climate change
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COVID-19 is very much shaping our present, our future and eventually, will describe our past.
This invisible virus will continue to cause grief and fear in... more
June 15, 2020
On May 26, the mayor and a majority on Ottawa City Council voted to dramatically worsen urban sprawl. This was the most important environmental vote this term... more
By Robb Barnes
June 1, 2020
When I pronounced during a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday that “Oil is dead,” I expected neither surprise nor outrage. I thought I was just pointing... more
May 12, 2020
While the pandemic marches on, it's another workday at Burnaby Terminal, the oil storage "tank farm" that is being doubled in density as part of the Trans... more
May 11, 2020
Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the urban boundary dispute, one has to wonder if the City of Ottawa was simply making a show of their climate change... more
By Max Casifeli
May 8, 2020
The urban boundary decision is the most consequential environmental decision that council will make this term - and that many councillors will make in their ... more
May 3, 2020
Too often health, environmental, economic, and social equity goals are pitched against each other, as though we can never have one without the other. However,... more
By unpubadmin
April 22, 2020
A disputed environmental claim publicized by the fossil fuel firms backing a $40-billion liquefied natural gas project in B.C. can be traced back to a lifelong... more
March 5, 2020
Dear Mayor and Council,
During this term of Council you have declared both a Climate Emergency and a Housing and Homelessness Emergency. We applaud these... more
March 4, 2020
We represent a diverse group of academics working at universities and colleges across Canada who can no longer stand by in the face of human-driven climate... more
By unpubadmin
February 3, 2020
Dear progressive Canadians, especially those living in Ottawa,
You are invited to attend a panel discussion on the merits of the federal Green Party and NDP... more
By Clive Doucet
January 29, 2020
The Provincial Governments’ declaration of a pro-nuclear agenda is designed to – generate heat for oilsands production, generate steam production for... more
By Pat Freel
December 2, 2019
14 November, Luxembourg –
Today, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the world’s largest international public bank and the €555bn lending arm of the EU, ... more
By unpubadmin
November 15, 2019
This report was published by the National Resources Defense Council and authored by Jennifer Skene and Shelly Vinyard.
By unpubadmin
November 15, 2019
One man put it this way. “We voted strategically last time and, with 32 Liberal seats in Atlantic Canada we did not get a single cabinet minister, and our... more
By Clive Doucet
October 28, 2019