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Our latest stories on the environment, climate change, the health of our ecosystems, the people fighting to protect our natural world, and the industries working to change

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Environment / June 2022

Ask an Environmental Expert: What’s the Carbon Footprint of the Internet?

May 16, 2022June 9, 2022 - by Laura Marks

Our digital habits are worse for the environment than flying. That toll is expected to grow

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Environment / May 2022

Arsenic and Gold: My Family’s Role in the Poisonous Legacy of Giant Mine

April 20, 2022May 2, 2022 - by Eva Holland

Could my grandfather have done more to stop the dangerous dust that spewed from the mine for decades?

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Environment

Early Warning Signals: How Poetry Helps Us Understand Our Impact on Ecology

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 - by Madhur Anand

The environmental crisis is, in part, a crisis of the imagination. Poems can create a new form of knowing

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A woman stands between two tall trees in a snowy forest
Environment / May 2022

Burning Up: The Controversial Biofuel Threatening BC’s Last Inland Rainforests

March 28, 2022June 30, 2022 - by Brian J. Barth

The wood-pellet industry is booming. Will it push old-growth ecosystems to the brink?

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Environment / March/April 2022

Ask an Ecology Expert: How Is the Climate Crisis Changing Our Seasons?

March 21, 2022April 22, 2022 - by Madhur Anand

Early springs and long, hot summers are disrupting migration and mating patterns

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Aerial view of Cootes Paradise in spring 2021
Environment / March/April 2022

Sewergate: There’s Something Rotten in the State of Our Waterways

March 4, 2022September 1, 2022 - by Nathan Whitlock

A sewage leak in southern Ontario highlights the toxic relationship between cities and water

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Environment

Fish on the Brink: Where Did All the Mackerel Go?

January 28, 2022 - by Moira Donovan

A fish famous for its abundance has become harder to find in many Atlantic communities

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Environment / Science

Reckoning with the Natural World

December 29, 2021December 30, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

The climate crisis kept the environment firmly planted in the headlines

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Environment / January/February 2022

Green Investing Is Having Its Moment in the Sun. Can It Help Save the Planet?

December 16, 2021June 28, 2022 - by Ainslie Cruickshank

As interest grows in sustainable stocks, observers worry there’s more hype than substance to the trend

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Environment / November 2021

For the Love of Peat: Our Best Defence Against a Changing Climate

October 18, 2021March 28, 2022 - by Edward Struzik

Canada holds between a quarter and a third of the world’s peatlands. It’s time we took better care of them

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