Young People Aren’t Waiting Around for Climate Action
I greatly admire today’s young people — but I sure don’t envy them. We older…
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Big Oil Secretly Sponsors Anti-Woke Movement
With all the problems in the world, from massive inequality to the climate crisis, you’d…
Most People Want Climate Action. We Need to Speak Up
If you understand that the climate crisis is a serious challenge and believe governments, industry…
How Do We Insure Against Climate Catastrophe?
The world is on fire. Sometimes it seems not enough people care. We’re still electing…
More Than an Energy Shift, We Need a Paradigm Shift
In the effort to limit and reverse the worsening impacts of global heating, the immediate…
Solutions to Climate Crisis Exist, But We Need the Will to Change
Resolving the climate crisis is a challenge — but not for lack of solutions. What’s…
Climate Crisis? Who knew? Turns Out the Oil Industry Did
By now, anyone paying attention knows that burning coal, oil and gas has created a…
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…
Trees Help Cities Tackle Climate Crisis and Inequality
Environmental racism or discrimination can take many forms. It can mean building polluting factories or mines…
Young Ontarians in Court for Historic Charter Climate Case
Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg,…
Everything Matters in an Interconnected World
Researchers only began to understand the “diel migration” a few decades ago. It’s “the largest…
Despite Record Profits and Prices, Oil Industry Greed is a Bottomless Pit
Canada offers some of the world’s most generous support for the fossil fuel industry, but industry…
World Earth Day 2022
Invest in Our Planet, April 22, 2022 “There’s a way to do it better —…
SUVs are Driving Us Toward Climate Calamity
When bumper-to-bumper traffic chokes roads and SUVs fill urban parking lots, we can’t say we’re…
Everything Under the Sun
As light slowly returns to the Northern Hemisphere, we anticipate brighter days ahead. It’s a…
It Will Take More Than Electric Cars to Drive Down Emissions
Resolving the climate crisis isn’t just about shifting from one technology to another; it’s about…
Trade and Investment Rules Shouldn’t Undermine Climate Ambition
If world representatives at the UN climate conference in Glasgow put talk into action, we…
Federal Election Requires Serious Shift on Climate, Justice and Health
Protecting the air, water, soil, ecosystems and biodiversity that make human life possible shouldn’t be…
Steve Allan Paid For Reports by Climate Deniers and Skeptics
Last week, the news emerged that Alberta public inquiry commissioner Steve Allan paid for reports…
U.S. crisis shows need to speak truth to power
As was demonstrated in the U.S. last week, many who are motivated by fear and…
GenClimateAction: How youth-led litigation is making Canadian legal history
After a historic legal victory last month, the young people leading a landmark climate lawsuit…
Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act
We have more climate momentum to celebrate: Last week November 12, 2020 the federal government introduced…
Climate Action Day – A Free Webinar This November
This project aims to change students’ behavior and societies’ mindset concerning climate change and environmental…
Carbon pricing is like handwashing in a pandemic
Sometimes we need to be reminded of the basics. During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health…
Returning to normal after pandemic isn’t good enough
After months of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people just want to get…
Idle some more: a novel climate solution
Rather, we should consider selective idleness. When it comes to climate activism, for example, we require more, not less.
More federal transit money, e-buses could be climate lifesavers
If we’re going to tackle the climate crisis, we have to reduce transportation emissions. Good…
Mobility pricing relieves congestion, helps people breathe easier
By 2002, drivers in London, England, were spending as much as half their commuting time…
Audit exposes Canadian climate failures
Scientists, academics, environmentalists and communicators have urged governments to take the climate crisis seriously for…
On climate, OECD head embraces environmentalism
Angel Gurria sounds like the leader of an environmental or social justice group. In a…