Guest post by Professor Leslie King, PhD, MCIP, Director CCEE and Program Head, MA, MSc and BA, BSc, in Environmental Practice, Royal Roads University
Globe Forum 2018 is a biennial conference, “The
In January, the U.S. Federal government unveiled its plans for making 90 percent of their total offshore acreage available to gas and oil drilling. In spite of this, and because the Outer Continental
Askov Finlayson is a Minneapolis-based clothing brand that specializes in hats and outdoor wear. As a brand that celebrates the North, cold winters, and the traditions of the snowy season, they are
When the small planning team in 1988 was creating the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy in our Chair's (David Johnston) office at McGill University, we went around the table and
By Jaime Clifton-Ross, Research Curator
On the days that I don’t work on campus, I am lucky enough to work from home. To get some fresh air and to clear my head, I often relocate to my local public
As discussed in a previous blog post, plastic has become a part of the ocean food chain. If nothing is done to curb the dumping of 8 million tons of plastic each year, the ocean will contain more
This article from the Toronto Star describes some of the preliminary findings from Ontario’s basic income three-year pilot project. It details stories from some of the recipients and what struck me
The largest university in the UK is going fossil free by selling all their investments in the fossil fuel industry! They are joining the increasing number of more than 60 universities in the UK that
A recent study estimates the amount of natural mercury stored in perennially frozen soils (permafrost) in the Northern Hemisphere to be twice as much mercury as all other soils, the ocean and the
General Motors of Canada (GM) is planning, by mid-2019, to power 32% of its plant in St. Catharines, Ontario using renewable landfill gas as fuel, reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while