Canadians are in continuing denial of climate change

Are there no climate leaders who recognize the degree of climate danger and our responsibility as a major fossil fuel producer?

A Canadian climate mitigation plan that doesn’t regulate a wind-down of fossil fuel production and mandate increased protection of forests and other ecosystems important to climate mitigation is continuing denial and appeasement, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of James Wheeler/University of Victoria

Opinion

BY BILL HENDERSON

November 10, 2022

GIBSONS, B.C.—From my vantage point out here, retired in the boonies, it’s easy to see that most Canadians are in society-wide denial on climate. But nobody likes to be called out as someone in denial. This is especially the case when we’re talking about the majority of Canada’s climate int...

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