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25/03/25
Author: 
Erin Blondeau
Pierre Poilievre at the 2023 Conservative Party convention. Credit: Pierre Poilievre / X

Feb. 21, 2025

Instead of turning towards nationalism, in the face of rising fascism, we should turn to each other and the planet.

Our neighbours across the colonial border are grappling with what is shaping up to be a United States dictatorship, with outsized influence from a syndicate of the world’s richest men. With a federal election around the corner and geopolitical tensions rising across the world, this is a moment for Canada to dive into audacious changes that can unite us all through visionary climate justice rather than rugged individualism and nationalism.

24/03/25
Author: 
Tom Perkins in Detroit
Lake Michigan in Chicago. The vital lakes provide drinking water to more than 40 million people in the US and Canada. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Mar. 18, 2025

Advocates warn firings and funding freezes already risk poisoning drinking water and decimating fish population

Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s attacks on federal agencies and funding freezes will be “cataclysmic” for the environment of the sensitive Great Lakes region if not reversed, industry and environmental advocates in the region warn.

17/03/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
BC’s budget documents show the province anticipates a 60 per cent revenue jump from gas, thanks to rising prices and an 11 per cent increase in fracking due to demand from LNG Canada’s anticipated start this year. Photo via LNG Canada.

Mar. 11, 2025

As resource extraction intensifies, environmental assessments have been cut, says advocate.

16/03/25
Author: 
Adam Radwanski
Building pipelines - Trade war a ‘great opportunity’ to talk about pipelines, says CNRL president

 Mar. 8, 2025

Despite the security dangers posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, there is no way a new – or resurrected – pipeline project would be completed in less than five years

Jonathan Wilkinson would like everyone to take a deep breath, when it comes to one of the biggest, costliest and riskiest ways that Canada could try to assert its energy independence in the face of Donald Trump’s threats.

16/03/25
Author: 
Brett Wilkins
Demonstrators rally against the Trump administration policies that are endangering clean air and water on February 15, 2025 in Detroit. (Photo: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Mar. 12, 2025

"The Trump administration is trying to roll back decades of critical health and safety regulations that have saved millions of lives and are all that's standing between us and runaway climate change," said one campaigner.

While U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin boasted Wednesday of canceling billions of dollars worth of green grants, considering the rollback of dozens of regulations, and shutting down every environmental justice office nationwide, critics warned the moves will have dire consequences for people and the planet.

16/03/25
Author: 
Werner Antweiler, Simon Donner, Kathryn Harrison
Cooling towers used to dissipate heat generated when natural gas is converted into liquefied natural gas are seen under construction at the LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat. Photo by DARRYL DYCK /THE CANADIAN PRESS

Mar. 13, 2025

The looming threat of a trade war with the U.S. has focused attention on lessening Canada’s historic dependence on trade with the our neighbours to the south.

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