Environment

A woman stands beside a smoke stack and gazes at windmills on the horizon

Environment / September/October 2022

How the UK Is Winning the Race against Climate Change

August 17, 2022August 18, 2022 - by Anne Shibata Casselman

While Canada has fumbled every climate promise, the UK has been hitting its emissions targets. What would it take to catch up?

Fogs rolls onto the red cliffs on the Magdalen Islands

Environment

Are Quebec’s Most Beautiful Islands Doomed to Disappear?

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 - by Taras Grescoe

The Magdalen Islands are being swallowed up by rising sea levels, leaving islanders with a stark choice: flee or stay

Cartoon panel depicting a straw melting in a pink cocktail while the glass starts to sweat.

Environment / July/August 2022

Is the Humidex Just Hot Air?

June 27, 2022June 1, 2023 - by Frédéric Fabry

The formula was developed in 1965, but some experts say the sweaty signifier is flawed

Planet earth stands in front of an empty United Nations general assembly hall.

Environment

Why Climate Change Is Not an Environmental Issue

June 24, 2022May 11, 2023 - by Chris Turner

Misunderstanding the nature of the peril humanity faces is one reason climate politics has been so prone to frustration and despair

A gif of jumping worms popping their heads out of holes in the ground.

Environment

Revenge of the Earthworms

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 - by Moira Donovan

A gardener’s best friend? Think again. How invasive earthworms are wreaking havoc on our ecosystems

Comic panel of a couple sitting on a couch pleasantly watching the fireplace roar. In the second slide they sip wine, oblivious to the fire raging outside their window.

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

Giant mine building in silhouette against purple clouds at sunset.

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?

Two origami birds made out of paper with poetry on it against a blue background.

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

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?

Cartoon panel of a bear waking up to an alarm clock and ending hibernation, but confused that it looks like autumn and not spring outside.

Environment / March/April 2022

How Is the Climate Crisis Changing Our Seasons?

March 21, 2022September 19, 2023 - by Madhur Anand

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

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How the UK Is Winning the Race against Climate Change

Are Quebec’s Most Beautiful Islands Doomed to Disappear?

Is the Humidex Just Hot Air?

Why Climate Change Is Not an Environmental Issue

Revenge of the Earthworms

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

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

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