More Ducks, Hungrier Bears: Climate Change is Altering Arctic Arithmetic
The effects of climate change can be complex and unpredictable. For one species of Arctic...
Stories by Jimmy Thomson
Why is it So Hard for Canada to Have a Real Conversation about Pipelines?
Reflecting on his long struggle against South African apartheid, Nelson Mandela said, “One effect of...
As Arctic Opens to Shipping, Communities Scramble for Oil Spill Response Training
On a sunny August afternoon in 2010, the Clipper Adventurer hit an underwater rock shelf...
How Canada Could Prevent Drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge and Save the Porcupine Caribou
In the mid-1970s, a young lawyer named Ian Waddell took a helicopter ride across the...
‘We’re Talking Very Big Bucks’: New Bill Could Put Oil Companies on the Hook for Climate Change Costs
Oil companies have become some of the wealthiest organizations in history by producing a product...
Why a Small Alberta Oil and Gas Town is Pursuing Geothermal Power
Like many towns across Alberta, the landscape around Hinton is a pincushion of oil wells....
Canada Pledges $12 Million to Research Endangered Killer Whales, But Critics Say Urgent Action Still Needed
The federal government has announced over $12 million to enhance protections for endangered whales on...
Canada’s Overall Emissions Are Going Down But We’re Further Away from Meeting Our Climate Goals. Guess Why.
Canada is getting further away from meeting its climate target under the Paris Accord, despite...
Canada Pledges $170 Million to End Water Crisis in Indigenous Communities. But Is It Enough?
Cape Town, South Africa is running out of water. Compared to Gilford Island, a Kwakwaka’wakw...
