This ongoing archive of Georgia Straight articles includes issues such as climate, sustainability, environment and ecosystems, pollution and waste, ocean health and sealife, wildlife, endangered species and extinction, wildfires, and more.
The president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and global energy consultant's newest book is called The Green New Deal: Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028 and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth
Two groups, UBCc350 and Extinction Rebellion UBC, have pursued different tactics in a successful fight to convince the UBC board of governors to divest from fossil fuels in university endowment funds.
We're closer to the tipping points than previously believed, according to a group of scientists who recently wrote a thought-provoking paper in Nature.
Maybe industry leaders believe they can stall for a while to facilitate more of the massive profits they've enjoyed while the planet was heating - and with help from media and politicians, they could be right.
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna, like her parliamentary secretary Andy Fillmore, knows by now that adding capacity to urban highways only makes traffic worse and increases greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution.
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