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Dr. Derek Muir conducting field research in the Arctic/photo provided by author
Muir wins $100,000 Weston prize for a lifetime of Arctic research
Andrew Reeves | Dec 13, 2018 | in Current Events
Arctic researcher Derek Muir has won the Weston Foundation lifetime achievement prize for his work on chemical movements through northern environments.
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Toronto's waterfront/Photo by Eugene Aikimov on Unsplash
Building housing on flood plains another sign of growing inequality
Deborah de Lange | Aug 22, 2018 | in Current Events
Major urban centres around the world are having honest conversations about the risks of building in flood plains. But not in Toronto.
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Earliest Earth Overshoot Day in History
Niara van Gaalen | Aug 1, 2018 | in Current Events
We’ve already used up a year’s worth of Earth’s resources. And there are five months still to go.
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Professor Molly Shoichet in the lab. (Roberta Baker/University of Toronto)
Who needs science advice anyway? Governments, for one
Jim Woodgett | Jul 20, 2018 | in Current Events
Humans demand progress that can only be achieved through complex, technological means. Shouldn't our elected officials be guided by science?
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Smokestacks near Edmonton, AB. (Photo by Bill Burris. 2013.) CC A-SA
Taxpayers will back a carbon tax if they get a cheque in the mail
Sumeet Gulati
Werner Antweiler
| Jul 16, 2018 | in Current Events
Ontario may have signalled an end to its cap-and-trade program, but the idea can still win popular support nationally...if Ottawa cuts every Canadian a cheque.
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Plastic waste on a beach in Malaysia. (epSos.de. 2011) CC BY2
How to clean up our universal plastic tragedy
Tony Robert Walker | Jul 5, 2018 | in Current Events
The planet is drowning in single-use plastic. Here's how Canada is fighting back.
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Riverfront Ave during Calgary flood. 2013 (Ryan L.C. Quan) CC BY-SA 3.0
Building Canada's capacity for climate change resiliency
Andrew Reeves | Jun 29, 2018 | in Current Events
Latest report on Canada's climate resiliency shows need to focus on protecting human health and learning from northern Indigenous methods of adaptation.
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Doug Ford addresses supporters in Sudbury. May 2018. (Doug Ford.) CC A-SA
Ford sets sights on Liberal environmental legacy
Andrew Reeves | Jun 20, 2018 | in Current Events
Premier-designate Doug Ford has moved quickly and, in some cases, quietly, to begin undoing small-scale programs to help Ontarians save money and reduce GHGs.
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Must ‘Seas’ from the Sustainable Oceans Summit 2017
Jamie Allan
Sarah Tasker
| Feb 5, 2018 | in Current Events
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Impacts beyond land: Shipping and the marine environment
Sarah Tasker | Feb 5, 2018 | in Current Events
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Spotlight on the UN Amendment to UNCLOS – Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Jamie Allan | Feb 5, 2018 | in Current Events
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'Celebrate Our Waters - a fundraiser in support of the Paris Pit appeal
David McConnachie | Nov 14, 2017 | in Current Events
Toxicologist returns for book launch and fundraiser in support of the Paris Pit appeal
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Job Opportunity: Board Member with Energy Efficiency Alberta
Katie Kish | Oct 24, 2017 | in Current Events
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Some [Un]Usual Business
Katie Kish | Oct 4, 2017 | in Current Events
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World’s leading independent scientists studying systemic pesticides to release assessment of ecological impacts of neonics
Katie Kish | Sep 18, 2017 | in Current Events
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Do I buy a bitcoin?
Katie Kish | Sep 15, 2017 | in Current Events
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Business [Un]Usual: Profit from Purpose Conference
Katie Kish | Sep 14, 2017 | in Current Events
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The Unlimited Story
Ed Jernigan | Aug 14, 2017 | in Current Events
Waterloo Unlimited, an innovative program to empower secondary school students, educates the change-makers of tomorrow.
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How We Can Gentrify Equitably.
Mimi Shaftoe | Aug 8, 2017 | in Current Events
A University of Waterloo study uses a citizen photography exercise to investigate urban change and its impacts in Downtown Kitchener.
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Hillside Music and Food
Marcia Ruby | Jul 4, 2017 | in Current Events
A\J’s long-time staffer Marcia Ruby visits Jeff Stager’s CKMS Agriculture show – 102.7 on your FM band
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