Opinion

In politics these days, talk is cheap -- and talk that happened in the past, no matter how offensive, seems practically worthless.

As we celebrate Media Literacy Week, Canadians increasingly need to take matters into their own hands if they want to sift through the noise of misinformation and find trustworthy evidence for the claims they encounter.

Enya Fang, a 16-year-old student in Surrey, B.C., rallies support for people impacted by climate-related catastrophes.

While it will take some time to figure out what’s happening at the global level this year, the numbers for 2023 are not good. Worldwide, forests, plants and soils released almost as much carbon as they absorbed, according to an international team of sixteen researchers.

Canada’s National Observer’s reporting on pesticides paints a picture of a federal regulator captured by industry; the only way to break those ties is to blow it up and start over.

Our political leaders must either tax carbon “or” regulate technologies. They don’t have to do both.

Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz encouraged Canadians to "look at the facts" about the proposed federal emissions cap. She might want to think twice about that.

Canada will fail to protect its most vulnerable communities and fail to fully reap the rewards of playing an integral role in the transition to renewable energy that is sweeping the globe, unless we move much faster.

The stealthy pay raises the government has slid to its own members is, to say the least, a dodgy and unfair make-work project. It’s unreasonable to dole out more cash for one set of MPPs under the guise of more work while denying opposition members the same boost.

Ads for guns and tobacco are banned, so if we take biodiversity and the climate crisis seriously, shouldn’t we ban ads for other products that harm the environment?

The Conservative Party of Canada leader doesn't seem to want to talk about the RCMP's bombshell allegations against Indian diplomats in this country. In the process, his silence may speak loudest of all

Conspiracy theories after disasters are not new, of course, but they have surged to record levels following Helene and Milton. “It is absolutely the worst I have ever seen,” says FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell.

Karishma Porwal uses her influence with millions of TikTok and Instagram users to link their day-to-day concerns to the climate crisis.

David Suzuki, Peter Mansbridge, and a trio of other former CBC personalities think the CBC should be more aggressive in its coverage of climate change. The research begs to differ.

Right-wing thought leaders have built a lovely story about how Conservatives are the real leaders on climate change. They're wrong, of course.