Canada

20/10/25
Author: 
Chris Hatch
It is absolutely gut-wrenching but it appears that tropical coral reefs are now beyond their 'tipping point.' Global heating would have to be reduced from today’s temperatures to 1.2C “as fast as possible” in order for coral reefs to survive 'at any meaningful scale,' the scientists say. Photo courtesy: Francesco Ungaro / Pexels

Oct. 20, 2025

There’s a single figure that encapsulates our climate predicament: the amount of carbon dioxide in the sky. It is surging into treacherous new territory and the size of the surge is even more disturbing: it soared by a record amount in 2024.

17/10/25
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is dealing with two world powers as Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, increasingly restricts critical mineral exports to the US and President Donald Trump, left, takes an interest in BC mining companies. Photo of Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia, Creative Commons licensed. Photo of Mark Carney via Wikimedia. Photo of Xi Jinping via Wikimedia.

Website Editor: Important read.  See yellow highlights towards the end of this article!

Oct. 16, 2025

Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.

Last week, Vancouver-based Trilogy Metals announced that it had signed a deal with the U.S. Department of War.

15/10/25
Author: 
Matthew Behrens
Prime Minister Mark Carney participates in an announcement at a community centre in Ottawa, on Friday, Oct. 10. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Oct. 13, 2025
 
As some Canadians organize "No Kings" rallies in solidarity with their American friends, perhaps it is time to organize something at home, where King Carney continues his domestic and global blitz of authoritarian policy imposition, never missing an opportunity to avoid consultation and accountability.
07/10/25
Author: 
Tom Howell
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Website Editor: Is the mainstream waking up?  Here is a truly provocative podcast!
 
Oct. 7, 2025
 

So... who wants a pipeline?

54 mins

07/10/25
Author: 
Alexa St. John · The Associated Press
Workers install solar panels in the western state of Gujarat, India, in 2023. India saw record solar and wind power generation growth that outpaced the growth in demand in the first half of this year, according to a report by the global energy think-tank Ember. (Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press)

 Oct. 07, 2025

Report shows solar, wind booming worldwide, but fossil fuel generation rose in U.S., EU

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.

07/10/25
Author: 
Janetta McKenzie
The federal government’s full-throated endorsement of LNG Canada Phase 2 is bad news for anyone who cares about Canada’s carbon emissions, or Canadians’ tax dollars. Photo by Shutterstock

Oct. 7, 2025

On the same day the prime minister talked about the importance of “climate competitiveness” in keeping Canada’s economy strong and secure, his Liberal government gave the go-ahead to a major new piece of fossil fuel infrastructure.

Well, not quite.

07/10/25
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
BC Energy Minister Adrian Dix and Premier David Eby during a visit to celebrate LNG Canada, which is having its electrification costs to reduce carbon pollution subsidized by the province and BC Hydro. BC Government photo / Flickr
 

LNG Canada is slated to pay less than a third of the millions of dollars it will cost to connect to BC Hydro’s clean electricity grid instead of burning gas to fuel its operations. 

The first phase of the massive export facility in Kitimat started up in June, launching BC’s bid to access global markets for the fossil fuel, particularly Asia.

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