Conservatives already have a climate plan
The usual suspects are always asking where the right’s climate plan is, and seem to think a carbon tax is the only answer to our environmental issues.
New ‘post-partisan’ task force says Canada’s housing goal can’t compromise its emissions targets
Co-chairs Lisa Raitt and Don Iveson say ‘partisan bickering’ doesn’t honour the complexity of addressing Canada’s ‘twin crises.’
We must speak for the land and for the generations yet to come
The biggest threats to human health are climate change and biodiversity loss. Canadian medical schools are embedding planetary health into their curricula.
Ontario government locking in long-term dependence on gas plants despite federal clean electricity timelines
The province’s energy plan does not set a timeline for phasing out fossil fuels from its electricity grid, says one environmental advocate.
The impact of the climate crisis on women
Efforts to reduce gendered fallout of climate change need to happen alongside investments in cleaner fuels, greener transportation, and carbon removal systems.
Don’t underestimate ravages of climate crisis when storing nuclear waste: Meg Sears
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission should heed Mother Nature’s warning and deny the present proposal. In today’s weather, much less the future, the commission is unlikely to meet its goal to keep nuclear waste secure for hundreds of years.
In France, a culinary counteroffensive represents the meat industry’s decline
Stand by for Big Meat to launch a long, slanderous campaign against plant-based protein and its rival, ‘farm-free’ food, based on protein produced by ‘precision fermentation.’
Canada should stand with farmers at COP28
Agriculture is commonly accused of contributing 11 per cent of CO2 emissions, but not all agriculture is created equal.
Tories’ ‘axe the tax’ messaging ignores success of B.C. policy and misunderstands ‘basics of climate change,’ says NDP critic Cannings
Though it’s likely in the Conservatives’ best interest to have a strong climate plan ahead of the next election, Clean Prosperity’s Michael Bernstein says that doesn’t necessarily mean supporting a carbon price.
Cast a critical eye to attempts to link fossil fuel expansion to Indigenous well-being
Some Indigenous people with previous grassroots legitimacy have become unwitting spokespersons for the extractive economy, contrary to their peoples’ responsibilities to the lands, waters, and the future.
