Who Funds the World’s Dirtiest Energy Projects?
For the Real News, I speak to Alison Kirsch of the Rainforest Action Network about a new report revealing that financing for tar sands projects has surged in 2017. With each passing day, we move [...]
Trudeau’s Carbon Reduction Plan Inadequate
On May 18, 2017, Canada’s Environment Minister Catherine McKenna released a technical paper on the Trudeau’s Government’s carbon reduction plan. In an interview with Sharmini [...]
Exxon Climate Change Cover Up: What Did Exxon and CEO Rex Tillerson Know and What Did They Do About It?
This week, a New York state appeals court upheld a subpoena issued to Exxon’s auditors by the New York State attorney-general in his investigation of Exxon’s climate change cover-up. [...]
The Problem with Andrew Weaver
(This op-ed originally appeared in Ricochet Media on May 8, 2017.) When I travelled to Ottawa for the Green Party of Canada’s biannual convention in August 2016, I didn’t know much about Andrew [...]
At the People’s Climate March in Washington, Avi Lewis Discusses the Leap Manifesto and Justin Trudeau’s Climate Hypocrisy
As 200,000 climate marchers gathered in the heart of Washington, I talked to Canadian activist and film-maker Avi Lewis about the Leap Manifesto and Justin Trudeau’s failure to live up to [...]
The Congressional Assault on Climate Change Heats Up
On this day, April 22, 2017, historic science marches occurred around the world. In this interview for The Real News, leading climate scientist Michael Mann, who has had to fend off relentless [...]
El Salvador Adopts an Historic Ban on Metal Mining
At the end of March 2017, El Salvador made history by becoming the first country in the world to adopt a complete ban on metal mining. In this Real News report, I interview Andrés McKinley about [...]
Does Canada have a Foreign Policy that is Independent of U.S. Foreign Policy?
On April 4, just before Trump’s attack on the Syrian government, I interviewed Yves Engler for the Real News. The question which Yves and I discussed was whether Canada truly has an [...]
After a B.C. Court Refuses to Quash UBC’s BDS Referendum, B’Nai Brith and its CEO Resort to Desperate Measures
Today, B’Nai Brith Canada published yet another hit-piece on advocates for Palestinian rights. This time, B’Nai Brith’s targets were student activists at UBC who have brought forward a referendum [...]
