PRESERVE: Reconciliation & Sustainability... or Ecocide

They’re calling it the first global heatwave. In China, the temperature reached 52.2ºC (126ºF), shattering records. In Arizona, it was 47ºC (116ºF). In California, 128ºF (53.33ºC). In the Persian…

Extinction summer. Four great heat domes stretch across the globe. The planet, they say, is burning, and the oceans boiling. And people are startled, shocked, and bewildered. This fast? This hard…

It’s been an apocalyptic summer. Our first Extinction Summer. Look around and tell me things are going well. Sicily. Greece. Canada. On fire. Oceans, boiling. Those orange skies over Manhattan were…

How do you feel looking around the world? Depressed, anxious, bewildered, bereft? We have the pathetic spectacle of the first criminal trial of an American President — and the current front runner…

Ahead of your annual Thanksgiving tête-à-tête with your right-wing uncle, Matthew Klippenstein reads Bjorn Lomborg’s 'False Alarm' so you don’t have to.

Two prominent ‘lukewarmers’ take climate science denial to another level, offering tepid manifestos at best

Bob Ward reviews Bjorn Lomborg’s new book, False Alarm, finding the misuse of outdated, concocted and misinterpreted numbers on the costs of climate action and concluding that the book’s central claim that the ‘optimal’ level of global warming by 2100 would be 3.75˚C was completely out-of-date before it was even published.

Debunking the claims of the climate-change skeptic.

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B.C.’s energy regulator has the power to grant such exemptions — without notifying the public. Experts raise alarm about the process, saying the regulator is playing soft with fossil fuel companies

Thousands of pages detailing abuse and poor conditions are now public and searchable

The Canadian federal election is beset by more mis- and disinformation than ever before, and Canada's National Observer is fact-checking the claims, rumours and accusations swirling through the public information sphere. How can you separate fact from fiction? How can you tell when a claim sounds too good to be true? What are the issues most likely to attract bad information? That’s what we’re here for. Got a question? Email us at factcheck@nationalobserver.com.

The federal election campaign is well underway, and so are efforts to get out the Indigenous vote.But Indigenous issues have been absent from the political d...

The world is facing multiple — potentially catastrophic — crises, including inequality, poverty, food insecurity, climate change and biodiversity loss. These issues are interconnected and require systemic solutions, as changes in one system affects others. However, human systems have largely failed to acknowledge their connection to ecological systems. Most modern societies have dominating and exploitative relationships with nature, which are...

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Bruce McIvor's clear, plain answers to frequently asked questions about Indigenous rights.

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” is not only an incredible repository of biodiversity but also a critical player in the global climate system. For centuries, indigenous communities have lived in harmony with this vibrant ecosystem, employing sustainable practices that maintain its delicate balance. As the world grapples with ... Read more The post The Amazon Rainforest Can Heal: What Indigenous Land Protection Is Teaching the World appeared first on discoverwildscience.

Under Mark Carney's leadership, global investment firm Brookfield was accused of breaching Indigenous rights or harming the environment in at least four countries — Brazil, Canada, Colombia and the United States — CBC Indigenous has found.

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Indigenous fire stewardship enhances ecosystem diversity, assists with the management of complex resources, and reduces wildfire risk by lessening fuel loads. Although Indigenous Peoples have maintained fire stewardship practices for millennia and continue to be keepers of fire knowledge, significant barriers exist for re-engaging in cultural burning. Indigenous communities in Canada have unique vulnerabilities to large and high-intensity wildfires as they are predominately located in remote, forested regions and lack financial support at federal and provincial levels to mitigate wildfire risk. Therefore, it is critical to uphold Indigenous expertise in leading effective and socially just fire stewardship. In this perspective, we demonstrate the benefits of cultural burning and identify five key barriers to advancing Indigenous fire stewardship in Canada. We also provide calls to action to assist with reducing preconceptions and misinformation and focus on creating space and respect for different knowledges and experiences. Despite growing concerns over wildfire risk and agency-stated intentions to establish Indigenous Peoples as partners in wildfire management, power imbalances still exist. The future and coexistence with fire in Canada needs to be a shared responsibility and led by Indigenous Peoples within their territories.

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This special investigation between Canada’s National Observer and DeSmog was produced in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainability, Education and Action and TRACE Foundation. “No more carbon apocalypse-mongering,” Jordan Peterson told an audience of thousands in February at a global conservative conference in London known as the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC). The crowd applauded loudly. The world is […]

Bill Gates is quietly ending his green energy policy and advocacy organization, laying off employees throughout the US and Europe.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would incentivize First Nations to support natural-resource projects through industry taxes.

Tabatha Bull, the head of the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business says now is the time for Canada to strengthen its own supply chains.