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#COP21: shows end of fossil fuels is near, let's speed its coming.

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | December 12, 2015

The road to justice is a long one. I wish it weren’t so but as the dust settles on COP21 we know that while historic steps have been taken, the demands of justice are still unfulfilled. On the one hand, we now have a truly global...

The tar sands now have their ceiling, we need to bring it down.

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | December 5, 2015

The night of Alberta's historic announcement of a 100 MT cap on tar sands emissions, I breathed a sigh of relief - the days of the endless expansion of the tar sands were over. The tar sands finally had their limit. The next morning...

The Day the World Spoke: #ClimateMarch

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | November 30, 2015

Today was a beautiful day. All around the world people took to the streets to help give the earth a voice. From Mumbai to Australia, London to Berlin, Ottawa to Vancouver millions danced, sang, and marched to push our world’s...

“Ambitious, effective and achievable”? Assessing Alberta’s new Climate Change Strategy

Blog entry by Emilia Kennedy | November 24, 2015 2 comments

On Sunday, the Alberta government announced a historic new climate change strategy. When the Notley government was first elected in May 2015, it promised to develop a new strategy that was  “ambitious, effective and achievable,” in the...

Another Historic Day in the Battle To Stop the Tarsands

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | November 22, 2015 1 comment

Today people slowed the beast again but this time we did it at the source. After a string of pipeline victories and over a decade of campaigning on at least three different continents, the Alberta government has finally put a limit...

What does a credible Alberta Climate Change Strategy look like?

Blog entry by Emilia Kennedy | November 20, 2015

In the coming days Alberta is getting a new climate change strategy. And its getting one just in time - at the end of this month, world leaders will meet in Paris to try to come up with a global plan to address the growing crisis. With...

#ABClimateDays - It’s Action Time

Blog entry by Emilia Kennedy | November 16, 2015

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and her government have promised to release an “ambitious, effective and achievable” set of climate policies in time for the UN Climate negotiations in Paris, and their deadline is fast approaching...

Alberta Must Meet the Science and Justice of Climate Change and We Have To Help Them...

Blog entry by Mike Hudema | November 15, 2015

We are living in an unprecedented time. This year will likely be the hottest year ever recorded . Parts of the Middle East are set to be uninhabitable as climate change creates heat and humidity waves ‘ fundamentally...

Sad, scared, alone. The baby orangutan orphaned by the plantation industry

Blog entry by Zamzami | November 13, 2015

For half an hour Otan wouldn't let go. Only eight months old, he already had a vice-like grip, his nails digging so deep they left half-moon imprints in the skin of his carer. If there were trees, Otan would be swinging freely from...

Volkswagen's CO2 emissions: Das problem

Blog entry by Daniel Moser | November 11, 2015

If lying about the nitrogen oxide emissions of 11 million of its cars were not bad enough, German carmaker Volkswagen shocked us again when it revealed it had understated the CO2 emissions of its cars in Europe as well. This is why...

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