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We don’t need to care about the environment

You don't actually need to like trees to realise they provide vital services to help us survive.
Amy Huva May 16th, 2013

Polluting the three most important things in life

I’m visiting China for the first time this week, and the scale of the pollution has really shocked me.
Amy Huva Apr 25th, 2013

Post Carbon Pathways: how to dodge a climate change bullet

We know what we need to do to solve climate change. This report launched last week aims to start building a pathway to get there.
Amy Huva Apr 21st, 2013

Dealing with climate change denial, Australian-style

What happens when a climate denier starts trying to shout his point at an Australian climate report launch?
Amy Huva Apr 21st, 2013

Crash Diets and Carbon Detoxes: Irreversible Climate Change

Much of the changes humans are causing in our atmosphere today will be largely irreversible for the rest of the millennium.
Amy Huva Mar 26th, 2013

Electricity: you don’t know what you’ve got 'til it’s gone

As the climate crisis nears, if cities haven’t diversified and decentralised the electricity grid, we could end up with serious disruptions to our lives and our livelihoods.
Amy Huva Mar 8th, 2013

Thirteen arrested blocking BNSF coal train in White Rock

Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Mark Jaccard was among those arrested for blocking a coal train in White Rock.
Carrie SaxifrageMay 5th, 2012

Tar sands vs. entire nations

Which is larger: potential tar sands emissions or all the past emissions from China? From India? From 150 nations combined? New chart says...
Barry SaxifrageMar 12th, 2012

All the oil pumped down Enbridge's North B.C. pipeline will be spilled

Every gallon of tar sands crude that Enbridge wants to pump down its proposed BC pipeline will be effectively spilled -- into the atmosphere.
Barry SaxifrageJan 16th, 2012

Big oil's aggressive plan to run more pipelines through Super Natural B.C.

The tar sands industry wants lots more pipelines and BC is targeted for at least the next three.
Barry SaxifrageNov 29th, 2011