Vaclav Smil Is Fed Up with Climate Activism
The acclaimed environmental scientist is annoyed with the eco movement and shunning media—just when we need him most
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20 Years of The Walrus: Environmental Writing
Stories about water, the animal world, climate change, and more
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Exclusive: Docs Blocked by BC NDP Raise Questions about First Nation Statement on Fairy Creek Protests
The Pacheedaht First Nation’s statement was an ideological bomb for protesters and their supporters. Was it influenced by the BC government?
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How Much Further Can Mining Go?
Unless business as usual can change, companies will venture into ever deeper, darker, and riskier places—with potentially catastrophic consequences
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The Best Thing I Could Do for Climate Change Was Go Home
I was making gelato and living large in Vancouver, but something was missing. Then I returned to Old Crow, Yukon
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Rethinking Uncertainty in an Insecure Age
Our world is becoming more unsettled in many troubling ways. In others, it is not nearly unsettled enough
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How a Summer House Triggered an Existential Crisis on PEI
An Ontario couple’s planned property development has sparked environmental and right-of-access concerns—and has Islanders questioning their sense of self
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Canada’s National Parks Are Colonial Crime Scenes
Many see wilderness as a right of citizenship. But the concept of Canada as untouched nature is unrecognizable to Indigenous people
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The Secret Life of Plastic
What happens to our trash once we’ve done our duty and tossed it into the right bin?
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