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“Wild salmon are a critical part of ocean, river, lake, and forest ecosystems. They provide food for everything from whales to eagles to bears and even help fertilize the forests along the shores,...
Imagine the garbage cans in your place, empty. But it’s not garbage day. It’s every day. Sound impossible? Not according to Marnie Newell and others who have taken on the zero waste challenge. Newell...
You know what rocks? Books. You know what rocks even more? People who put words together to make a book. Lit freaks, squeeze your dog-eared hardcovers a little tighter and get a load of this:...
A showdown between the Conservative government and environmental opponents unfolded Monday across the country on two fronts—one online and the other offline. Online, over 500 websites went “dark” to...
The famed activist says he stepped down due to media and political attacks threatening the foundation bearing his name. But staff say it’s not a ‘divorce’—he’ll continue to work as a volunteer.
The carbon belongs to Canada, VO climate change blogger Barry Saxifrage wrote me in an email this morning. He said he noticed that David Suzuki quoted a stat from an article saying that 40 per...