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30/06/26
Author: 
Sonal Gupta
Guerric Haché, an organizer with NO AI Vancouver, a group founded by 18-year-old university student Torin LaRocque to oppose proposed AI data centres in the city. Photo by: Sonal Gupta / Canada’s National Observer.

Jun. 29, 2026

A national protest movement against AI data centres is emerging in Canada, as residents in a dozen cities push back against the speed and scale of projects they say could strain supplies of water and power and the quality of life in their communities.

29/06/26
Author: 
Chris Hatch
London  conference by the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance June 24/26-  cancelled due to extreme heat.

Jun. 29, 2026

When the French are banning booze, you know things are really getting extreme. It is only June, but Europe is suffering through its second major heat wave in two months, and this one is shattering records by astonishing margins.

28/06/26
Author: 
Dr. Tim Morgan
Featured Image: Kaique Rocha (via Pexels)

Jun. 26, 2026

It’s the end of growth as we know it

Economic growth is generally understood as a process that delivers a material betterment of living standards over time. But growth had two other virtues, neither of which has until now received much attention. Both will be sorely missed now that meaningful growth has ended.

First, that economic growth can rescue us from the consequences of our own mistakes or misfortunes.

21/06/26
Author: 
Robert Hunziker, Counter Punch.
NASA - earth

Jun. 20, 2026

According to the National Geographic Society: “The human footprint is one of the most destructive forces in Earth’s history, fundamentally altering the planet at an unprecedented scale. Humanity consumes resources far faster than they can regenerate, driving rapid environmental degradation, mass biodiversity loss, and climate shifts that many scientists classify as a new geological epoch.”

19/06/26
Author: 
Patrick DeRochie
LNG investments are particularly short-sighted for pension funds, which are mandated to invest for the long-term and are distinctly exposed to systemic climate risks. Photo courtesy: Shutterstock

Jun. 19, 2026

CPPIB is financing four LNG terminals — and may risk even more

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is financing four liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals — and signalling there could be more to come — despite the industry bringing worsening climate damage and escalating financial risks to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

18/06/26
Author: 
Charles Rusnell
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith rejected an independent report on electoral boundaries, creating a new body weighted with UCP appointees to decide. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick, the Canadian Press.

Jun. 17, 2026

Smith’s Power Plays Depend on These Hand-Picked Appointees

Think redrawing ridings and pricing separation are jobs for impartial experts? Here are the UCP choices.

How will Alberta’s ridings be reshaped and who will draw the lines? The answers could affect the outcome of future elections for generations. But New Democrats claim Premier Danielle Smith has brazenly tilted the scales in her party’s favour.

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