The federal budget survived another critical confidence vote, but the timing is preventing Canadian officials from participating in key international climate negotiations now going down to the wire in Brazil.
MPs must be in Canada to vote electronically, so Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin and Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Steven Guilbeault, effectively the country’s nature minister, flew back from COP30 last Friday to cast their votes in favour of the federal budget.
The federal government is open to helping First Nations buy into the Ksi Lisims LNG export terminal or its related infrastructure as opposition to the projects grows.
The most recent “Radical Hope in Feverish Times” webinar is now available to be viewed. It featured Brian Tokar of the Institute for Social Ecology and Arthur Pye of the Emergency Committee on Rojava.
Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Murray Bookchin was one of the most significant thinkers – and activists – in the 20th century, beginning with his pioneering ecological analysis, Our Synthetic Environment, which was published over six decades ago (1962).
Why don’t we get to grips with the climate crisis? Partly because most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich.
If this were just a climate crisis, we would fix it. The technology, money and strategies have all been at hand for years. What stifles effective action is a deadly conjunction: the climate crisis running headlong into the epistemic crisis.
An unprecedented 630 people registered to speak Wednesday against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s controversial proposed budget in a marathon city council session that could stretch into next week.
Vancouver has long been recognized as a global leader in sustainability, a city that others look to for bold environmental action and progressive urban governance. Which is why the reported proposal by Mayor Ken Sim to eliminate or significantly weaken Vancouver’s climate and sustainability department is not just concerning — it is dangerously short-sighted.
An Interview with Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell
Capitalism has created a world of bullsh*t abundance and artificial scarcity, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do
