Ecology/Environment

09/06/26
Author: 
John Clarke
forest fire

Jun. 9. 2026

John Clarke is a longtime organizer in Toronto, as well as an active instructor with the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education. He will be leading classes on the poor, activism, community/labour organizing, and how to build fighting movements in the Fall of 2026. Check leopanitchschool.ca regularly for these and other event announcements throughout the summer.

09/06/26
Author: 
The Energy Mix staff
Canadian parliament - DEZALB/goodfreephotos.com

June 5, 2026

‘Feedback from Thousands’ Prompts Ottawa to Delay Regulatory Rollback

The federal government has responded to “feedback from thousands” by postponing a series of sweeping environmental rollbacks and extending the comment period for the proposed regulatory changes from June 7 to July 22.

09/06/26
Author: 
Geoff Meggs
Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Councillor Marilyn Slett at the signing ceremony for the North Coast Protection Declaration in November, when Coastal First Nations and the BC government said the North Coast tanker ban must remain in place. Photo via BC government.

Jun. 4, 2026

Heiltsuk Marilyn Slett won’t relent on the tanker ban. Which leaves Mark Carney only a problematic southern route.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has probably never heard her name, but K̓áwáziɫ Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council on B.C.’s Central Coast, has emerged as one of the strongest voices opposing any change to Canada’s North Coast tanker ban.

If there’s one immovable obstacle to Smith’s dream of a new northern oil pipeline and terminal, it’s Slett.

04/06/26
Author: 
Seth Borenstein
Residents transport drinking water from Humaita to the Paraizinho community, along the dry Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, during the dry season, Amazonas state, Brazil, in September, 2024. Edmar Barros/The Associated Press

May 28, 2026

Rising global temperatures to break record highs and cross safety limits in next five years

n the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.

30/05/26
Author: 
Ian Angus, Helena Sheehan, Inea Lehner, David McNally & Jess Spear
(Video) Ian Angus’ ‘Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth’s System’: A Global Ecosocialist Network foru

Apr. 29, 2026

Ian Angus introduces his new book Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth’s System, joined by Helena Sheehan, Inea Lehner, and David McNally. Hosted by Jess Spear and the Global Ecosocialist Network.

About Metabolic Rifts:

24/05/26
Author: 
Nessie Nankivell
Open pit mine and US flag

May 22, 2026

By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry

Even as Prime Minister Mark Carney touts his plans to protect Canada’s economic sovereignty, the country’s critical minerals are making their way into U.S. weapons. 

13/05/26
Author: 
Robert Hunziker
Image courtesy of the Fossil Fuel Treaty.

May 8, 2026

The Santa Marta Conference – Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels – An energetic multi-nation well-organized effort to get off fossil fuels with the underlying motto: “Make Science Great Again”

This article discusses this exciting new approach to hopefully mitigate climate change as well a discussion of the steep difficulty of overcoming the “monumental challenge” already extant.

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