Levelling the Energy Playing Field is a Climate Necessity
Too many people are consuming more than Earth’s systems can replenish. But while population growth…
Browsing: Climate Change
Don’t Buy Big Oil’s lies. Scorching Climate Records Call For Real Solutions
On July 6, the world’s average temperature was the hottest ever recorded, at 17.23 C. That…
There’s No Time Left to Waste in Addressing the Climate Crisis
In 1989, I did a radio series for CBC called It’s a Matter of Survival. It…
About Robert Hunter, Canadian Environmentalist
Photo Credit: Bob Hunter.org Robert Lorne Hunter was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author, and politician…
Tell the Canadian Government to Protect Baby Seals
Urge the Canadian government to end the commercial seal hunt and issue emergency directives to…
Ecojustice Celebrates House of Commons Passing Bill C-226 to Tackle Environmental Racism
Earth Month is here and with it a whole bunch of exciting stuff is happening…
Posidonia Oceanica in the Mediterranean Sea – The Importance of the Seagrass in Fighting the Climate Change
Human activities affect the Ocean in different ways, the same Ocean that provides us goods…
New Funding Could Put North East On The Map As Climate Leader
A South Tyneside Council-led project aims to strengthen North Eastern coastlines and communities in the…
Should We Be Worried About Eight Billion People?
The human population just reached eight billion! Does it matter? Our numbers have quadrupled in…
It’s Time to Extinguish Oil and Gas Industry “Gaslighting”
This summer, a Fortis BC booth at a Vancouver farmers market displayed the slogan, “Natural…
Everything Matters in an Interconnected World
Researchers only began to understand the “diel migration” a few decades ago. It’s “the largest…
We Can’t Look Away From Our Overheating World
Near the end of the film Don’t Look Up, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, astronomer Randall Mindy, turns…
Riverhurst Ferry in Saskatchewan Shut Down
The Riverhurst Ferry, which transports vehicles across the South Saskatchewan River northwest of Moose Jaw,…
New Climate Report Shows Urgent Need to Adapt and Change
The longer we put off seriously addressing climate disruption’s causes, the more we’ll have to…
Young People Could Make Canadian Legal History in 2022
Over the past year, we’ve become increasingly aware of the disastrous impacts of climate change…
Donor Celebration – Cards for Charities
It’s truly heartwarming to hear stories of young people taking action to protect and restore our oceans. Jeremy Lynch, an 11-year-old from British Columbia, and his Cards…
Online Event: Jill Heinerth – The Science of Cave Diving
Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker Jill Heinerth shares stories from her…
IPCC Report Could be a Legal Game-Changer for Climate
We recently wrote that the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report contained little we didn’t…
Climate Report Shows World Pushed to the Brink by Fossil Fuels
There’s little in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report that we didn’t already…
Leading Thinkers Call for Fossil Fuel Halt
In 1970, to make the world safer from humanity’s worst self-destructive impulses, most nations joined…
Dive In With Sylvia and Liz, featuring John Englander
John Englander joins Dive In with Liz and Sylvia. John is a sea-level rise and…
Seaspiracy, a Netflix Film About Widespread Environmental Destruction
“Can you turn off the cameras” Seaspiracy by Netflix investigates the global fishing industry, debating…
Clearing the Air on Fossil Fuel Pollution
Rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions is critical to avoiding increasing climate change impacts. Doing so…
Local Acts Can Build Global Impacts
There’s truth to the saying, “Think globally, act locally.” To resolve a planetary crisis like…
Net Zero offers Affordable Path to Climate Stability
Another year, another record. Even with a global seven per cent drop in fossil fuel…
Friends of the Ocean and Climate Presents, Ocean-Climate Ambition Summit
Marking the momentum on ocean climate action and setting the agenda for progress at COP26.…
Rediscovering our place in nature
The following is adapted from The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone Books), a book…
Climate Action Day – A Free Webinar This November
This project aims to change students’ behavior and societies’ mindset concerning climate change and environmental…
“Under Thin Ice” Wins Major Award
“Under Thin Ice”, the documentary from explorers, Jill Heinerth and Mario Cyr, has won a…
Reflections from an elder in isolation
I’m fortunate. This slowdown is giving me time with my grandchildren who are with me,…
‘Climate Aware’ Diverse Travel introduces new carbon offsetting scheme
UK Specialist Dive Tour Operator Diverse Travel is now a ‘Climate Aware’ company, partnering with…
If corporations have legal rights, why not rivers?
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
Conservation and climate action go together
Climate-wise connectivity looks at a number of strategies for conservation planning amid the climate crisis, as emergent ecosystems appear.
A 2020 vision for climate action
Let’s hope 2020 marks the start of a year and decade when we finally take…
As fracking booms, report finds we know little about impacts
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.
April Fools: Ontario’s climate policy is a scary joke
Ecojustice will see the Ford government in court today, April 1, for its gutting of Ontario’s cap and trade program in July 2018 with no public consultation.
Children should be seen and heard
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.
Decades of denial and stalling have created a climate crunch
In a 1965 speech to members, American Petroleum Institute president Frank Ikard outlined the findings…
Political climate is heating up
Global warming isn’t a partisan issue — or it shouldn’t be. The many experts issuing…
Politicians who deny reality aren’t fit to lead
When faced with conclusive evidence of a major threat to citizens, a true leader would…
Tackling climate change requires healing the divide
Canadian climate change opinion is polarized, and research shows the divide is widening. The greatest predictor…
Economists’ Nobel puts spotlight on climate solutions
As the U.S. administration denies or downplays climate science, some more sensible Americans have been rewarded for developing climate solutions. Economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer recently won the Nobel
World’s top scientists confirm that it is 100% possible to keep warming below 1.5°C
WWF-New Zealand says that today’s new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the…
We’re taking Premier Ford to court
UPDATE 09/12/2018: Hours after we filed the lawsuit, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks…
We can’t hide from global warming’s consequences
Over the past few months, heat records have broken worldwide. In early July, the temperature in Ouargla, Algeria, reached 51.3 C, the highest ever recorded in Africa! Temperatures in the eastern and southwestern United States and southeastern Canada have also hit record highs. In Montreal, people sweltered under temperatures of 36.6 C, the highest ever recorded there, as well as record-breaking extreme midnight heat and humidity, an unpleasant experience shared by people in Ottawa. Dozens of people have died from heat-related causes in Quebec alone.