Join the Growing Movement to Divest Trent from Fossil Fuels
Co-written with Nick Weissflog. As we launch into a new year, the campaign initiated by Sustainable Trent in March to divest Trent from fossil fuels is building strength and momentum. …
Fossil Fuels
Trent University Must Divest From the Fossil Fuel Industry
The year 2012 marked record low sea ice levels, the most destructive wildfire in Colorado’s history, one of the most destructive hurricanes in New York’s history, severe drought across North …
The Driving Force Behind Environmental Jobs
I am not ranting about the plethora of jobs in the environment, but the hypocrisy that surrounds it. All the jobs I have reviewed that are available in the environmental …
Impact of Alberta’s Oil Sands on Nearby Lakes
A CBC article regarding studies on the pollution of lakes up to 90 kilometers away from the Oil Sands includes the sentence, “The effect of the oil sands on the …
The People Versus Enbridge Line 9
Activists are preparing for a fight against the Tar Sands right here in Ontario, as Calgary-based Enbridge works to gain approval to move Tar Sands oil from Sarnia to Quebec …
All This Talk of Tar
Tar sands projects in Alberta are releasing high levels of pollutants into the Athabasca River and the surrounding watershed, says a new study led by University of Alberta scientists Erin …