Massive New Port in Peru Threatens Amazon

Canadian lentils are exposing simmering tensions between Carney's European trade ambitions and his government's proposal to eliminate a key part of Canada's pesticide risk assessment, observers say.

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Agriculture

Toronto’s rooftop farms show what’s at stake after Ford scraps green roof rule

24/11/25

Author:

Cloe Logan

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National Observer

Thadia Theodore and Maranatha Hughes spreading straw over the flower farm on the rooftop of Toronto Metropolitan University to get the crops ready for winter. Photo by Cloe Logan / Canada's National Observer

Nov. 24, 2025

Amid the hustle and bustle of downtown Toronto, Thadia Theodore is laying straw over dormant flower beds to prepare them for winter. Tall, glassy buildings surround her on the rooftop farm of her university; construction noise rings out, but she describes it as “peaceful.”

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Drought is a big problem in Canada — and it’s getting worse

23/08/25

Author:

Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood

Link:

The Narwhal

Over half of Canada is in drought, and it's having deep impacts that mean some rain doesn't solve the problem. British Columbia has been in drought since 2022, and in 2023, the Thompson River east of Kamloops, B.C. hit one of its lowest points in recent history, during a historic drought and under a sky hazy with wildfire smoke. Photo: Jesse Winter / The Narwhal

Aug. 15, 2025

A rush of water-hungry AI data centres is just one reason to rethink industrial water use, as drought becomes a real, year-round problem across Canada

We got rain — so our drought concerns are over, right?

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A Pro-Climate Society of Care and Connection Against Trump’s Blackmail

30/04/25

Author:

Marc Bonhomme

Link:

The Bullet

April 28, 2025 • Marc Bonhomme

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Confronting The Climate Emergency - An Urgent Call To The BC Government

02/03/25

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BC Climate Emergency Campaign and Allies

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BC Climate Emergency Campaign

February 2025

The third annual report evaluating the BC government on its progress implementing the 10 urgent actions of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign.

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Brandi Morin in Ecuador Part 2: Indigenous resistance to a made-in-Canada mine

15/02/25

Author:

Brandi Morin

Link:

Ricochet Media

A highway blockade organized by Indigenous Kitchwa land defenders and allies, including CONAIE, protesting unwanted development and human rights violations by the Ecuadorian government. Photo: Ian Willms

Feb. 13, 2025

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Growing sustainable food: Canada’s chance to lead

12/02/25

Author:

ruce Lourie

Link:

National Observer

What does sustainable, climate-resilient, profitable farming, at scale, look like? Photo by Shutterstock

Feb. 12, 2025

The agriculture and agri-food sectors are, perhaps, the most complex, diverse and challenging sectors to work with on sustainability. There are several efforts underway in Canada, some national and some regional, some focused on smaller-scale farms and some with large industrial agri-food interests, but there is not a cohesive sense of the endgame. What does sustainable, climate-resilient, profitable farming, at scale, look like?

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World Bank and IMF — Keeping Pakistan in Shackles

24/01/25

Author:

Farooq Tariq

Link:

The Bullet

Jan. 24, 2025

On 11th December 2024, while replying to a question in Pakistan’s National Assembly, the federal finance minister admitted for the first time that since 2019, and while under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, gas prices increased by a record 840% and electricity tariffs rose by over 110%.

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