Tag: Pollution
Canada Needs Strong Clean Car Standards
"A strong Clean Car Standard would phase out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 by requiring automakers to sell zero-emission vehicles instead....
Climate Insanity: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Show a Sharp Rise in 2021
Another sure sign that we are losing the war on climate is the unthinkable near-doubling of fossil fuel subsidies in 2021 at the same...
Electric Vehicles Are Making Gas Stations Obsolete
There are over 12,000 gas stations in Canada and about 100,000 in the U.S. That's a lot of real estate. And as gas cars...
Playing for the Planet – New-Wave Climate Activism
At lease one third of the people in the world are gamers. Could climate change video games—playing for the planet—have a big impact in...
Plastic Is a Global Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
“Despite being one of the most pervasive materials on the planet, plastic and its impact on human health is poorly understood,” says the recent...
We Are Not Building Back Better: CO2 Emissions Heading for All-Time-High in 2023
Since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, the phrase ‘Building Back Better’ is everywhere, providing a framework for recovery from the world’s...
Human And Environmental Health Go Hand In Hand
A recent study by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the University of California shows that climate change is affecting our health and...
Airpocalypse Moves China From Biggest Global Polluter To Climate Leader
The world’s biggest emitter decided to take some serious climate action – and in the process renewed our hope that we will beat the...
Plastic Madness
The following article by David Suzuki (with contributions by Senior Editor Ian Hanington) is entitled Microbeads are a sign of our plastic consumer madness. It has...