SUZUKI – On climate, OECD head embraces environmentalism
ANGEL GURRIAa sounds like the leader of an environmental or social justice group. In a recent University of Toronto lecture, “Climate Action: Time for Implementation”, he [Continue]
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SUZUKI – Large dams fail on climate change and Indigenous rights
BRAZIL HAS FLOODED large swaths of the Amazon for hydro dams, despite opposition from Indigenous Peoples, environmentalists and others. The country gets 70 per cent of its [Continue]
SUZUKI – The consumer society no longer serves our needs
MY PARENTS were born in Vancouver — Dad in 1909, Mom in 1911 — and married during the Great Depression. It was a difficult time that shaped their values and outlook, [Continue]
SUZUKI – Latest science shows the time has come to ban bee-killing pesticides
THE CANADIAN government is banning plastic microbeads in toiletries. Although designed to clean us, they’re polluting the environment, putting the health of fish, wildlife [Continue]
SUZUKI – Wildfires are a wake-up call about the reality of climate change
WILDFIRES ARE sweeping B.C. Close to 900 have burned through 600,000 hectares so far this year, blanketing western North America with smoke. Fighting them has cost more than [Continue]
SUZUKI – We only have one Earth, and we’re overshooting its capacity
AUGUST 2 was Earth Overshoot Day. Unlike Earth Day or Canada Day, it’s not a time to celebrate. As the Earth Overshoot Day website explains, it marks the time when “we [Continue]
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