When the Working Families Party was founded in 1998, the idea was to take advantage of the fusion law in New York that allows candidates to run on more than one ballot line. That way, the WFP could work to help progressive candidates win primaries and run on both the Democratic Party line and the Working Families line. And unlike typical third parties splitting the progressive vote, the WFP would never be in the role of spoiler helping to elect a Republican.
The primary force overheating our planet, destabilizing our climate, and acidifying our oceans is the ever-thickening blanket of fossil fuel CO2 piling up in our atmosphere.
Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forward amid a dire political landscape. His campaign succeeded by offering real solutions to working-class concerns – including on climate policy and its connection to New Yorkers’ material conditions.
Earlier this year, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board dropped its net-zero greenhouse gas emission commitment.
The board managing Canada’s largest pension fund has committed an estimated $7.1 billion to new oil, gas, coal and pipeline assets in the last year despite facing litigation for allegedly mismanaging climate related financial risks in its investment portfolio.
Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled his support for LNG exports in Terrace, B.C., this week, as nearby Kitimat residents learn to live beside a towering flame
Under heavy rain, an electronic sign by the side of the road in a small northwestern B.C. town warns passersby, “Flare height will vary.” It flashes to the next message: “Between 15 meters [sic] and 90.”
With the federal and Alberta governments touting an imminent deal on a new oil pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, analysis released Thursday morning concludes that investors in Canadian oil and gas will face serious financial risk—and provincial revenues from the industry could fall 82%—as the global energy transition unfolds through the 2030s.
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