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Outage at Atlantic Canada’s only nuclear power plant drags on

The outage at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in New Brunswick was supposed to last 22 days, with five additional days allotted to address issues. It’s now been offline for more than 40 days. NB Power, which owns the station, said it expects the plant will be back online later this week.

By Cloe Logan | News | May 26th 2023

Former prime minister Stephen Harper gives a keynote address at Canada Strong and Free gathering in Ottawa on March 22, 2023. Photo by Natasha Bulowski / Canada's National Observer

Canada’s conservatives are ‘strong’ and ‘free’ but pretty quiet on climate

Hot Politics host David McKie takes the temperature at a conservative lovefest.

By Zahra Khozema | Analysis, Politics | April 4th 2023

Lisa Akinyi May and her partner watch a hazy sunset during the heat dome of 2021. Photo courtesy Lisa Akinyi May

Lisa Akinyi May uses facts to make the world a fairer place

As the new associate director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ B.C. office, Lisa Akinyi May leads the organization’s communications and public engagement and is a member of the management team.

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Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane & Lisa Akinyi May | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 27th 2023

MOVIES: All That Breathes– climate change drives an excellent documentary

There aren't many movies that take on climate change directly. So support this one. It's a mesmerising documentary, has won awards at Cannes and Sundance and is nominated for an Academy Award. It's from India about one of the results of the man-made crisis and the efforts of a pair of brothers to do something to help.

By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | January 26th 2023

Canada Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault addresses a news conference at the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal on Friday, December 16, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Steven Guilbeault's first year as environment minister

Five days after Steven Guilbeault was appointed Canada's environment minister in October 2021, he headed to Scotland for the annual United Nations climate talks being held in Glasgow.

By Mia Rabson | News, Politics | January 2nd 2023

A Canada Post letter carrier crosses a snow and ice covered road while delivering mail in Burnaby, B.C., on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. A snowstorm dumped more than 30 centimetres of snow in Metro Vancouver this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Climate and the holiday storms of 2022: ‘I don’t think people realize just how much trouble we’re in’

Some are calling the weather set to hit Ontario over the holidays the storm of the century. But this is just one of the many ‘storms of the century’ to hit Canada in the last few decades, says one expert.

By Allison Hannaford | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | December 22nd 2022

How a Canadian farmer partnered with ‘a force in the universe’ to save his family’s land

As countries gather in Montreal to hammer out a new deal to protect global biodiversity, farms like the Coens' could offer a blueprint for how we produce food in the future. Agriculture is the largest driver of biodiversity loss worldwide, with farming identified by the United Nations as a threat to 86 per cent of species at risk of extinction.

Negotiating survival

By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | December 14th 2022

Provinces pour money into conservation efforts

On Monday, N.S. Environment and Climate Change Minister Timothy Halman said the province would put $20 million forward to protect land and water in the province and is designating 9,300 hectares of Crown land as protected. This will bring protected land in the province to 13 per cent.

Negotiating survival

By Cloe Logan | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | December 13th 2022

The term #ClimateScam now regularly appears in ‘climate’ searches on Twitter. Screenshot via Twitter

Rising #ClimateScam denialism on Twitter has scientists worried

Many researchers are fleeing the platform, unnerved by the surge in climate misinformation since Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover.

Race Against Climate Change

By Oliver Milman | News | December 9th 2022

Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman poses for a photo at the legislature in Halifax, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keith Doucette

Nova Scotia unveils new climate plan, but keeps eyes on coal, gold and LNG

Nova Scotia has set out 68 climate goals, including plans to reduce oil heating in homes and buildings, upgrade dikeland to prevent flooding and expand electric vehicle charging stations, in its anticipated plan released Wednesday.

By Cloe Logan | News | December 7th 2022

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