ACCORDING TO an African proverb (and the Dalai Lama), “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.” The saying [Continue]
SHORTLY AFTER completing my PhD in the U.S., I taught in the University of Alberta’s genetics department. It’s also where I started my broadcasting career. I’m honoured [Continue]
“WE’RE NOT GOING to get off fossil fuels overnight!” How many times have you heard that? Over the decades I’ve been hearing it, we’ve increased exploration and [Continue]
TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS for about a quarter of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, making it the second-highest source, slightly behind the oil and gas industry. In the [Continue]
ON MARCH 31, an underwater pipeline carrying oil to a refinery in Balikpapan, Indonesia, broke, spreading crude over 20,000 hectares of Balikpapan Bay. Some of it ignited, [Continue]
SCIENTISTS, ACADEMICS, environmentalists and communicators have urged governments to take the climate crisis seriously for decades. We’ve outlined the overwhelming [Continue]