David Suzuki

SCIENCE MATTERS: Health a natural goal for humans

Society must put more resources into reducing pollution and environmental degradation.

SCIENCE MATTERS: Natural gas fails to solve dependency on fossil fuels

An increased investment in natural gas extraction and infrastructure will slow investment in, and transition to, renewable energy.

SCIENCE MATTERS: World getting wake-up call from Arctic

Arctic sea ice has already melted to a record low this year, in thickness and extent. And summer’s not over yet.

Suzuki: Climate change deniers fading away

According to a poll, only two per cent of Canadians reject the overwhelming scientific evidence that Earth is warming at alarming rates.

David Suzuki

Suzuki: Water supply under pressure from fracking, energy uses, wastefulness

In Canada, we often take water for granted. We have to start paying closer attention to what we do with it.

David Suzuki

People are getting sick of environmental destruction

Preventing illness is the best way to get health-care costs down. So why aren’t governments doing more to protect the environment?

Fewer folks ignoring Earth-warming evidence

We must convince our political and business leaders that it’s time to put people before profits

Suzuki: Direct link between human health and the health of the environment

We’ve long known that environmental factors contribute to disease, especially contamination of air, water, and soil.

Suzuki: Are plastic bags really still necessary in 2012?

Plastic bags pose a big problem that must be addressed.

Suzuki: People are getting sick of man’s environmental destruction

Preventing illness is the best way to get health-care costs down. So why aren’t governments doing more to protect the environment?

SCIENCE MATTERS: Environmental destruction takes toll on health

Environmental factors contribute to disease, especially contamination of air, water and soil.

Our energy future requires leaders with bold vision

B.C.’s Christy Clark was right to walk away from a national energy strategy — but for the wrong reasons.

Are plastic bags really necessary?

The plastic bag, once a convenient object of “American Beauty,” is having its existence publicly debated again.

B.C.’s premier missed the mark on pipeline

Country needs a national energy strategy that shifts away from reliability on fossil fiels

SCIENCE MATTERS: Fuelling the future requires bold vision

B.C.’s Christy Clark was right to walk away from a national energy strategy. She just did it for the wrong reasons.

COLUMN: Map app brings nature into economic equation

SCIENCE MATTERS – most people don’t have a clear picture of what stocks of natural capital exist in their communities.

Lakes research shutdown doesn’t make sense

The federal government announced it will close the Experimental Lakes Area unique facility in 2013. Why?

Asbestos industry kept alive

SCIENCE MATTERS: Mesothelioma is a nasty cancer that affects the lining around a person’s lungs.

SCIENCE MATTERS: Lakes research shutdown nonsense

Government decision defies logic in both environmental and economic terms.

SUZUKI: Research shutdown part of government’s enviro-gutting

Water is an important part of the environmental cycle