The European Commission has proposed a law that would give it far-reaching power to dictate the course of political action on climate change in the European Union.
The draft climate law, unveiled in
A weather research station in Antarctica has recorded a temperature of nearly 70-degrees, significantly higher than the 65-degree reading taken February 6. Although yet to be certified, alarm bells
Many countries have now declared a climate emergency, and we now need action on the ground to realize the aspirational goal of keeping warming below 1.5 degrees. The financial costs of inaction are
More than 11,000 of the world’s scientists have declared clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency. Over 80 Canadian scientists have written a roadmap for how Canada
I have long argued with my dear colleague, John Robinson, that we have enough information, enough science to act now on sustainability and climate pollution, in fact, since 1995. The good news is we
A recent article in the Huffington Post explained that as far back as 1991, the Canadian arm of Exxon Mobil anticipated that a high tax on carbon emissions would be necessary to maintain a stable
Greta Thunberg has been named 2019 Time Person of the Year. Back in the summer of 2018, she sat alone in front of the Swedish parliament striking for climate. She no longer found any reason to attend
An informative article recently published in Nature explores the climate tipping points that are too risky to bet against. In a call for immediate political and economic action on emissions, the
The Ecology Action Centre just launched a major technical and modelling report for the low-carbon transition in the electricity sector in Nova Scotia. Accelerating the Coal Phase-out: Nova Scotia and
How does Canada measure up when comparing our climate plan to other G20 countries? We are now 1 of 18 countries that have implemented a national price on carbon. We have also enacted a new energy