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NAFTA on Steroids: With New Trade Deal, ‘If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu’

Diane Beckett — April 21, 2016

For a chilling view of Canada’s possible future, look no farther than the shamelessly brazen, $15-billion lawsuit that TransCanada Corporation launched against the United States government, after President Barack Obama had the temerity to refuse a permit for the company’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

Honouring Bob Hunter’s Legacy-The Robert Hunter Memorial Lecture

Dan McDermott — April 14, 2016

John Bennett and I have shared a lot of experiences over our forty years of environmental collaboration. Our friendship with Bob Hunter was an important one for us both. We were pleased and honoured to be asked by the Hunter Family to give the year’s lecture on Thursday April 14th at the University of Toronto.

Sierra Club Volunteer Floris Ensink: ‘Where Nature Meets Society’

Diane Beckett — April 7, 2016

Whether in an urban landscape like Montreal, agricultural zones when he lived in the Netherlands, or on James Bay where he works now, he thrives on the challenge of coming up with solutions that help nature and people co-exist.

If Net-Zero Buildings Are the Goal, Building Codes Are the Lever

Diane Beckett — April 5, 2016

The clock is ticking on the next opportunity to introduce state-of-the-art national and provincial/territorial building codes that support the push to a post-carbon economy.

Consultation and Collaboration: What Ottawa Gains from Community Dialogue

Diane Beckett — March 30, 2016

Last week, I got a snapshot of a federal public service that is reinventing itself in real time.

We’re Winning Now. Let's Bring it Home.

Diane Beckett — March 22, 2016

We’ve been hearing for years that climate change is the defining challenge of our lifetimes. That our children and theirs will judge us by what we did to stop the melting ice caps and the rising seas. That we’ll know we’re serious about climate change when we’ve mounted a peaceful mobilization on the scale of the Second World War to build a post-carbon world.

Protecting the Earth Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence

Diane Beckett — March 11, 2016

But, Berta Cáceres, the Honduran Indigenous and environmental rights campaigner, was murdered last week for protecting the earth, in spite of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights mandating she receive protection.

From Whaling to Whale Watching: SCCF Gets a First-Hand Look at the Green Transition in Action

Diane Beckett — March 8, 2016

When a community has a 139-year tradition of whaling, you would expect it to be a tough sell and a tough slog for people to give up a familiar livelihood in the spirit of wildlife conservation.

Where Climate Rhetoric Meets Climate Reality

Diane Beckett — March 3, 2016

Today’s First Ministers’ meeting in Vancouver is a make-or-break opportunity for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and 13 provincial/territorial premiers to put some substance behind the conversations we’ve been hearing about ambitious, far-reaching climate solutions.

Federal Government’s Microbead Consultation is Open Until March 10

Diane Beckett — February 24, 2016

The federal government is moving ahead with a microbead ban that has already gained unanimous support in the House of Commons. You have until March 10 to have your say on the issue.

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