Let’s Take Back the Planet and Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground
It’s not a stretch to say the fossil fuel industry rules the world. From its…
It’s not a stretch to say the fossil fuel industry rules the world. From its…
Canada is regarded as a country of spectacular nature, with magnificent forests. The boreal forest alone, stretching…
Considering all the information on the internet, you’d think people would be better informed and…
As people worldwide join forces to avert the worst consequences of the climate crisis, the…
As scientists warn that we’ve pushed the planet “well outside the safe operating space for…
CBC Radio has been airing programs I’ve hosted since the late 1980s. The prescience of the experts…
I greatly admire today’s young people — but I sure don’t envy them. We older…
With all the problems in the world, from massive inequality to the climate crisis, you’d…
As you walk outside, watching birds take flight or a squirrel run up a tree,…
Too many people are consuming more than Earth’s systems can replenish. But while population growth…
On July 6, the world’s average temperature was the hottest ever recorded, at 17.23 C. That…
If you understand that the climate crisis is a serious challenge and believe governments, industry…
In 1989, I did a radio series for CBC called It’s a Matter of Survival. It…
The world is on fire. Sometimes it seems not enough people care. We’re still electing…
Nine years ago, the David Suzuki Foundation launched the Blue Dot Movement. Its goal was to…
In the effort to limit and reverse the worsening impacts of global heating, the immediate…
As the impacts of climate disruption become more frequent and intense, we need a range…
Canada’s recent greenhouse gas inventory shows climate policies are working — but we still face…
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions to keep the world from heating to catastrophic levels is entirely…
How can a bank for wealthy venture capitalists, tech bros and people such as ultraconservative billionaire…
We can all help bring nature home to our neighbourhoods. This story begins with a…
People who oppose the transition from polluting, climate-altering fossil fuel energy to cleaner, renewable energy…
In many countries — most notably the U.S. — corporations are considered “persons” under law, enjoying many…
Long-awaited bill to update Canadian Environmental Protection Act faces final MP vote. OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL,…
Resolving the climate crisis is a challenge — but not for lack of solutions. What’s…
By now, anyone paying attention knows that burning coal, oil and gas has created a…
Cooking with gas has some advantages over cooking on conventional electric stoves, as gas stoves…
The following is adapted from the prologue to the 25th anniversary edition of The Sacred Balance:…
The human population just reached eight billion! Does it matter? Our numbers have quadrupled in…
As the 27th UN climate conference of the parties (COP27) wraps up, we can’t lose…
This summer, a Fortis BC booth at a Vancouver farmers market displayed the slogan, “Natural…
Environmental racism or discrimination can take many forms. It can mean building polluting factories or mines…
Moose management in Canada is unique compared to other wildlife management. The primary driver of…
In Canada and many places worldwide, those who pollute the atmosphere must pay. By putting…
Beavers have long been considered nuisances. They knock down trees and block waterways, often flooding…
Researchers only began to understand the “diel migration” a few decades ago. It’s “the largest…
Canada offers some of the world’s most generous support for the fossil fuel industry, but industry…
Most of us have seen images of sea turtles malformed by plastic six-pack rings, dead…
The lineage of our human species has survived for several million years thanks to a…
Near the end of the film Don’t Look Up, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, astronomer Randall Mindy, turns…
The five-day workweek is an anachronistic relic of a time when conditions were far different…
The fossil fuel industry has employed many strategies over the years to keep money flowing.…
Over the decades that I and others have been warning about the consequences of burning…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment shows the world is unnecessarily headed toward climate catastrophe,…
When I was a boy, my father’s biggest threat was not physical punishment, but pulling…