The U.S., under new management, has taken a remarkable U-turn. Long recognized as the “leader of the free world,” it now seems to have switched…

As much as we trust the free market, it isn’t always honest with us. It often tells lies. Big lies. Specifically, it lies about the…

There is no issue of more importance than the environment. If we can’t learn to live sustainably on this unique and wonderful planet, civilization as…

Meat. Steak and hamburgers. Who would have thought a diet staple would become such a controversial subject? Conservatives, as is their wont, have dragged the…

The Global Footprint Network performs the public service of calculating how rapidly we are devouring the Earth’s natural resources. The Network is a charitable not-for-profit…

Along with our other environmental sins, we are fishing the oceans dry. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, over a third of global…

The oil companies are rolling in it. According to the Pembina Institute their free cash flow will add up to $153-billion this year, the highest…

I was saddened to read this week of the death of British environmental scientist James Lovelock. He had a good run, dying at the great…

In the universe are billions of galaxies,In our galaxy are billions of planets,But there is Only One Earth. The above truism is from the UN…

David Suzuki recently made some rash comments about oil pipelines, specifically “There are going to be pipelines blown up if our leaders don't pay attention…

The most recent Angus Reid Institute poll on Canadians’ priorities and voting intentions had at least one big surprise. That, at least to this observer…

I have been a supporter of social democracy since the days of the CCF and Tommy Douglas. I have, however, often offered support to the…