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.

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Dr. Paula Rochon and Surbhi Kalia: How climate change is impacting older women

Sep 22

Climate change also impacts older adults, who tend to live alone and lack social connectedness, and older women face loneliness on a greater scale than men.

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David Suzuki: Climate change, tipping points, and economic gain

Sep 21

One study found that the world is nearing several “disastrous” tipping points and may have already passed five.

Straight Talk

B.C. lifts coastal campfire prohibition after recent rain and cooler temperatures

Sep 19

Wildfire authorities urge the public to continue to exercise "extreme caution" with any campfires.

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Tim Louis: Another dire climate warning

Sep 17

A Vancouver lawyer and former city councillor is eager to share what he learned from a recent article in the journal Science.

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Fraser Valley air-quality advisory cancelled after weather change brings cleaner air into the Lower Mainland

Sep 15

The Metro Vancouver bulletin says that the weather change has also "helped reduce wildfire activity".

Straight Talk

Metro Vancouver air-quality advisory ends, but eastern Fraser Valley is still under alert

Sep 14

Chilliwack, Agassiz, and Hope are communities being asked to continue taking precautions as the wildfire-smoke haze persists.

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David Suzuki: Finding our place along the grand scale

Sep 14

To start, we can embrace the realization that we’re far from fully understanding the mechanisms that determine nature and reality.

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Weekend air-quality advisory for Metro Vancouver extended until "change in the weather"

Sep 12

The Straight has reprinted Metro Vancouver's September 12 air-quality advisory in its entirety.

Straight Talk

Metro Vancouver extends air-quality advisory as fires grow, says some areas may "degrade"

Sep 11

A clearing trend is "expected" to move inland Monday.

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David Suzuki: Water runs through the climate crisis

Sep 7

Governments everywhere allow multinational corporations to suck up, bottle, and sell water back to us as drinking water or sugary beverages.

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There's only one choice for the climate in the B.C. NDP leadership race: Anjali Appadurai

Sep 3

If enough people with deep concerns about the state of the planet take out a membership in the B.C. NDP, Anjali Appadurai could pull off a monumental upset and become the next premier.

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David Suzuki: Everything matters in an interconnected world

Aug 31

Without plankton or trees or fungi, we wouldn’t have air to breathe.