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18/10/23
Author: 
Sylvia Hui
Environmental activists demonstrate outside the Intercontinental Hotel during the Oily Money Out protest, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Photo by: The Canadian Press/AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Oct. 17, 2023

LONDON (AP) — Greta Thunberg was detained by British police on Tuesday alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to disrupt a major oil and gas industry conference.

18/10/23
Author: 
John Woodside
NDP MP Charlie Angus at the Standing Committee on Natural Resources on Oct. 16, 2023. Photo by Natasha Bulowski/Canada's National Observer

Oct. 17, 2023

Following a federal committee hearing that dragged a Suncor executive over the coals for his company’s plans to expand fossil fuel production, NDP MP Charlie Angus says now is the time to hold Big Oil accountable, and Ottawa is failing Canadians by not acting.

18/10/23
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Methane map

Oct. 18, 2023

Methane is becoming a serious threat to humanity, and Canada’s oil and gas industry is emitting a huge amount of it.

17/10/23
Author: 
Paul Weinberg
Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Palestine. Credit: nour tayeh / Unsplash

Oct. 12, 2023

There is a hostility towards those who speak of Palestinian rights in Canada

The horrendous killings and taking of hostages of hundreds of Israeli civilians by Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip is generating a lot of sympathy and concern across political spectrum in Canada and that makes sense.

16/10/23
Author: 
Pepe Escobar
Photo Credit: The Cradle - Zelensky and Netanyahu

In the midst of all the ink being used to follow Palestine-Israel developments, this article stands out for putting things in a broader geo-political perspective--or at least attempting to do so.  Of course, I don't know how accurate it is, because I don't normally keep track of all the intricate connections discussed. 

         -- Gene McGuckin

Oct. 12, 2023

14/10/23
Author: 
Kristoffer Tigue
Carbon-based tariffs used to be easy to dismiss out of fear they would upend the delicate balances of trade, but that's changing, say trade and climate policy experts. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Website editor: This could be an important initiative.

Oct. 3, 2023

Europe Just Launched the World’s First Carbon Tariff. Will the United States Follow Suit?

In the U.S., where climate policy has been highly politicized, the concept of a carbon tariff has recently emerged with rare bipartisan support.

Companies that want to do business in the European Union will soon have to pay extra if the carbon footprints of their products are too high.

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