Tzeporah Berman

Tzeporah Berman BA, MES, LLD (honoris causa), Adjunct Professor York University Faculty of Environmental Studies is author of This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge, Knopf Canada.

8 Articles

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

By Tzeporah Berman in 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.

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

By Tzeporah Berman in 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

By Tzeporah Berman in 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

By Tzeporah Berman in Opinion, Energy, Politics | December 8th 2016

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announces the province's climate change plan earlier this year. National Observer file photo

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

By Tzeporah Berman in 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.

Opinion

Canada's 2015 Federal Election Campaign

By Tzeporah Berman in Opinion, Politics | October 28th 2015

Time for honest talk and messy solutions in the oil sands

Opinion

By Tzeporah Berman in Opinion | July 20th 2015

Twenty-five years since Oka: do we have the courage to recognize injustice and act?

Opinion

By Tzeporah Berman in Opinion | June 22nd 2015