Tzeporah Berman

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.

10 Articles

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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