Non-Renewables

Breaking Up With Fossil Fuels

Feb 13 2015 | IN Renewables | BY A\J Staff

Love is universal, and so is climate change. Read the winning entries in the Divest Waterloo letter writing contest.

Major North American Crude Oil & Dilbit Pipelines

Feb 2014 | IN Resource Wars 40.1 | BY A\J Staff

Interactive

An interactive map of where and how much crude oil and bitumen moves around the continent – and how much more we'll be moving soon.

Business, Interrupted: A Rebuttal

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Sophie Sanniti Katie Kish

A look at business from the viewpoint of ecological economics

Direct Air Capture

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Jennie Z. Rose

The first may not be the last. Or even the best.

Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

Jun 20 2019 | IN Pollution | REVIEWED BY Michael Polanyi

Having an awareness of the worst possible climate change scenarios can be motivating rather than paralyzing, argues David Wallace-Wells. The climate crisis has the potential to bring people together in the massive efforts required to mitigate the disaster.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a key proponent of a New Green Deal

The Green New Deal: Our Best Chance on Climate

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Robert Paehlke

Online exclusive

The 'Green New Deal' addresses today’s two most urgent problems simultaneously: climate change and rising inequality.

Seascapes on the Scotian Basin (Photo by Simon Ryder-Burbidge.)

Offshore: Mud and Marine Spills in Canada's North Atlantic

Jul 24 2018 | IN Pollution | BY Simon Ryder-Burbidge

On June 22, 2018, BP spilled 136,000 litres of offshore drilling lubricant off the coast of Nova Scotia, one of the largest such spills in Atlantic Canada's history. But it was far from unique.

Rail cars on the move in Dickinson, North Dakota. (NNDOT. 2011.)

Nature can heal itself after an oil spill, it just needs a little help

Jul 19 2018 | IN Transportation | BY Steven D. Siciliano

Oil and gas spills are costly for the environment and taxpayers alike. But what if the soil, given time, can heal itself?

Black Snake in the Grass

Mar 2017 | IN 43.1 Ecological Economics | BY Troy Vettese

Full article available online

The business case for new pipelines is terrible.

Electrify Everything

Mar 2017 | IN 43.1 Ecological Economics | BY Brett Dolter

Full article available online

Shifting to low-carbon energy requires an economic and social transition.

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