climate change
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For all the crazy political things that have happened since the last federal election in 2019, new Green Party leader Annamie Paul lying to the Globe and Mail... more
By James OGrady
July 13, 2021
Canada is the only G7 country that is still emitting GHG emissions way above 1990 levels at 21% more. Compare that to the US which is on par with its 1990... more
By Paul Strome
May 23, 2021
Canada's continent-spanning forest used to remove massive amounts of CO2 from the air each year. It was a hugely valuable "carbon sink", slowing the pace of... more
May 7, 2021
As academics researching climate and environmental change, we have been encouraged to see increased focus on climate in politics and society in recent years.... more
By unpubadmin
April 21, 2021
This inspiring work is by an Ecology Ottawa alumnus who felt that, even among people who know a lot about climate change, not enough is known about the IPCC,... more
February 7, 2021
I’m here on January 17, 2021 on Unama’ki (Cape Breton Island), Nova Scotia and looking at my very accurate outdoor thermometer that says it is 11 degrees... more
By Paul Strome
January 17, 2021
(OTTAWA) – On January 16, on the heels of a May 2020 decision to expand Ottawa's urban boundary, city planners released a draft report recommending the... more
January 17, 2021
We report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little attention and require urgent action. First, we review the evidence that... more
By unpubadmin
January 17, 2021
When we lived in the arctic during the 1970s and 80s I was fortunate enough to spend a lot of time out on the land with the Inuit. Living beside Moonshine... more
By Paul Strome
December 27, 2020
Despite province-wide opposition, the Ford government has again defied your Environmental Bill of Rights, and used a Budget Bill to gut crucial environmental... more
By Diane Saxe
December 18, 2020
The City of Ottawa has released its annual greenhouse gas emissions inventories in the lead-up to the December 15, 2020 meeting of the Standing Committee of... more
December 7, 2020
1) Do not expand the urban boundary. Recently, Ottawa approved another large expansion of its urban boundary, adding houses to the periphery. It will cause... more
By Shawn Menard
December 7, 2020
TORONTO – Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul said today that Canada should immediately begin bilateral negotiations with President-elect Biden on the... more
November 10, 2020
On Wednesday, November 4, 2020, Mayor Jim Watson presented the City of Ottawa’s draft 2021 budget. As the mayor noted, 2020 has been a year unlike any other in... more
November 7, 2020
As of Sunday, around 4 million acres have been scorched by wildfires in California, Washington and Oregon.
These fires are a reminder that for all our... more
September 16, 2020