The Globe and Mail by Jeff Rubin and David Suzuki August 18, 2015 Jeff Rubin is an author and former chief economist at CIBC World Markets; David Suzuki is a scientist and emeritus professor at UBC As Canadians prepare to […]
The Guardian by Emma Howard August 12, 2015 Earth ‘overshoot day’ – the day each year when our demands on the planet outstrip its ability to regenerate – comes six days earlier than 2014, with world’s population currently consuming the […]
RTCC.ORG by Megan Darby August 12, 2015 Istanbul summit will issue statement urging Muslims to treat action on global warming as a religious duty The blue mosque, Istanbul (Flickr/Victor Guevara) In mosques and madrasas worldwide, Muslims have a religious duty […]
The Guardian August 10, 2015 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will be celebrated on 1 September to give people opportunity to reflection upon ‘the adoption of appropriate lifestyles’ Pope Francis during a conference on Modern Slavery […]
The Conversation August 11, 2015 Australia will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2030, the federal government announced today. In a press conference, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the target is “fairly and squarely in the […]
The Globe and Mail by Shawn McCarthy August 11, 2015 New Democratic Party Leader Thomas Mulcair has essentially adopted the Obama doctrine when it comes to approving new oil sands pipelines – projects would be judged based on whether they […]
The Guardian by Martin Lukacs August 11, 2015 Conservative government used public money on outreach campaign to counter criticism of controversial Alberta tar sands The Syncrude tar sands site near Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta. Photograph: David Levene/David Levene Canada’s […]
Kairos By John Dillon, Ecological Economy Program Coordinator August 04, 2015 Laudato Si (Praise Be), On Care for our Common Home, has been the most anticipated and commented upon papal encyclical in history. Writing in his straightforward style, Pope Francis […]
The New York Times by James B. Stewart August 06, 2015 A miner at a coal processing facility near Gilbert, W.Va. This year the number of coal miners in the United States dropped more than 10 percent, to just over 80,000 […]
The Guardian By Adam Vaughan August 03, 2015 Hundreds of businesses including eBay and Nestlé back federal rules to cut emissions and encourage a switch away from coal to renewable energy US President Barack Obama at a solar power kiosk […]
