When B.C.’s Wildfires Are Over, What Comes Next?
British Columbians have been suffering through some of the worst wildfires in memory. These latest fires are turning out to be even more devastating than the horrible 2003 Kelowna fires…
Kevin Grandia
International Implications of Trudeau’s Kinder Morgan Pipeline Approval
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s decision this week to approve a major expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline has negative implications that go well beyond the borders of the…
Trudeau Can’t Have His Climate Plan and Build a Pipeline Too
So far Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a lot of the right moves when it comes to the important issue of climate change, but a new report this week…
Climate Refugees? We Don’t Have a Plan for That
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau maintains relatively high popularity numbers here in Canada, they pale in comparison to the borderline rock star status the Canadian Prime Minister currently has on…
Canadian Taxpayers Fork Out $3.3 Billion Every Year to Super Profitable Oil Companies
Some of the largest, most profitable companies in Canada are collectively receiving an estimated $3.3 billion in subsidies every year from Canadian taxpayers, according to a new analysis. The report,…
Canadian Taxpayers Fork Out $3.3 Billion Every Year to Super Profitable Oil Companies
Some of the largest, most profitable companies in Canada are collectively receiving an estimated $3.3 billion in subsidies every year from Canadian taxpayers, according to a new analysis. The report,…
A Mythbusting Guide to the Paris Climate Agreement
Climate Nexus has published a helpful mythbusting page correcting the misinformation that is already being spread about the Paris Climate Agreement. It is rewritten here with permission. Myths and Facts…
Agreement in Paris Paves Road For The End of Fossil Fuels
History was made today in Paris as the leaders of 195 nations agreed to an ambitious, science-based pact to move the world away from the fossil fuels that are to…
A Primer on Trudeau’s $2.65 Billion Green Climate Fund Announcement
Earlier today at a meeting of Commonwealth nations in Malta, Prime Minister Trudeau announced that his government would increase its Green Climate Fund commitment to $2.65 billion. Here's a quick…
How We Can Pop Ottawa’s Lobby Bubble
“The lobbyist” and “the lobby” are terms we often hear in political discourse and in the media. I don’t how many times I have listened to, or been involved in,…
Beware the Lobby Bubble, Mr. Trudeau
In Ottawa there has always been a level of disconnect between the issues that really matter to Canadians and the issues that seem important to Canadian politicians working on Parliament…
Conservative Party Candidate Says Oil is Natural, Spills Just Absorbed by Land
Sabrina Zuniga, the Conservative party candidate running in the riding of Spadina-Fort York in Ontario, was caught on tape claiming that “oil is a natural substance… so spilling into the…
Canada Election 2015: Where do the parties stand on climate change?
With only a couple of weeks left in the Canadian federal election, voters are starting to ask fundamental questions about where the major parties stand on important issues like climate…
Canada Election 2015: Where do the Parties Stand on Climate Change?
With only a couple of weeks left in the Canadian federal election, voters are starting to ask fundamental questions about where the major parties stand on important issues like climate…
Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant Writes Over-the-Top Climate Change Rant in Local Paper
Attachment Size cheryl-gallant-climate-chaneg.jpg 688.8 KB This summer, alongside stories about the community fair and demolition derbies, the Ottawa Valley’s Renfrew Mercury ran an advertorial “Report from Parliament” written by Conservative…
Why privacy matters in this Canadian election
While you are out this weekend enjoying the last days of summer on the beach and the RCMP come by to check whether your cooler is full of (gasp) beer…
Third Party Advertising 101 for the Canadian Federal Election
Third Party Advertising laws during a federal election can be a challenge to navigate Given that we could be going into a federal election here in Canada as early as…
Provinces Call Environment Minister Out on Climate Consultation Claim
While the office of Canada’s Environment Minister is claiming it is consulting with the provinces on a long-term climate commitment, Quebec’s Minister of Environment says he hasn’t heard from anyone…
DeSmogCAST 13: Merchants of Doubt, the Race for the Arctic and Bomb Trains
In this episode of the DesmogCAST, host Farron Cousins speaks with me, Kyla Mandel and Justin Mikulka to talk about the breakout documentary Merchants of Doubt and how climate science…
2015 Might Be a Big Peak Year for Climate Change
While every year is crucial when it comes to reducing the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases polluting our atmosphere, 2015 is looking to be a super year and a possible…