By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News The heat is on for the world’s caribou with a new study warning the creatures could lose as much as 60 per cent of their range within 60 years. Caribou, often called reindeer, are among […]
by Mike De Souza OTTAWA — Environment Canada has spent at least $331,389 to develop long-awaited oil and gas regulations that are still under development, said Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq in a newly-released document tabled in Parliament. The spending includes […]
New research by Kevin Trenberth and John Fasullo of the National Center for Atmospheric Research investigates how the warming of the Earth’s climate has behaved over the past 15 years compared with the previous few decades. They conclude that while […]
by Andy Rowell For years the Canadian government has been lobbying governments across Europe not to “discriminate against the tar sands” as the EU implements its ground-breaking climate legislation called the Fuel Quality Directive. The Canadians have argued that the […]
BRAD WHEELER The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Dec. 09 2013, 12:38 PM EST Neil Young, the often antagonizing singer-songwriter who wrote the surreal ballad Pocahontas and who named one of his bands after an iconic Native American warrior, has […]
by William Rees Posted: Dec 7th, 2013 It was several days before media reports and commentary on the havoc caused by typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines finally began to acknowledge a possible connection to anthropogenic climate change. While no single […]
The Huffington Post Canada | Posted: 12/07/2013 1:11 pm EST | Updated: 12/07/2013 1:16 pm EST A strategic analysis carried out in 2010 for the oilsands identifies a “worst-case scenario” for the industry that appears to have come to pass. […]
by Emma Gilchrist Wed, 2013-11-20 Nov. 19th, 2013. A Tuesday. The day started out sunny, but hail fell out of the sky in the afternoon. It was a Victoria day like any other until I found out the Canadian government […]
Warsaw Wrap-up This year’s UN climate conference in Warsaw, Poland saw a civil society walk-out, a climate fast in solidarity with the victims of super typhoon Haiyan and Canada winning a ‘Lifetime Unachievement‘ Fossil award for climate change inaction. But […]
by David Suzuki, Nov. 26, 2013 Early November marked the 18th anniversary of the tragic murder of outspoken writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues by the Nigerian government. Saro-Wiwa and the others had waged a long campaign […]
