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‘Overpopulation’ and the environment: three ideas on how to discuss it in a sensitive way

Aug 21 2018 | IN Population Growth | BY David P. M. Lam, Rebecca Laycock Pedersen

New ways of thinking about "overpopulation" can help make sure you're doing it right.

Endless bottle caps as plastic pollution/NOAA Photo Library

Tons of plastic trash enter the Great Lakes every year – where does it go?

Aug 20 2018 | IN Water | BY Christy Tyler, Matthew J. Hoffman

Strong winds break up plastic patches in the Great Lakes, leading researchers (and clean up crews) to target shorelines.

Forest fires rage in northern Alberta in 2009/Cameron Strandberg CC BY-2.0

Fighting historic wildfires amid bad ideas and no funding

Aug 09 2018 | IN Forestry | BY Edward Struzik

Uncontrolled fires are burning across North America. To get ahead of them, fire fighters and need modern tools. And government cash.

Hiking in Prince Edward Island/Martin Cathrae

Why Canadians need “the right to roam”

Jul 30 2018 | IN Travel | BY Matthew Robert Anderson

Giving Canadians the ‘right to roam’ might be a small step toward answering the calls of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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.

Bull Boreal Woodland Caribou by J.H. on Flickr

Why Canada is Failing to Protect Species At Risk

Mar 09 2015 | IN Environmental Law | BY Anne Bell, Rachel Plotkin

The driving principle behind species-at-risk management in Canada has shifted from protection to mitigation – and it shows.

$Stephen Harper on trial, in Alternatives Journal A\J. By Ted Heeley.$

Crimes Against Ecology

Nov 2013 | IN Heroes 39.6 | BY Laura McDonald

Full article available online

Is the Harper government guilty? You be the judge.

$The former Madden farm, old broken-down barn. A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

Web Exclusive: The Plunder of Brant County's Foodland

Mar 2013 | IN Greenbelts 39.2 | BY Ella Haley

Full article available online

Just outside of the Ontario Greenbelt, thousands of hectares of prime farmland have been bought up in land banking schemes.

Why Environmentalists Should Promote a Guaranteed Basic Income

Dec 23 2014 | IN Mining | BY Cameron Roberts

A basic income would remove the tension between saving the planet and supporting the working classes.

$Photo @ ALCE \ Fotolia.com$

What's on the Environmental Agenda for 2015

Dec 31 2014 | IN Wildlife | BY Andrew Reeves

A look back at the major environmental challenges of 2014, from endangered species to pipelines and dying pollinators, and where we’re headed in the new year.

Queen's Park, Ontario parliament building at night.

Where Do Ontario Political Parties Stand on Environmental Issues?

Jun 10 2014 | IN Politicians | BY Andrew Reeves

Environmental issues have been absent from the Ontario election, but someone's paying attention: here's a tally of the four main parties' support (or lack thereof) for environmental initiatives.

Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Protest at Tufts University

Why Divestment Won't Succeed

Aug 21 2014 | IN Energy Policy | BY Stephen Bocking

Only engaging – not shaming – will cut us loose from carbon.

Can Elizabeth May Unmuzzle Canada’s Scientists?

Evidence for Democracy Launches the "Science Pledge" Campaign

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