It was a bit rich for the NDP Environment Critic Megan Leslie to claim that the NDP is greener than the Green Party -- especially as her springboard for this claim was a so-called climate motion brought forward by the NDP that forgot to include a call...

This past week is one to remember. On the positive side, Summer Mortimer and Benoit Huot continued their impressive medal haul at the 2012 London Paralympics. But more negatively, the federal Tories were up to more of their tricks putting fossil fuel interests ahead of pretty...

On May 1, a greeting card was mailed to me from a Canadian scientist who I had never met nor heard of before. This scientist continues to work in a field unrelated to my research and in a federal government lab in another province. Shocked by this week's news that...

Scientific research is typically conducted within one of three different settings: universities, federal and provincial government laboratories or industry. Different overarching mandates govern research in each of these sectors.

University research is typically curiosity-driven. Individual researchers seek to answer scientific questions that interest them. They submit research grant proposals...

In the midst of the controversy over the Keystone XL pipeline last fall, two of us -- Neil Swart, a PhD student in my lab, and I -- undertook to measure the likely impact of oil sands development upon world climate. On September 28, we submitted the results of our...

In recent years British Columbia has emerged as an international leader in the development of policy and solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. B.C.'s innovative revenue-neutral system of carbon pricing was recently copied by the Australian government, which passed similar carbon legislation two weeks ago. B.C.'s goal...

The upcoming 17th conference of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) later this year in Durban, South Africa represents the last chance for international policy makers to negotiate an extension of the Kyoto Protocol after its first reporting period ends in 2012. In the lead...