the foundation of modern society — from roads, buildings and bridges…
Energy is inextricably linked to a range of community issues, from health to housing. That was one message that emerged…
In a 1965 speech to members, American Petroleum Institute president Frank Ikard outlined the findings of a report by then-president…
An Angus Reid poll found 58 per cent of Canadians think lack of pipeline capacity is a national crisis. They…
Global warming isn’t a partisan issue — or it shouldn’t be. The many experts issuing dire warnings about the implications…
When faced with conclusive evidence of a major threat to citizens, a true leader would do everything possible to confront…
Errors in a recent ocean warming study illustrate global warming’s complexity. They also show the depths to which climate science…
Canadian climate change opinion is polarized, and research shows the divide is widening. The greatest predictor of people’s outlook is political affiliation. This means people’s climate change perceptions are being increasingly driven by divisive political agendas rather than science and concern for our collective welfare.
Canadian climate change opinion is polarized, and research shows the divide is widening. The greatest predictor of people’s outlook is political…
As the U.S. administration denies or downplays climate science, some more sensible Americans have been rewarded for developing climate solutions.