Climate Change

Nov. 8, 2021

Leaders at the COP26 summit have no intention of tackling the growing environmental impacts caused by their 'defence' spending

Nov. 4, 2021

This is a crisis that cannot be solved by ‘positive messaging’. The only thing that will help is action from world leaders

If you are anything like me, you think of the climate emergency a lot. Possibly every waking hour. Perhaps you experience the psychological tension caused by feeling trapped between the truth of climate and ecological destruction on the one hand and inaction from world leaders on the other. I feel this tension myself, and as a parent and climate activist, I see it affecting young people especially hard.

Another reason why Canadian municipalities need to acquire the power to levy taxes beyond simple property taxes.

               -- Gene McGuckin

Mar. 26, 2021

Glasgow, Scotland – Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau identified the biggest climate challenge for Canada but failed to come up with the right solution. Focusing on emissions from oil and gas production but not production itself will allow oil and gas companies to keep putting forward false solutions, such as carbon capture and storage, fossil-based hydrogen, and far-off net zero plans, all while pumping out more and more atmosphere-destroying fossil fuels.

Nov. 4, 2021

Jeremy Allingham heads to Johnston Heights Secondary School to ask students there about what's needed on climate change. And then Marina Melanidis speaks with Stephen Quinn about her frustration with COP26 delegates.

Listen here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91/clip/15876438

Oct. 29, 2021

My country, Uganda, and much of Africa has been battered by climate-related disasters. Cop26 is a chance for the biggest polluters to set up a compensation fund

While walking with a friend through central Kampala last month, we saw a police truck go by, a body in the back.

Nov. 2, 2021

"What corporations and big conservation groups call 'nature-based solutions' is a dangerous distraction."