Canada offers some of the world’s most generous support for the fossil fuel industry, but industry…
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Most of us have seen images of sea turtles malformed by plastic six-pack rings, dead…
The lineage of our human species has survived for several million years thanks to a…
Near the end of the film Don’t Look Up, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, astronomer Randall Mindy, turns…
The five-day workweek is an anachronistic relic of a time when conditions were far different…
The fossil fuel industry has employed many strategies over the years to keep money flowing.…
Over the decades that I and others have been warning about the consequences of burning…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment shows the world is unnecessarily headed toward climate catastrophe,…
When I was a boy, my father’s biggest threat was not physical punishment, but pulling…
When bumper-to-bumper traffic chokes roads and SUVs fill urban parking lots, we can’t say we’re…
The longer we put off seriously addressing climate disruption’s causes, the more we’ll have to…
When politicians and fossil-fuelled media seize on a few ill-chosen words I or other environmental…
When people do things they shouldn’t, they often try to distract attention from their actions. Guardian writer…
As light slowly returns to the Northern Hemisphere, we anticipate brighter days ahead. It’s a…
According to philosopher-historian Yuval Noah Harari, “Homo sapiens conquered this planet thanks above all to the unique…
The planet and its miraculous nature will go on with or without us. After all,…
Most of us believe wild animals such as tigers and wolves shouldn’t be kept in…
Resolving the climate crisis isn’t just about shifting from one technology to another; it’s about…
What’s the best way to respond to a “code red”? Recent research is testing us…
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 —…