Books for Understanding: Oil and Gas
As a consequence of the global demand for energy, the oil and gas industry has been steadily contributing to the… READ MORE
April 6, 2022
As a consequence of the global demand for energy, the oil and gas industry has been steadily contributing to the… READ MORE
April 6, 2022
To celebrate Earth Day, we’re sharing an excerpt from
June 17, 2021
For Global Recycling Day, we share an excerpt from David Miller’s book, Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis, and look at San Francisco’s efforts to have net-zero emissions by 2050.
March 18, 2021
Climate change was once understood as solely an environmental issue. Now a growing class of activists claim climate change to be a gender, equity, labour, Indigenous rights, faith, and health issue. Jen Iris Allan, author of The New Climate Activism explores these issues in more detail.
February 10, 2021
Mireille F. Ghoussoub holds a PhD in materials chemistry from the University of Toronto and is the co-author of The Story of CO2. In this post, Mireille highlights why the need for honest and effective science communication has never been greater in the fight against climate change.
November 12, 2020
Geoffrey A. Ozin and Mireille F. Ghoussoub discuss their new book and explain why we should be considering CO2 as a resource in the fight against catastrophic climate change.
October 22, 2020
Douglas Macdonald examines what impact the Thorne speech might have on Canada’s climate and energy policies going forward.
October 15, 2020
In the final post of her blog series, Rae André outlines a climate change manifesto for university education that can equip students with the best possible knowledge for tackling climate change.
September 22, 2020
David Miller, author of Solved writes for us on the blog and discusses how Canada can recover from the current global health crisis, by making the case for a green and just recovery that can lower greenhouse gas emissions and create jobs.
September 18, 2020
We reached out to Andrea Olive, author of The Canadian Environment in Political Context and asked her about the changes that have taken place in Canadian environmental politics since the release of the first edition back in 2015.
August 12, 2020