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Leading climate action and creating community with faith

With 2,500 physical sites across the country, Canada's largest Protestant Christian denomination, the United Church of Canada, plans to reduce its carbon footprint by 80 per cent in seven years.

Opinion

Race Against Climate Change

By Beatrice Ekoko | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 21st 2023

Telus and Jolt have partnered to install 5,000 EV chargers across Canada beginning this year. Drivers will be able to charge up to seven kilowatt-hours for free. Photo provided by Jolt

Telus partners with Australian company to install 5,000 EV chargers across Canada

Drivers will be able to recharge up to seven kilowatt-hours for free, which equals 40 to 50 kilometres of driving range and takes 15 to 20 minutes of charging, according to Jolt.

By Tori Fitzpatrick | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 21st 2023

Canada must speed decarbonizing ports to slash rising shipping emissions

Canada urgently needs to chart a course of action to drastically reduce the shipping sector’s surging greenhouse gas emissions, says an International coalition working to decarbonize the maritime industry.

By Rochelle Baker | News, Climate Solutions Reporting, Island Insider | June 20th 2023

Treating the climate crisis like a war

Seth Klein argues the climate crisis needs the same spirit of collaboration summoned during the Second World War. Have another listen to this Maxed Out episode.

Opinion

By Zahra Khozema | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 20th 2023

A Cascadia bus with activists went to South Dakota as part of the Standing Rock protests in 2016. Photo by Brandon Letsinger

Fighting climate change by reconnecting to ecosystems in our own backyards

Climate change does not recognize borders. Proof can be found in the smoke from Canadian fires that recently fouled the air in the United States and the catastrophic flooding of B.C.’s Sumas Prairie when the Nooksack River in the U.S. burst its banks in 2021.

By Tori Fitzpatrick | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 20th 2023

Pass the climate gavel to the young

When world leaders gather, 16-year-old Clara Brown from Merrickville, Ont., helps ensure young people have a greater voice.

Opinion

Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane & Clara Brown | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 19th 2023

The town council says the agricultural sector has unique needs related to specialized electronic farm equipment and must have the ability to make repairs in a timely and affordable manner. Photo by Dietmar Reichle / Unsplash

Ontario town’s council endorses right-to-repair movement

The town council of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ont., has endorsed the right-to-repair movement and passed a resolution asking the federal government to expedite promised public consultations.

By Abdul Matin Sarfraz | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 15th 2023

Tea Creek farm regenerates soil and soul

When Jacob Beaton quit his business consulting job and left Vancouver for a homestead in northern B.C., he didn't plan on the farm becoming a hub for reviving Indigenous food sovereignty.

Farming for the future

By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 14th 2023

The Foodlands construction crew setting up a silt screen prior to the bank stabilization work on the sc̓e:ɬxʷəy̓əm (Salmon River). Photo by Justine Nelson

Communities band together to save the river that sustains them

B.C.’s Fraser River or stɑl̓əw̓, as it is called by the Kwantlen and Katzie First Nations, is under siege. Climate change is warming its waters and aquatic species are suffocating from supercharged plant growth fed by fertilizer runoff from agriculture.

By Tori Fitzpatrick | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 14th 2023

Dress code for a happier planet

In a world facing widespread water shortages, rising emissions and escalating inequity, becoming mindful about our fashion choices is seen as a moral imperative by more and more of us each year, says Marley Alles, who started a clothing rental company.

Opinion

Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane & Marley Alles | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 12th 2023

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