The future is closer than you think
Climate change is not a distant future threat. It is now, and so are the technologies to fight it.
The missing link for achieving climate-ready infrastructure is procurement
We have what it takes to promote climate-friendly innovations, boost productivity, and build a new infrastructure-based export sector—but it must start with changing our country’s public procurement policy, write Eric Bosco and Arvind Gupta.
Ready! Fire! Aim!: Cost-benefit analyses should determine strength of emissions control measures before implementation
Values for factors such as the ‘social cost of carbon’ assume too much importance in determining cost-benefit outcomes.
More Indigenous Guardians provide benefits for climate, nature, and reconciliation
Eighty per cent of the world’s remaining biodiversity is on lands cared for and loved by Indigenous Peoples. That’s not an accident.
There’s a fever raging in the ocean
Last month, it was worst off the eastern coast of North America where the sea surface temperature was as much as 13.8 Celsius higher than the 1981-2011 average for this time of year. Not only was that a record; it was an astounding leap upwards: more than double the previous record.
It’s time to stop stalling and advance the Climate Aligned Finance Act
Bill S-243 is a gold-standard piece of legislation that would align Canada’s financial system with our climate change commitments, writes Amr Addas.
New StatsCan data reflects steady decline in Newfoundland’s offshore oil production
Newfoundland and Labrador’s GDP from oil and gas extraction fell by more than 10 per cent in 2022, compared with increases in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Canada is a laggard and soon-to-be pariah on fighting climate change: activist Bill Henderson
Re: “Canadas climate fight is full of question marks,” (The Hill Times, April 26, editorial). Much thanks to Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco for raising the alarm. As a longtime climate activist focused on effective climate mitigation, I have written many times on these pages that Canada was still in a climate plan to fail, and […]
As supporters celebrate the Liberals’ ‘return to nuclear,’ critics decry ‘dangerous’ distraction
Speaking alongside MPs from the Green Party, the Bloc Québécois and the NDP, Liberal MP Jenica Atwin told reporters on April 25 that she is concerned about proposals to build new nuclear reactors near the Bay of Fundy.
Bill S-5: is there time to improve federal control of toxic substances and genetically modified organisms?
Parliament has been considering its review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act for a long time, and there is still time to incorporate real change into a statute that has not been meaningfully amended in over twenty years.
