Bill Gates picked one hell of a moment to release his call for a “strategic pivot” in tackling climate change. “Hell” being the most frequent description of sheltering through the terrifying fury of Hurricane Melissa as it cut across the Caribbean.
The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.
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Travis Olson, a 22-year-old from Camrose, Alta., is worried that his pension is at risk from climate breakdown and has joined three other young people and two law firms to hold the Canada Pension Plan accountable.
Growing economies, growing industry, growing cities, growing population, growing pollution… When does it stop?
Our current economic system is obsessed with constant growth; everything must keep expanding — except for the natural systems on which our health and survival depend. Those are shrinking, destroyed by our obsession with growth.
Canada’s long codependent economic relationship with the United States has abruptly and involuntarily ended. The election of a tariff-obsessed, unpredictable, incompetent, crony capitalist autocratic Donald Trump administration requires Canada to rethink its economic future.
Some questions Prime Minister Mark Carney should ask before pushing ahead with natural gas projects.
Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced five proposals he intends to fast track to defend our economy from the hostile Trump administration, live up to Canada’s climate commitments, and demonstrate respect for Indigenous rights.
Do the projects live up to these aspirational values? Let’s take a closer look.
Two new studies are helping to shed light on the extent Canadians feel climate change is impacting their mental health.
A national study published today suggests about 2.3 per cent of people in Canada experience climate change anxiety at a level the authors considered "clinically relevant," causing meaningful distress and disruption in their lives.
