Climate Action/”Blockadia”
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The Interview: Climate Action Builds Resilience Against Wider Range of Crises, Abreu Says
Catherine Abreu is Executive Director of Climate Action Network-Canada. She talks about the strengths and resources the climate community brings to the global health ... -
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Post-Pandemic Employment Will Hinge on Green Energy as Fossil Jobs Slide
With projected oilfield job losses of 30% by the end of 2020, the fossil sector is likely to remain highly embattled after the threat ... -
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Pandemic-Mandated Car-Free Streets Are an ‘Epiphany Moment’
Chicago city planners looking to help their citizens keep fit during the pandemic—mentally as well as physically—are being encouraged to close streets to cars ... -
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56,000 Demand Retraining for Oil and Gas Workers, Funding for Renewables, as Fossils Push for Bailout
With the Canadian government still tight-lipped at week’s end on the bailout package it’s crafting for the country’s pandemic-ravaged fossil sector, 56,000 online petitioners ... -
Amazon Climate Strikers Now Demand Better Virus Protection
A group of Amazon employees, fresh from last year’s strikes for climate action, are now extending their fight to demand stronger COVID-19 protections for ... -
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COVID Denial Mirrors Climate Attitudes Based on Demographics, Voting Preference
Older, right-leaning Canadian men are far more likely than their fellow citizens to consider the threat of COVID-19 to be exaggerated, and they’re proving ... -
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The Interview: Pandemic Recovery Can Boost the Economy, Attack Emissions, Increase Climate Resilience, Nagata Says
Kai Nagata is Communications Director at Dogwood in British Columbia. Since the pandemic began, he’s been pointing out that every dollar spent on the ... -
Margolin: After Coronavirus Response, Older Generations Must Step Up for Youth
With younger generations willingly adopting the tough constraints required to #FlattenTheCurve on the coronavirus, a Gen Z climate campaigner from the United States says ... -
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The Interview: Green and Just Pandemic Recovery Would Help People Who Are Hurting, Stewart Says
Keith Stewart is senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada. He’s been focusing his pandemic response on directing government bailout funds to a green and ... -
Thunberg in Self-Isolation, Urges Social Distancing to Confront the Pandemic
#FridaysforFuture founder Greta Thunberg and her father Svante are both in self-isolation, believing they both may have been infected with the coronavirus during a ... -
U.S. Judge Orders New Environmental Assessment for Dakota Access Pipeline
A U.S. federal judge has sent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers back the drawing board in its review of the fiercely-contested Dakota Access ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Invest Bailout Dollars in People, Not Fossil Companies, Climate Campaigners Urge Trudeau
The federal government is under intensifying pressure to invest its widely-anticipated oil and gas bailout wisely, with a group of environmental, labour, and faith ... -
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The Interview: Coronavirus Changes the Narrative, Brings Climate Campaigners Back to Basic Values, Howard Says
Courtney Howard is an emergency room doctor in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Since the ... -
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Youth Climate Campaigners Show Empathy, Ingenuity in Face of Pandemic Crisis
As COVID-19 explodes around the world, youth climate activists are responding with empathy and ingenuity, moving en masse from the streets to the web, ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Atkin: Pandemic Shows Responsibility of Elites, and Power of Individuals Acting Together
Last week was supposed to be a mental break. Instead, it was mental chaos—and not just because I was attempting to fly home from ...
