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Business / Environment

How to Enlist Corporate Leaders in the Climate Fight

March 4, 2020 - by Tom Rand

Energy companies helped cause the climate crisis. Now, they need to become part of the solution

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Environment

The World’s Last Rainforests Are Under Threat

February 5, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Jimmy Thomson

A $25 million carbon-offset project is struggling to find buyers, and the Great Bear Rainforest is on the line

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Environment

The Shark Research That Upended Marine Conservation

January 28, 2020 - by Brian Payton

Efforts to preserve ocean life are meaningless if governments don’t enforce standards of protection

Environment

The Decade in Environment

December 19, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From natural disasters and extreme weather to the last tree left standing in a forest, these are the environment conversations that helped define Canada

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Environment

Rethinking the Colonial Mentality of Our National Parks

November 20, 2019November 26, 2019 - by Jimmy Thomson

The parks were created by removing Indigenous people from the land. Thaidene Nëné begins to repair the damage

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Environment / November 2019

The False Promise of Green Housing

November 6, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

One designer is challenging the conventional wisdom about environmentally friendly construction

Environment / November 2019 / The O'Hagan Essay on Public Affairs

We’re Doomed. Now What?

November 4, 2019December 8, 2020 - by Chris Turner

An optimist’s guide to the climate crisis

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

A huge pile of garbage at a garbage dump.

Environment

We Are Garbage

August 26, 2019August 27, 2019 - by Ziya Tong

Humans generate about 45 million tons of waste every year. Where does it all go?

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Environment

The Case of the Disappearing Fish

July 31, 2019November 11, 2019 - by Sasha Chapman

About 170 million tonnes of fish are caught each year, 46 million tonnes of which winds up wasted. Is it possible to fix this broken food system?