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Tzeporah Berman

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About Tzeporah Berman

Tzeporah Berman, BA MES LLD (honoris causa) is the International Program Director at Stand.Earth, the former Co-chair of the Alberta Government Oilsands Advisory Working Group, an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at York University and the Chair of the Fossil Fuel NonProliferation Treaty Steering Committee.

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Canada, don’t misread the new global energy reality

The knee-jerk call for more Canadian oil and gas in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine ignores our responsibility to reduce pollution and fight climate change, writes Tzeporah Berman, chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Opinion | March 24th 2022

Canada, it's time to endorse a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

Relying on fossil fuels has run its course. Canada and the world must carve a new path forward for the sake of our economy, health and climate, Tzeporah Berman writes.
Opinion | October 28th 2020

Kenney’s billions for Keystone XL is ballast for a sinking ship 

Albertans should be asking themselves why TC Energy Corp. needed the Alberta government’s help in the first place. 
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | April 7th 2020
Shoes at Auschwitz by Tzeporah Berman. December 2018.

From climate change to Auschwitz and back: a journey into dark and light

Anything of value was taken to the “Canada” warehouse, named because it was considered the land of plenty. Guards would come here, choose clothing that they might take home to their own children at night, after watching over the murders of thousands of others' children in the camp every day. 
Opinion | December 10th 2018
Kinder Morgan, pipeline protest, Trans Mountain expansion, Burnaby, National Energy Board

Trudeau’s blinkered definition of ‘national interest’

Our national interest is served by making decisions based on science and respect for Indigenous rights — not through crass political compromises and back room deals, writes environmental activist Tzeporah Berman.
Letters to the Editor
Opinion, Energy, Politics | February 23rd 2018

Pipelines, politics and polarization. Where do we go from here?

We cannot build a new, clean economy by building more of the dangerous, polluting infrastructure the world is trying to phase out.
Opinion, Energy, Politics | October 10th 2017

Tzeporah Berman: Pipelines and Paris. Do our climate promises match our energy policy?

As Canada approves a massive LNG project and two controversial pipeline projects, Tzeporah Berman asks whether national energy policy and Paris promises add up.
Opinion, Energy, Politics | December 8th 2016

Persistent climate activism forced Alberta's oil companies and government to change

Premier Rachel Notley and Minister Phillips just did a courageous thing. That doesn't mean there isn't more work to be done, but progress needs to be celebrated.
Opinion, COP21 | December 1st 2015

With Trudeau in power, can activists dare to be hopeful?

Canadians are going to need a healthy dose of hope and hard work if they are to successfully heal the wounds left behind by Stephen Harper.
Canada's 2015 Federal Election Campaign
Opinion, Politics | October 28th 2015

Time for honest talk and messy solutions in the oil sands

Opinion | July 20th 2015
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