Climate Change

As the Ukraine war has escalated into a potentially catastrophic conflagration for all of humanity, the climate movement has gone AWOL. A case in point is the ongoing leadership contest of the [...]

Annamie Paul’s resignation is the right decision for the Green Party of Canada. Public life is challenging, and I am encouraged to hear of Ms. Paul’s determination to contribute in [...]

This past week, I talked about eco-socialism and the Green Party of Canada leadership contest with Mike Palacek, former President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. As Mike and I discussed, [...]

Last month, in a letter to the Hill Times, I responded to an op-ed by Phil Gurski, a former senior strategic analyst with Canada’s spy agency (CSIS), in which Mr. Gurski raised the spectre [...]

Montreal, March 20, 2020 — With reports yesterday that the Trudeau government is preparing a $15-billion bailout of the Canada’s oil and gas sector, Green Party leadership candidate Dimitri [...]

A new study suggests that methane emissions from the mining, drilling and transportation of coal, oil and natural gas may have been under-estimated by as much as 50%.

Today, I was interviewed by RT America about Justin Trudeau’s unscheduled return to Canada from an international charm offensive designed to secure Canada a seat on the U.N. Security Council.

For The Real News Network, I spoke with indigenous activist Kanahus Manuel​ about recent revelations that RCMP officers were authorized to shoot indigenous land defenders who were blockading [...]

On The Real News, Steve Horn and I discuss major environmental developments in 2019, including a new climate model developed in Canada which has predicted devastating levels of global heating [...]

For The Real News Network, I spoke this week to Dr. Andrew Shepherd, a professor of earth observation at the University of Leeds, about a new study he has co-authored.