By Ed Struzik for The Tyee.
A sudden shift in the wind at a critical time of day was all it took to send a wildfire out of control through Fort McMurray, forcing more than 80,000 people out of their homes in what has become the biggest natural disaster…
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Peace River Break a Critical Conservation Corridor in Rare Intact Mountain Ecosystem
By Tim Burkhart, former researcher with the Cohen Commission and Peace River Break Coordinator with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.
On a clear day after the thaw, I climb a meandering hiking trail through thick forest, crossing …
New ‘Meta’ Study Confirms Consensus: 97% of Publishing Climate Scientists Agree We are Causing Global Warming
By John Cook, The University of Queensland
When we published a paper in 2013 finding 97% scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, what surprised me was how surprised everyone was.
Ours wasn’t the first study to find such a scientific…
Burning Fossil Fuels is Responsible for Most Sea-Level Rise Since 1970
By Aimée Slangen, Utrecht University and John Church, CSIRO
Global average sea level has risen by about 17 cm between 1900 and 2005. This is a much faster rate than in the previous 3,000 years.
The sea level changes for several reasons, including ris…
Site C, LNG Break Trudeau’s Promise to First Nations
This is a guest post by Damien Gillis, documentary filmmaker and co-founder of the Common Sense Canadian where this article first appeared.
It all started off so well. Justin Trudeau launched his career as Prime Minister with big promises to First Na…
Top Climate Highlights from Trudeau’s Budget 2016
By Erin Flanagan, director of the federal policy program at the Pembina Institute.
For clean energy enthusiasts, yesterday’s budget brought lots of good news. From public transit to renewables in remote communities, the budget made investments that…
Fact Check: Outlook for Coal Not Quite What it Used to Be
This is a guest post by Benjamin Thibault and Andrew Read of the Pembina Institute. Coal Association of Canada (CAC) president, Robin Campbell is currently touring Alberta with a series of “ACT information meetings.” He is making a number of …
Continue readingFact Check: Outlook for Coal Not Quite What it Used to Be
This is a guest post by Benjamin Thibault and Andrew Read of the Pembina Institute. Coal Association of Canada (CAC) president, Robin Campbell is currently touring Alberta with a series of “ACT information meetings.” He is making a number of …
Continue readingFact Checking the Coal Industry’s ‘Information Meetings’ in Alberta
This is a guest post by Benjamin Thibault and Andrew Read of the Pembina Institute.
These are not good days for the global coal industry. There is bad news at every turn, with countless reports of “sputtering” and even falling demand.
Alb…
Fact Checking the Coal Industry’s ‘Information Meetings’ in Alberta
This is a guest post by Benjamin Thibault and Andrew Read of the Pembina Institute.
These are not good days for the global coal industry. There is bad news at every turn, with countless reports of “sputtering” and even falling demand.
Alb…
Four Reasons for Optimism On Vancouver Climate Declaration
This is a guest post by Clare Demerse of Clean Energy Canada.
Canada’s premiers and prime minister headed home from Vancouver last week having launched a brand-new climate change negotiation process. Set against a backdrop of clean tech power bro…
Four Reasons for Optimism On Vancouver Climate Declaration
This is a guest post by Clare Demerse of Clean Energy Canada.
Canada’s premiers and prime minister headed home from Vancouver last week having launched a brand-new climate change negotiation process. Set against a backdrop of clean tech power bro…
Why Should Canada’s First Ministers Embrace the Clean Energy Economy? Because It’s 2016
This is a guest post by Mitchell Beer, which originally appeared on GreenPAC.
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and provincial/territorial premiers meet in Vancouver on Thursday, they’ll be searching for agreement on the pan-Canadian climate frame…
Why Should Canada’s First Ministers Embrace the Clean Energy Economy? Because It’s 2016
This is a guest post by Mitchell Beer, which originally appeared on GreenPAC.
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and provincial/territorial premiers meet in Vancouver on Thursday, they’ll be searching for agreement on the pan-Canadian climate frame…
Will Cap-And-Trade Slow Climate Change?
This is a guest post by David SuzukiThe principle that polluters should pay for the waste they create has led many experts to urge governments to put a price on carbon emissions. One method is the sometimes controversial cap-and-trade. Quebec, Californ…
Continue readingWill Cap-And-Trade Slow Climate Change?
This is a guest post by David SuzukiThe principle that polluters should pay for the waste they create has led many experts to urge governments to put a price on carbon emissions. One method is the sometimes controversial cap-and-trade. Quebec, Californ…
Continue readingSaudi Arabia Simply Sees the Carbon Bubble for What it is
This is a guest piece by James Rowe, an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and a member of the Corporate Mapping Project, a research alliance investigating the power of the fossil fuel indust…
Continue readingSaudi Arabia Simply Sees the Carbon Bubble for What it is
This is a guest piece by James Rowe, an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and a member of the Corporate Mapping Project, a research alliance investigating the power of the fossil fuel indust…
Continue readingFour Ways Christy Clark Could Make B.C. Climate Leadership Plan Credible
This is a guest post by Josha MacNab from the Pembina Institute.
Premier Christy Clark has a message for British Columbians: “To grow and diversify our economy, we must have the courage to say yes.” Perhaps she should take her own advice.
We…
Four Ways Christy Clark Could Make B.C. Climate Leadership Plan Credible
This is a guest post by Josha MacNab from the Pembina Institute.
Premier Christy Clark has a message for British Columbians: “To grow and diversify our economy, we must have the courage to say yes.” Perhaps she should take her own advice.
We…