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Alabama civil rights movement: Selma to Montgomery march

What "Selma" Can Teach the Canadian Climate Movement

Jan 29 2015 | IN Politicians | BY Cameron Fenton

The civil rights movie is steeped in lessons in organizing and movement strategy – here’s how one group is applying those lessons to the Energy East pipeline.

Coffee farmers struggle to adapt to Colombia’s changing climate

Aug 24 2018 | IN Food | BY Jessica Eise, Natalie White

Deep in the Andes Mountains, where growing coffee is a multi-billion business, the creeping impacts of global warming are threatening a way of life.

Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River/SAE 2015.

Belo Monte: there is nothing green or sustainable about these mega-dams

Aug 15 2018 | IN Water | BY Ed Atkins

Hydroelectricity may appear clean. But when it comes to megadams, the veneer of sustainability can wear thin.

Wind farm in southwestern Ontario/Michael Swan. 2015. CC BY-ND 2.0

Doug Ford’s energy shake-up could cost Ontario

Jul 29 2018 | IN Renewables | BY Mark Winfield

Setting aside lawsuits from shuttering wind projects, Ontario is turning its back on unprecedented opportunities in the renewable energy and clean tech sectors.

Data showing Canadian support for carbon pricing.

Ford’s illusory climate policy mandate

Jul 26 2018 | IN Politicians | BY Matto Mildenberger

Ontario’s mostly pro-climate-pricing voters didn’t abruptly shift their thinking on fighting climate change on election day — only the PC leader did.

Smokestacks near Edmonton, AB. (Photo by Bill Burris. 2013.) CC A-SA

Taxpayers will back a carbon tax if they get a cheque in the mail

Jul 16 2018 | IN Pollution | BY Sumeet Gulati, Werner Antweiler

Ontario may have signalled an end to its cap-and-trade program, but the idea can still win popular support nationally...if Ottawa cuts every Canadian a cheque.

Pickering nuclear plant from Frenchman's Bay. (JasonParis. 2011) CC BY 2.0

OPINION: Playing politics with Pickering nuclear in no one’s best interest

Jul 13 2018 | IN Politicians | BY Shawn-Patrick Stensil

The Pickering nuclear plant will close sooner rather than later. Are we ready to transition the plant’s workers to a post-nuclear reality?

Study co-author Rina Mandimbiniaina entering data. (S. Rakotonarivo)

Who pays the price for tropical forest conservation?

Jul 11 2018 | IN Traditional Knowledge | BY Emily Yeung

Forest conservation programs that compensate local populations can become effective carbon sinks. But are developed nations paying their fair share?

7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?

Jul 09 2018 | IN Water | BY Andrew D. Hwang

World populations are expected to level off around 2100. But that gradual slowing in growth "signals a harsh biological reality."

'Drawdown', edited by Paul Hawken. Penguin Books. 240 pp

'Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming'

Jul 09 2018 | IN Politicians | REVIEWED BY Gideon Forman

"We know we can’t avoid the cataclysmic impacts of global warming by only focusing on achieving zero net carbon emissions; we must also rapidly re-sequester carbon."

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