Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:21:10 +0000
The Renate Shearer Human Rights Award is presented by the Community Legal Assistance Society, the B.C. Human Rights Clinic and the United Nations Association Vancouver Branch.
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 23:00:13 +0000
Environment and Climate Change Canada contributed to this week’s dire State of the Climate report from the World Meteorological Organization, which says 2019 is set to wrap up the warmest decade on record.
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:35:20 +0000
A separate U.S. study this week linked shrinking birds and large wingspans to a warming climate.
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:47:30 +0000
UBC’s announcement was met with scepticism by student climate activists, who are demanding a full divestment away from fossil fuels.
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 21:13:10 +0000
A new report from the David Suzuki Foundation makes recommendations for B.C. and Metro Vancouver to address the climate crisis.
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:27:22 +0000
Two climate action groups are protesting the excess consumerism encouraged by Black Friday sales, starting at noon today in Vancouver. Sustainabiliteens, the group that has staged many of Vancouver’s Fridays for Future climate strikes, will host Futurefest, a festival celebrating alternatives to consumerism, set to take place in the plaza outside Vancouver City Centre Station […]
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Credit to Author: Tristan Kennedy| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 14:06:48 +0000
We spoke to five people who have signed up to the stop flying pledge organised by advocacy group Flight Free UK.
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Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:02:56 +0000
These tipping points are now “active,” scientists warn, and the rapid melting of polar ice and the loss of critical habitats could trigger an irreversible “global tipping point.”
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Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:56:44 +0000
Looking for something other than shopping mall crowds? Take your pick of two Black Friday climate action events happening in downtown Vancouver.
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Credit to Author: Postmedia News| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:18:04 +0000
XRUBC hopes its actions will encourage the university’s governors to divest from fossil fuels and take action toward achieving carbon neutrality.
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