More than half the world’s nations already recognize environmental rights. It’s time for Canada to live up to its values and join this growing global movement. Continue reading David Suzuki: The movement for environmental rights is building
Pitting the natural environment against the human-invented economy and placing higher value on the latter is foolish. Continue reading David Suzuki: Addressing global warming is an economic necessity
The environment is the very air, water, land and diversity of plant and animal life we cannot live without. Why not work to build a healthy, prosperous economy that protects those things? Continue reading Critical issues deserve a higher standard
Environmentalists and conservation groups are criticizing Ontario for a recent decision to gut law protecting threatened wildlife. Continue reading Ontario abandoning endangered species, say environmental groups
Countries where governments hold a tight rein on information, shut down or stifle research that runs counter to their priorities, and demonize and attack opponents are never good places to live. We have to make sure Canada doesn’t become one. Continue reading Muzzling scientists is an assault on democracy
We can’t live without clean water. Canada is blessed with an abundance of lakes and rivers and has a global responsibility to manage them well. But if we really want… Continue reading Lakes research shutdown doesn’t make sense
Ontario’s endangered wildlife dodged a bullet (and a bulldozer) recently, when the provincial government reversed its decision to gut the province’s world-class Endangered Species Act Continue reading Connecting the dots from Ontario to Rio
The goal of our government and industry leaders appears to be to dig up as much oil as possible, as quickly as possible, and sell it overseas, and damn the economic and environmental consequences. Continue reading Another day, another pipeline spill
Canada’s environmental laws are under attack by both the federal and Ontario governments. Continue reading Endangered species face one-two government punch – Science Matters
Ocean2012 – Despite an increased awareness of overfishing, the majority of people still know very little about the scale of the … Continue reading A video primer on overfishing – Ending Overfishing
When I heard about the student protests in Montreal, I swallowed the line that Quebec’s pampered youth pay lower fees than those in other parts of Canada but aren’t aware… Continue reading Protests shine spotlight on skewed priorities
With increasing catastrophes like oil and chemical spills environmentalists pressed for laws to protect air, water, farmland, and endangered species. Continue reading The fundamental failure of environmentalism
