Articles by Subject

'Alternative' energy and less energy

For an Eco-Communist Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism
Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
There's always money for the military. But climate?
The Fight Over Seabed Mining Comes to Vancouver
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Agriculture

A Pro-Climate Society of Care and Connection Against Trump’s Blackmail
Confronting The Climate Emergency - An Urgent Call To The BC Government
Brandi Morin in Ecuador Part 2: Indigenous resistance to a made-in-Canada mine
Growing sustainable food: Canada’s chance to lead
World Bank and IMF — Keeping Pakistan in Shackles
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Alberta

B.C. Premier Eby says he's not opposed to privately backed oil pipeline to north coast
Alberta's Deadly Half-Truths About Oilsands Emissions
Trans Mountain’s financial nightmare offers lessons in the reality of pipelines
AI Demands to Be Fed. We’re All Servers Now
Decarbonized doublespeak
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British Columbia

Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis
Thinking of Joining in Protest? Three Books to Inspire
Memo to Carney and Robertson on Fixing Housing
BC Wants Value-Added Mills. We Discovered a Big Obstacle
Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
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Canada

The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis
CUPE Presser: Reinstate Paramedic Katherine Grzejszczak
Thinking of Joining in Protest? Three Books to Inspire
Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials
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Capitalism

The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
For an Eco-Communist Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism
Canadians' Democratic Planning Would Beat Trump
How Vancouver Is Extra Kind to Land Speculators
'Powerful Actors' Spread Climate Crisis Lies
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Carbon pricing

Budget raises questions among environmentalists, B.C. Greens
A decade after his bombshell speech, Mark Carney is still pushing for a climate fix
Climate Finance and the Limits of Market Fundamentalism
Major B.C. LNG projects won’t have to pay for carbon emissions for 2 years, docs reveal
Hydrogen won’t protect pensions from gas utilities' death spiral
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Climate Change

Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis
Thinking of Joining in Protest? Three Books to Inspire
For an Eco-Communist Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism
Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
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Climate Science

Decarbonized doublespeak
CO2 levels just broke another record. Here's what that means
Accelerating climate change
Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study finds
Fight fascism with climate justice, not ‘Canada First’ nationalism
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Coal

Confronting The Climate Emergency - An Urgent Call To The BC Government
Briefing Note: LNG is a Bad Bet For B.C.
Why are we losing our heads over oil and gas tariffs?
The carbon tax must die so climate policies survive
A Reality Check on Our ‘Energy Transition’
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Ecology/Environment

Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis
Thinking of Joining in Protest? Three Books to Inspire
BC Wants Value-Added Mills. We Discovered a Big Obstacle
For an Eco-Communist Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism
Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
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Ecosocialism

For an Eco-Communist Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism
Trump’s Threats, Canadian Challenges
The Best Canadian Response to Trump is Socialism
Sarah Glynn & John Clarke - Climate Change is a Class Issue
Climate and class - Book Review - link to free book
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Energy

Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
No, You Aren’t Hallucinating, the Corporate Plan for AI is Dangerous
Liberals see a need for speed on major projects bill. Critics warn that's risky
AI Demands to Be Fed. We’re All Servers Now
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Environmental Groups

As Carney Redraws the Political Map, Where Do New Democrats Go?
95-Metre ‘Mega-Banner’ Urges Carney to Pick a Path, Choose Renewables and Climate Action
B.C. no longer has a climate plan
'Billionaires Over Life on Earth': Trump EPA Guts Vast Array of Environmental Protections
Advocates Push to Ditch Gas Amid Soaring Prices in Ontario, B.C.
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Fisheries

The Fight Over Seabed Mining Comes to Vancouver
The world’s oceans are a ‘ticking time bomb,’ reaching dangerous acidification levels earlier than scientists thought
B.C. failing to protect 81% of critical habitat for at-risk species: government docs
Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study finds
‘Cataclysmic’: environmentalists fear effects of Trump cuts on Great Lakes
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Forestry

Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis
BC Wants Value-Added Mills. We Discovered a Big Obstacle
Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
The Nightmare Mess Left by One Closed Pulp Mill
B.C. failing to protect 81% of critical habitat for at-risk species: government docs
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Global

CUPE Presser: Reinstate Paramedic Katherine Grzejszczak
Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials
Canada Must Act to End the Genocide in Gaza
For an Eco-Communist Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism
Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
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Green New Deal/LEAP

Huge Crowds as Bernie Leads Anti-Trump Resistance
The Imaginary BC Climate Mandate Letter We Wish to See
Expanding the Possible: A Climate Change Strategy from Below?
Climate Politics in the Age of Populist Denialism
The Case for a Public Green Power Company
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Indigenous Peoples

Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
As Carney Redraws the Political Map, Where Do New Democrats Go?
Carney’s shock doctrine
Liberals see a need for speed on major projects bill. Critics warn that's risky
On a Fast Track to Chaos
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Industry Spin

Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
The Fight Over Seabed Mining Comes to Vancouver
Alberta's Deadly Half-Truths About Oilsands Emissions
AI Self-Defense Could Include "Extremely Harmful Actions"
Watchdog says pension plan dropping net-zero target a ‘failure of its fundamental purpose’
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Key Articles

Confronting The Climate Emergency - An Urgent Call To The BC Government
B.C. failing on climate, 600 advocacy groups say - BC Climate Emergency Campaign's third annual progress report
An Ecosocialist Strategy to Win the Future
'You burn with us' (If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution - Book)
Is degrowth against workers’ interests?
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Labour - Unions

CUPE Presser: Reinstate Paramedic Katherine Grzejszczak
The Income Gap In Canada Has Reached A Record High
BC Wants Value-Added Mills. We Discovered a Big Obstacle
Canadians' Democratic Planning Would Beat Trump
Italian Workers Mount General Strike Against Armaments/War
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LNG - Fracking

Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
There's always money for the military. But climate?
'Powerful Actors' Spread Climate Crisis Lies
B.C. Premier Eby says he's not opposed to privately backed oil pipeline to north coast
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Nuclear

Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems
Why Canada should heed its Energy Minister’s call to calm down about oil pipelines
Kebaowek First Nation wins precedent-setting case against nuclear waste facility
A Reality Check on Our ‘Energy Transition’
U.S. Approves Billions in Aid to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant
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Oil - Pipelines

Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis
There's always money for the military. But climate?
'Powerful Actors' Spread Climate Crisis Lies
B.C. Premier Eby says he's not opposed to privately backed oil pipeline to north coast
Alberta's Deadly Half-Truths About Oilsands Emissions
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Oil by Rail

Circular Economy Not the Solution to Polycrisis
The oily backroom campaign to sink the federal emissions cap
Breaking: 3 Activists Block Zenith Oil Tanker in Portland, OR
Canada’s banks have sunk $1 trillion into fossil fuels since 2016 — and risk becoming ‘overexposed’ in the energy transition
Despite First Nations’ Objections BC Approves North Coast Gas Project
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Protest - Revolt

CUPE Presser: Reinstate Paramedic Katherine Grzejszczak
Thinking of Joining in Protest? Three Books to Inspire
'Powerful Actors' Spread Climate Crisis Lies
Vancity BCGEU Members May Go on Strike
Kansas City Rent Strike Win after 247 Days
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Social

The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis
CUPE Presser: Reinstate Paramedic Katherine Grzejszczak
Thinking of Joining in Protest? Three Books to Inspire
Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials
more...

Tar Sands

The CPP: Net-Zero Promises, Billions Invested in Oil and Gas
Canada's Reparations at COP 29 a Fraction of Subsidies to Big Oil
Canada's fossil fuel exported emissions leapt to more than a billion tonnes last year
There's a fossil fuel fox in the henhouse as Ottawa develops a clean hydrogen economy
Climate Politics in the Age of Populist Denialism
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Transportation

A Pro-Climate Society of Care and Connection Against Trump’s Blackmail
Canadian mayors push federal leaders for action on climate, not pipelines
Jet fuel emissions soar to record heights, while solutions remain grounded
Confronting The Climate Emergency - An Urgent Call To The BC Government
The carbon tax must die so climate policies survive
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Urban

Memo to Carney and Robertson on Fixing Housing
How Vancouver Is Extra Kind to Land Speculators
Canadian mayors push federal leaders for action on climate, not pipelines
Vancouver Voters Send a Byelection Message to Ken Sim
Seattle Activists Win Excessive Compensation Tax to Fund Social Housing
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USA

The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
As Carney Redraws the Political Map, Where Do New Democrats Go?
NDP Election Debacle Could Bankrupt Party
The Fight Over Seabed Mining Comes to Vancouver
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VESG

Confronting The Climate Emergency - An Urgent Call To The BC Government
BC Clean Transportation Action Plan Recommendations
A proposed Transit Bill of Rights
Michael Lebowitz, presente! (1937–2023)
February 4, 2023 (Sat) is Transit Equity Day. How about it, Metro Vancouver?
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War/military

CUPE Presser: Reinstate Paramedic Katherine Grzejszczak
Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials
Canada Must Act to End the Genocide in Gaza
Shooting Down Carney’s Faulty NATO Pledge
Carney's 'Elbows Up' to Trump Becomes Sucking Up
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