Environment

Mind Your Plastics executive director urges municipal leader to think further than bag bans.

Alvéole already has nine clients and more than 15 bee boxes around HRM.

You won’t get a ticket for letting your lawn grow, but those dandelions on the Halifax Common are only a lucky break for bees.

It turns out the fight against weevil is just another day at the beech.

It will never be environmentally sound to use two tonnes of materials to transport 100 kilos of human.

It’s sad that young people are being sacrificed—sent to kill and be killed to protect billionaires’ interests.

We’ve locked some climate crisis damage in, says this week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment, but adapting can increase equality.

Technologies that truly help with the transition from fossil fuels are important, but natural systems must be a major part of our CO2 capture efforts.

Canada’s federal government has made some positive commitments, but doesn’t have a plan outlining how the goals will be assessed.

Animals aren’t constrained by human notions of private land or the border lines we draw to separate ourselves from each other.

For starters, Canada must work quickly to update its climate plan, sign on to the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance and bring in just transition legislation.

Sure, electric vehicles are important, but questioning car culture in order to reduce private automobile use is what the planet really needs.

No matter what Canada says at COP26, its actions make it the top subsidizer of oil and gas per capita among G20 countries.

As long as the world has been crafting climate rules under the UNFCCC, we’ve also been creating climate-destroying rules at international bodies like the WTO.

Environment minister Tim Halman proposes 28 goals, with clear targets, although no roadmap for getting there.

Global efforts to address the pandemic could be a “minor dress rehearsal” for tackling climate change.

Liberal leader Iain Rankin owns the decision to sell the rare natural habitat for golf courses.

2021 will probably be among the top 10 hottest, with even hotter years looming.

Thursday featured electric buses, action on the Coastal Protection Act and Friday brought even more.