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26/11/23
Author: 
Amanda Stephenson
A flare stack lights the sky from the Imperial Oil refinery in Edmonton on Dec. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

“This (IEA) report is a stunning rebuke to all the Canadian oil executives and politicians claiming that they can simply slap on some government-funded carbon capture and continue with business as usual in a world rapidly weaning itself off of oil and gas," said Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist for Greenpeace Canada, in an email Thursday.

Nov. 23, 2023

26/11/23
Author: 
Rashid Khalidi
PALESTINIANS TAKE CONTROL OF AN ISRAELI TANK AFTER CROSSING THE BORDER FENCE WITH ISRAEL FROM KHAN YUNIS IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP ON OCTOBER 7, 2023. (PHOTO: STRINGER/ APA IMAGES)

Nov. 18, 2023

Since October 7, there have been five elements that indicate we may be seeing a paradigm shift in the hundred years' war waged against the Palestinian people.

Editor’s Note: The following is based on a talk Rashid Khalidi delivered on November 16, 2023, at Columbia University.

22/11/23
Author: 
Justin Podur - THE ANTI EMPIRE PROJECT
Elbit Systems

Nov. 22, 2023

In my last article I looked at the material flows of the military-industrial complex with a focus on aluminum and Canada’s status as a major aluminum exporter for the Western military industrial complex despite Canada not having bauxite.

22/11/23
Author: 
Crawford Kilian
‘The good old days are gone forever,’ writes Crawford Kilian, and we need a new approach to the climate crisis. Photo for The Tyee by Joshua Berson.

Nov. 22, 2023

Why a carbon tax won’t save us, and what’s next.

21/11/23
Author: 
Zack Budryk
A person walks along a trail as the sun sets, Sunday, July 16, 2023, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Nov. 20, 2023

The world is on track to reach nearly 3 degrees Celsius of warming this century, double the United Nations’s threshold, even if developed nations meet their current emissions pledges, according to a report the U.N. issued Monday.

19/11/23
Author: 
Chris Pollon
Chris Pollon is dwarfed by the EV version of the Ford F-150 Lightning, which is not only big — it's heavy. Photo submitted

Nov. 17, 2023

North Americans love driving SUVs and big pickup trucks as passenger vehicles — a trend expected to continue as drivers replace their fossil-fuel rides with electrics. But is it possible to drive a big electric truck and be green at the same time?

In early November, I arranged to test drive a Ford F-150 Lightning — the EV version of North America’s bestselling pickup. Not because I need a truck, but to better understand the real cost of this behemoth on the world.

18/11/23
Author: 
Rosie Frost
Dust over city

Nov. 15, 2023

‘Unpredictable and dangerous': What is human activity doing to sand and dust storms?

The world is losing 1 million square kilometres of productive land a year to sand and dust storms, the UN body in charge of fighting desertification has warned today.

The world is losing 1 million square kilometres of productive land a year to sand and dust storms, the UN body in charge of fighting desertification has warned today.

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