Opinion

Annabelle Liao, a 22-year-old University of British Columbia undergraduate student, strives to increase youth engagement and representation in climate action spaces and at decision-making tables.

The sadness for Jasper is twinned with foreboding. Fires will keep getting worse until we eliminate climate pollution. The laws of physics are unmoved by the excuses of lobbyists and lawmakers.

While a tariff mirroring the U.S.’s may be seen by many as a win for Canada’s auto sector, an inelegant trade move could result in even fewer models and higher prices for Canadian consumers. 

Like so many Albertans, and others across the country, my past is tied to this park, this town and its historic mountain resort. To see the town’s landmarks disappearing, and imagine the flames licking at the Jasper Park Lodge lobby itself is like seeing my past crumble into ash.

Paige Hunter is using art to make climate change more accessible. She was named a Starfish Canada Top 25 under 25 Environmental Activist in part for co-founding the Sword Fern Collective.

Anyone hoping for an easy go of things for Canada under a Harris administration will, if she wins, be quickly disabused of the fantasy.

Lesley Johnson creates maps to help us explore Canada’s nature trails, as manager of geographic information system (GIS) mapping for Trans Canada Trail.

Last week's flooding in Toronto shows we need our governments to act decisively to address the climate crisis — and make Big Oil clean up the mess they made. 

Sentences for environmental activists set a new record for non-violent protest in the U.K, surpassing the three-year sentence given to another Just Stop Oil protestor who scaled the Queen Elizabeth II bridge over the Thames estuary.

Paris Olympics, Lululemon and the fossil fuel fashion fail: As the climate crisis threatens the future of sport and the health of athletes, retired professional athlete and Canadian Olympian Margo Malowney asks Team Canada sponsor Lululemon to address its reliance on fossil fuels and skyrocketing emissions.

Thermal coal contains significant amounts of mercury, which can threaten the development of unborn babies, and accumulate in bodies and aquatic food chains. 

Online disinformation and extremist networking are igniting a fire, and right-wing politicians in Canada are all too keen to fan the flames.

While B.C. fumbles on its commitments, old growth falls; forest defenders are arrested; mills close; and ecosystems are pushed further toward the brink of collapse by major timber companies.

The PR pros will tell you not to bother talking about arcane topics like 1.5 degrees — no normies understand the significance, and it just sounds like a little-bitty thing, anyway. They’re probably right. And maybe that explains why we just lived through the first full year above 1.5 C with only perfunctory coverage by the global media.