Technology—not taxes—is the right approach to climate change

We need to harden our infrastructure, conserve and protect nature while sensitively harvesting natural resources, and apply modern technology to solve our environmental issues.

Firefighters in Alberta. Canada’s adaptation to climate change and extreme weather should include a commitment to conserve, protect, and create 'natural infrastructure' such as small-water control structures, constructed wetlands and wetland conservation, and the retention of forest cover in our settled regions, writes Robert Sopuck. Photograph courtesy of New South Wales Rural Fire Service

Opinion

BY ROBERT SOPUCK

August 3, 2023

A lot has been raised about the possible connection between climate change and wildfires in Canada. It certainly has been a dry year over much of North America—and indeed the world—with wildfires ranging in many countries. Of course the “usual suspects” immediately a...

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