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Geoengineering Is a Dangerous Solution to Climate Change

Rachel Smolker | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
Rachel Smolker

As the realities of global climate change become ever more alarming, advocates of technological approaches to "geoengineer" the planet's climate are gaining a following. But these technologies that are promoted are all fraught with clear and obvious risks that are most likely only going to make matters worse.

Tories Introduce New U.S.-Influenced Climate Plan

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.27.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - On the eve of global climate talks that will put Canada's contentious policies under the microscope, Ottawa has introduced its next set of ru...

Out of Sight Out of Mind: The Problems with Dumping Waste

David Suzuki | Posted 09.03.2012 | Canada
David Suzuki

According to a recent study, little is known about leaks from the 680,000 waste and injection sites in the U.S., but structural failures are common. In Alberta, taxpayers are on the hook for any problems that might arise once the carbon has been stored. We don't really know what effect pumping millions of tonnes of CO2 into the ground will have on bacteria and other organisms below the surface.

At Rio+20, We're all Missing the Point

David Suzuki | Posted 08.22.2012 | Canada Politics
David Suzuki

In all the political posturing and lobbying by corporations, there is simply no comprehension of what the real crisis is at Rio+20. While we should be talking about what we can do for the environment, we just have politicians signing watered-down documents and treaties, and doing nothing to implement them.

Tories Claim Economy Growing Without New Pollution

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.11.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Conservative government is pointing to a new greenhouse-gas report as a sign that the economy's rebound from recession did not come at th...

PHOTOS: Canada's Top Polluting Provinces

CBC | Posted 03.19.2012 | Canada Politics

As Canada begins the process of withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol this year, and Quebec launches the country's first cap-and-trade system regulating...

Why Aren't Celebrities Protesting Electricity?

Kathryn Marshall | Posted 02.07.2012 | Canada Business
Kathryn Marshall

The anti-oil sands agitators know that electricity is a much bigger emitter than the oil sands, but they also know that they won't get much sympathy -- or money -- from the public by going after state utility companies.