How Farmers Are Saving the Trumpeter Swan
The world’s largest waterfowl has rebounded from near extinction—thanks, in part, to the people who hate them
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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
How Humans Are Inadvertently Hastening the Extinction of Canada’s Whales
An investigation into this summer’s mysterious deaths blames our booming industries. But it isn’t too late to save the endangered mammals
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How Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson Built a Bird Sanctuary
On secluded Pelee Island, the literary duo has spent decades protecting their feathered friends
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The Reason More People Don’t Drive Electric Cars
Without a national charging system, eco vehicles are just fancy toys
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British Columbia’s Perfect Firestorm
Why this year’s wildfires are so severe—and what can be done to stop them in the future
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It Is Engineers, Not Politicians, Who Can Solve Climate Change
We don’t need another climate accord. We need cheap solar panels and electric cars
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Making the Subarctic Bloom
How a Filipino immigrant built the largest communal farm in the NWT
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The Latest ‘Superfood’? Hideous Mushrooms Called Chaga
The fungus is rare, slow growing, valuable—and, like many natural remedies, in danger of disappearing
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Kill What You Eat
Creating a distinctive Canadian cuisine starts with a gunshot
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The Case against Eating Fish
As a biologist, I know what can happen to seafood before it ends up on our plates. That’s why it’s not on mine
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