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Arno Kopecky

Arno Kopecky is a contributing writer for The Walrus.
Pierre Poilievre, wearing an Axe the Tax t-shirt, speaks into a microphone at a rally
Politics

Pierre Poilievre Wants a Carbon Tax Election

April 25, 2024July 25, 2024 - by Arno Kopecky

The policies of carbon pricing have been twisted and maligned—and they could decide our next prime minister

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A man in an orange vest uses a tape measure while building a wooden frame house surrounded by trees.
Environment

Want to Fight Climate Change? Fix Housing

March 20, 2024July 25, 2024 - by Arno Kopecky

Treating the two calamities as separate issues misses a huge opportunity to address both

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A photo of police officers patrolling on foot in front of three trucks with Canadian flags pinned on their fronts during a protest against COVID-19 restrictions where truckers flooded the streets of Ottawa in Feb. 2022.
Politics

The Emergencies Act Is Outdated and Polarizing

February 15, 2024February 16, 2024 - by Arno Kopecky

Will it ever be appropriate and reasonable for the government to shut down a protest again?

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A photo illustration of Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre walking away from a photo of the Athabasca oil sands cut out in the shape of his silhouette.
Politics

Why Conservatives Turned against the Environment

January 10, 2024July 25, 2024 - by Arno Kopecky

They’re busy making accusations of “eco-radicalism” while the world burns. It wasn’t always like that

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A photo of Vaclav Smil standing amongst palm leaves.
Environment / January/February 2024

Vaclav Smil Is Fed Up with Climate Activism

January 4, 2024January 12, 2024 - by Arno Kopecky

The acclaimed environmental scientist is annoyed with the eco movement and shunning media—just when we need him most

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A photo illustration of various newspaper clippings of headlines that include the term “new normal” over an image of a wildfire.
Environment

Stop Calling Each New Disaster “The New Normal”

June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 - by Arno Kopecky

When it comes to the climate crisis, new normals convey a single, grim message: instead of acting, get used to it

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An illustration with children, graphs and empty boxes
Society

The Ugly History of Environmental Fears and Population Controls

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Arno Kopecky

It’s time to focus less on people’s reproductive habits and more on overconsumption

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Environment / October 2019

What to Read When the World is On Fire

September 23, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Arno Kopecky

The new wave of climate change writing

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Illustration by Lauren Crazybull
April 2018 / Justice

Inside the Legal Battle to Preserve Land As Sacred Space

April 2, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Arno Kopecky

How one First Nation tried to use freedom of religion to stop a ski resort

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Photograph by Birthe Piontek
July/August 2015

Title Fight

July 22, 2015January 21, 2020 - by Arno Kopecky

The Tsilhqot’in Nation got its land back. Canada will never be the same

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