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28/03/23
Author: 
Julia Conley
Samantha Hull looks for books at the Ephrata Public Library in Ephrata, Pennsylvania on March 2, 2022. (Photo: Kyle Grantham for The Washington Post via Getty Images) (Photo: Kyle Grantham for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Mar. 23, 2023

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28/03/23
Author: 
Jean Swanson
Vancouver’s Broadway corridor has rentals galore. Will tenants be uprooted and forced from the neighbourhood? Illustration by The Tyee.

Mar. 28, 2023

Vancouver’s city council is dealing with the pace of development at its Wednesday meeting.

27/03/23
Author: 
Amnesty International
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Mar. 24, 2023

Amnesty International Canada condemns the U.S. and Canadian governments’ agreement to expand, rather than rescind, the Safe Third Country Agreement in response to border crossings at Roxham Road.

21/03/23
Author: 
John Woodside
Wildfire evacuee Rob Lessard watches from across Okanagan Lake, trying to see whether the White Rock Lake wildfire has burned his home or not. Photo by Jesse Winter / Canada's National Observer

"Canadian climate policy is considered “highly insufficient” by the independent Climate Action Tracker."

Mar. 2023

A climate bomb is ticking, and the latest report from the world’s leading climate science body is a how-to guide for defusing it, says United Nations Secretary General António Guterres.

21/03/23
Author: 
Lisa Akinyi May
A wildfire sweeps down a mountain near Lytton, BC, in 2021. A Nlaka’pamux Nation community in the area has developed an adaptation strategy to deal with climate change; BC needs to support these kinds of initiatives, and establish a climate loss and damages fund. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Website editor: Here's a great idea!

Mar. 21, 2023

COP27 created a global loss and damages fund. David Eby’s government should do the same.

20/03/23
Author: 
The Breach
Still - Canada’s plan to “clean up” the oil sands

Mar. 15, 2023

Watch here: https://youtu.be/kEEcYzRIDhw

Transcript:

Hello, I’m from the Canadian government with an important update about one of our most cherished traditions: turning pristine waterways into rancid waste ways.

For years, the Alberta oil sands have been dealing with a PR problem—I mean, environmental crisis.

Slimy mining leftovers that from outer space look like planetary shit stains.

20/03/23
Author: 
June Sekera
According to the IPCC’s Working Group III report, carbon capture is one of the least-effective, most-expensive climate change mitigation options on Earth. Photo by Shutterstock

"According to the IPCC’s Working Group III report, carbon capture is one of the least-effective, most-expensive climate change mitigation options on Earth."

Mar. 20, 2023

This week, oil and gas lobbyists are gearing up for a busy few days. Today, the IPCC — the UN experts on climate science — is publishing a new report on the impact of global warming and our best options to slow it down.

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