
Trade and Investment Rules Shouldn’t Undermine Climate Ambition
If world representatives at the UN climate conference in Glasgow put talk into action, we…
If world representatives at the UN climate conference in Glasgow put talk into action, we…
As autumn brings cooler, shorter days, people in Canada will rake, mow and blow leaves…
Would you buy cannabis gummies from me? Apparently, hundreds of people would. Only trouble is,…
Meeting the needs of eight billion people is a serious challenge. Meeting the “wants” of…
Environmentalists working to promote recovery of plants and animals at risk of extinction often face…
Humanity seems to be teetering on the brink. On one hand, we know that rapidly…
Most people try to keep their children and grandchildren safe and wouldn’t knowingly put them…
We recently wrote that the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report contained little we didn’t…
Protecting the air, water, soil, ecosystems and biodiversity that make human life possible shouldn’t be…
There’s little in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report that we didn’t already…
Around the turn of this century, hydrogen was big, especially in B.C. We were testing hydrogen…
During COVID-19 lockdown, people started working and viewing work differently. Many worked from home, and…
It’s easy to think we’re beyond denial over the climate crisis, now that even oil industry…
Considering the language G7 leaders used going into their mid-June summit in Cornwall, U.K., it’s…
The Indigenous “Land Back” movement isn’t new, but it’s gaining increasing public attention and support. In this…
Burning coal, oil and gas is causing the world to heat at an unnaturally rapid…
Oil giant ExxonMobil’s leaders have a long history of doing everything to keep the world from addressing…
One long-held excuse for not getting off oil, gas and coal faster is that energy…
Thirty-three years ago, NASA scientist James Hansen told a U.S. congressional committee the agency was 99 per…
On his first day in office, U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to impose limits on…
Protection and restoration are two sides of the conservation coin — protection for spaces that…
As May brings sunnier weather to Canada, many will mark the season by firing up…
In 1970, to make the world safer from humanity’s worst self-destructive impulses, most nations joined…
As human activity continues to heat the planet and destroy wildlife habitat, plants and animals…
Anyone who’s read the book I wrote with Wayne Grady, Tree: A Life Story, or Peter…
With COVID-19 vaccines becoming more available, we can breathe a small sigh of relief —…
It should be evident that a national government has the authority to set policy regarding…
Photo by Jules Marvin Eguilos on Unsplash We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine our…
We all have to eat. But the ways in which we grow, harvest, process, transport,…
The late urban visionary Jane Jacobs wrote, “Perhaps it will be the city that reawakens our…
H.L. Mencken once wrote that “there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat,…
As vaccines become available and we emerge from COVID-19’s shadow, we must hang onto insights…
Everything we need to survive — food, water, air, shelter — comes from nature, of…
Rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions is critical to avoiding increasing climate change impacts. Doing so…
I was once at the cutting edge of genetics research. The textbook I co-authored was the most…
There’s truth to the saying, “Think globally, act locally.” To resolve a planetary crisis like…
That anyone today could deny the overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence for human-caused climate disruption is…
Another year, another record. Even with a global seven per cent drop in fossil fuel…
As was demonstrated in the U.S. last week, many who are motivated by fear and…
The following is adapted from The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone Books), a book…
This is our last column for 2020. What a year it’s been! As if things…
In Canada, we’re quick to favourably compare ourselves to our southern neighbours. COVID-19 caseloads may…
Throughout Canada and around the world, the second wave of COVID-19 is hitting hard. Over…
Recently I’ve been thinking about what a low-carbon life might actually look like. We would…
What we refer to as “plastic” hasn’t been around for long. But its usefulness has…