Is this any way to run a country?
Amid the urgent need to do something about the catastrophe of climate change, Canadians on the right continue to undermine the required national co-operation.
Supreme Court’s Impact Assessment Act ruling not a repudiation of federal power over climate protection, MPs and experts say, but urgent fix needed for law
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the government ‘wants to ensure clarity and certainty for investment in projects this country needs,’ with Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson saying the Supreme Court’s concerns can be dealt with ‘in a relatively surgical way.’
Dogmatism an existential threat to Liberals’ political fortunes in Atlantic Canada, say pollsters
While the growing public warnings from within the federal Liberal caucus and at the provincial level over climate policies have so far remained polite, Abacus Data’s Tim Powers says they may not remain so the longer they are ignored.
Best pathway for clean electricity is to leave fossil fuels behind
As climate impacts intensify, and clean electricity solutions are lying in wait, the federal government has a choice: to lock in benefits for communities or lock in profits for the fossil fuel executives.
Senate sizes up annual carbon footprint in bid for 2030 net-zero goal
Travel and commuting made up roughly 35 per cent of the Senate’s total emissions for 2022-23, while building-related emissions accounted for 56.4 per cent.
The climate emergency is a public health crisis
We need a strong health-centred approach in the federal government’s efforts to mitigate and adapt to global heating.
Waking up: Australia and the El Niño
Watch what happens in Australia this summer, and then what happens in the Northern Hemisphere next year.
Environmental racism bill would give federal government more oversight over oilsands tailings leaks, say supporters
Indigenous leaders and environmental advocates say the Alberta Energy Regulator is dodging responsibility for a major tailings pond leak at an Imperial Oil facility in northern Alberta.
Climate crisis inaction isn’t worth the cost
The impact of warming on today’s financial architecture could make the 2008 financial collapse look like child’s play.
Jane Goodall Act: are good intentions good enough?
In its effort to phase out bad zoos, the legislation threatens to sweep up some of Canada’s great accredited zoos in the process.
