Turning the corner

In Canada the meagre momentum of climate mitigation is stalling out. As the gloom of winter sets in it’s easy to be depressed, but in defeat there are seeds of future mitigation success if we wake up and get serious about what is at stake.

Fort McMurray, Alta., oilsands, pictured. In a year of off-the-chart record temperatures, deadly and costly weather events on every continent, and unprecedented dire climate science, Trump and the billionaires managed to make the electorate insecure and mad enough to ignore common sense and take it out on the incumbents, writes Bill Henderson.Photograph courtesy of eryn.rickard, Flickr.com

Opinion

BY BILL HENDERSON

December 9, 2024

GIBSONS, B.C.—It hasn’t been a good fall if you’re concerned about climate. The recent COP was a complete waste of time and, of course, the election of Donald Trump to a second term was a hammer blow to any idea of U.S.-led climate mitigation. In Canada, the meagre mom...

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