Climate change

BEPPLE – January rain storm a wakeup call that climate change is upon us

January 13, 2021 // 1 Comment

I AWOKE EARLY this morning to the sound of rain beating on my window and wind shaking the trees. The looming threat, climate change emergency, had awoken me. Like many, [Continue]

SUZUKI – The woman who discovered global warming – in 1856

March 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

OUR BOOK Just Cool It!: The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do features a chapter on climate science history. We include discoveries by well-known scientific pioneers, from [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Cheer up, climate change could be a lot worse

February 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL was remarkable for three reasons: It was a model for international cooperation; it succeeded in reducing atmospheric pollution; and now studies show it [Continue]

SUZUKI – Beyond Climate ventures to the heart of a rapidly heating B.C.

February 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

ISLAND SCALLOPS on Vancouver Island has relied on stable ocean conditions since 1989. But CEO Rob Saunders says those started changing a little over a decade ago. [Continue]

SUZUKI – What do we do when our home is on fire?

February 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

SUCCESSIVE AUSTRALIAN governments have denied or downplayed the existence and risks of human-caused climate disruption. There, coal is king. In our outdated economic systems, [Continue]

SUZUKI – Ecological crises deserve better coverage from the media

January 22, 2020 // 2 Comments

I WAS 14 WHEN North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. As an adolescent, I was more preoccupied with puberty-related personal issues than politics. But when Canada sent [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Greta Thunberg gets it wrong on panicking over climate

January 17, 2020 // 1 Comment

I SYMPATHIZE WITH Swedish teen Greta Thunberg for her outrage at the mess that my generation has left the world in. We just wanted to create a culture with every convenience [Continue]

SUZUKI – Conservation and climate action go together

January 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

WE LIVE ON a changing planet. Unnaturally rapid global warming is altering everything, including lands and waters. Evidence shows we’ve already emitted enough greenhouse [Continue]

SUZUKI – A 2020 vision for climate action

January 8, 2020 // 2 Comments

LET’S HOPE 2020 marks the start of a year and decade when we finally take climate disruption as seriously as the evidence shows we must. We understand the problem and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Only the young can save the planet, and it might be too late

December 17, 2019 // 14 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE GENERATION GAP is surely no more obvious than on the issue of climate change. The only ones getting serious about it are young people, [Continue]

McQUARRIE – What if we’ve got this whole carbon-pricing thing wrong?

December 15, 2019 // 3 Comments

WHAT IF, HORROR OF HORRORS, we’ve got this whole carbon-pricing thing wrong? And what if many of those who don’t believe in climate change are actually more concerned [Continue]

BEPPLE – There’s time for meetings, but there’s also a time for protests

October 30, 2019 // 1 Comment

AS CITIES GO, Kamloops is not a hub of protests. Certainly there are protests. On Oct. 15, correctional officers protested violence they face in their workplace outside of [Continue]

SUZUKI – The election is over; now let’s get to work!

October 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE ELECTION MAY BE OVER but there’s no time to be complacent. Canadians voters — and many people too young to vote — demanded that politicians take climate disruption [Continue]

SUZUKI – On October 21, vote for solutions to climate change

October 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

POLITICIANS ARE FINALLY talking about climate change. How could they not? In Canada, more than 800,000 young people and their supporters took to the streets on September 27, [Continue]