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Canada’s National Observer nominated for prestigious National Newspaper Awards

I'm proud to make this announcement.

By Linda Solomon Wood | Analysis | March 18th 2022

Canada’s economy will survive a breakup with fossil fuels: Carbon Tracker’s Mark Campanale

Canadian banks can drop their fossil fuel investments and the economy will survive, says Carbon Tracker founder Mark Campanale, an expert in getting the financial sector on the path to a climate-safe future.

Financing disaster

By John Woodside | Analysis, Business, Energy, Politics | March 18th 2022

Graphic of gas pump and car charger. Credit: Barry Saxifrage at visualCarbon

High gas prices? Some Canadians are filling up for under 35 cents a ‘litre’

Columnist Barry Saxifrage breaks down how much it costs right now to power a car with gasoline versus electricity in cities across Canada.

Race Against Climate Change

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | March 15th 2022

Presentation of the world's first cultured hamburger at a news conference in London on 5 Aug, 2013. The cultured meat product was developed by a team of scientists from Maastricht University led by Mark Post. Phoro by WEF/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Lab-grown meat’s bloody little secret

These test-tube cells need food to flourish, and researchers found that fetal bovine serum provided the special sauce.

State Of The Animal

By Tom Philpott | Analysis | March 14th 2022

View of trees killed by fire, drought and insects in B.C.'s Stein Valley Park

How B.C.’s forests became a carbon-spewing liability

British Columbia's valuable carbon sink is gone. Its forests are hemorrhaging CO2. And the wood harvested from the province is now adding fuel to our climate crisis.

Race Against Climate Change

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | March 4th 2022

The war profiteers

Connecting the dots for you on world events, Canadian politics, banking and climate change

By Chris Hatch | Analysis | February 28th 2022

Climate snapshot: Driving off the climate cliff in Alberta versus Norway

Same number of new cars. Five times more CO2 to drive them around.

Race Against Climate Change

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 25th 2022

Climate snapshot: Bay du Nord

The International Energy Agency has clearly stated that no new sources of fossil fuels can be developed if humanity wants to keep the climate crisis within the guardrails set in the global Paris Agreement. The oil industry in Canada, however, shows no sign it plans to do what's needed voluntarily.

Race Against Climate Change

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Energy, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 23rd 2022

Public opinion in flux over COVID rules and political unrest caused by protests and convoys

For the first time, the majority understood COVID not only through statistics and news stories, but the symptoms and challenges experienced first- or second-hand.

By David Coletto & Bruce Anderson | Analysis | February 18th 2022

Protesters block traffic at the Ambassador Bridge, linking Windsor, Ontario and Detroit on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Nicole Osborne

Was funding for Canada's vaccine protests linked to Putin's plans for Ukraine?

NBC News has reported that the protests, originally branded as a "trucker convoy" comprising drivers angry at being forced to get vaccinated against COVID-19, were being promoted by fake accounts connected to so-called "content mills" in Bangladesh, Romania, Vietnam and elsewhere.

By James McCarten | Analysis | February 15th 2022

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