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Arno Kopecky

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About Arno Kopecky

Arno Kopecky is an environmental journalist and author based in Vancouver. His most recent book is The Environmentalist's Dilemma.

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‘Freedom Convoy’ protest ignited, Canada boiled over and Poilievre's Conservatives burnt their hands

Claims the 'Freedom Convoy' was a bunch of peaceful protesters exercising their right to free speech was hammered to dust by the Public Order Emergency Commission, writes Arno Kopecky.
Opinion | December 7th 2022

Chronicle of a death foretold

Two narratives collided head-on late Wednesday night when the BC NDP disqualified Anjali Appadurai from the party’s leadership race. Arno Kopecky breaks down the aftermath of her ouster and what comes next.
Analysis | October 22nd 2022

Animal rights activists are escalating tactics to expose ‘systemic abuse’ in factory farms. Has it backfired?

A new wave of activism targeting factory farms is trying to narrow the gap between what’s legal and what’s ethical.
News | October 11th 2022

A Conservative climate conspiracy

Not all the plotters have been identified, but they’re known to include a handful of senior strategists, one former cabinet minister, and Jean Charest, the only leadership candidate with any hope of beating Pierre Poilievre, writes Arno Kopecky.
News, Politics | June 13th 2022

Can Canada's forests survive climate change?

Ten thousand years ago, when the last ice age gave way to the Holocene, a great migration was triggered in North America: trees began travelling northward, colonizing newly thawed landscapes at a pace of up to 500 metres a year. In a geoclimatic blink of an eye, trees colonized 38 per cent of the landmass now known as Canada, ultimately giving us nearly a 10th of all the forest in the world.
Canada's forests in peril
News | February 7th 2022

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