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From the BBC, a selection of quotes from world leaders on the lack of progress at the climate change talks. Copenhagen climate talks in quot...

Copenhagen Conference on the Brink of Collapse as World Leaders Arrive at Talks - Suzanne Goldenberg, John Vidal and Jonathan Watts Mr Obama...

This message has got to me from a couple of different sources. I'll reprint the one from NUPGE . COPENHAGEN CLIMATE ALERT – PM HARPER NE...

From the "you must be kidding" file. Not that I think it's a joke or that Big Oil doesn't intend to carry on with business...

Climate talks in turbulence - CBC The main session of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen was suspended Monday just before noon, following pr...

From the "I wonder who did that" file. Environment Canada hit by 'damn clever' climate stunt Canada is red-faced at the Co...

That's the main demand coming from civil society groups Copenhagen. Check out Greenpeace International's E-D Kumi Naidoo's speec...

Global day of action on climate change Thousands of events are taking place today around the world demanding that a " real deal " ...

After a brief respite on Day 4 when Canada dodged any Fossil of the Day awards, Day 5 brought the Numbers 1 & 2 spots . Toronto Mayor Da...

Canadian Youth To Canada: Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way on Climate Change - Liana B. Baker On Sunday, I sat down with Amber Church, the...

From the solutions file. First fuel cell boat cruises Amsterdam’s canals "Emitting only water vapour and gliding silently through Amste...

Climate justice activists occupy House of Commons meeting December 8 On the second day of the UN Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen, climate...

On Thursday, Mom's against Climate Change will be projecting the faces of more than 1,600 children onto the sides of buildings in Ottaw...

Copenhagen climate summit in disarray after 'Danish text' leak Reports are emerging that the Copenhagen summit has already lurched i...

I received this message today from Professor Patrick Bond , at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society in South Africa. ...

Here is the text of the editorial produced and published by 56 newspapers from around the world including the Toronto Star and the Guardian ...

Well, Canada has already won its first Fossil of Day Award at the Copenhagen Climate Talks. The awards are given by the Climate Action Netwo...

It goes without saying that by blocking Bill C311 (the NDP's climate change target bill), that the Liberal party is just as offside. Ind...

Oilsands pollution exceeds official estimates: study An independent study suggests pollution from Alberta's oilsands is nearly five time...

19 Greenpeace Canada activists have climbed onto the roof of the West Wing and Senate building of Parliament Hill and are rappelling down to...

There's way too much going on for me to report as the Copenhagen talks get set to begin. Some are suggesting that we may be better off w...

Naomi Klein takes a detailed look at the concept (and reality) of climate debt in Paying our climate debt which first appeared in Rolling S...

This op-ed by Toronto and York Region Labour Council President John Cartwright spells out the opportunities, examples and challenges in deve...

KAIROS - Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives - has had funding for 2009 - 2013 declined by CIDA - without any written explanation. Spec...

Here's a couple of articles I read today... 8 Steps Obama Could Take to Save Our Food System by Robyn O'Brien An Inconvenient Soluti...

Evergreen Co-operatives is a model for worker owned economic development in Ohio. Hat tip to Jojo Geronimo from the Labour Education Centre...

I wasn't able to actually find this 17-scientist study at Nature Geoscience mentioned in the article. The debate to date has been about...

In a convergence of environmental themes, London's (England) Mayor, Boris Johnson, assisted " The Age of Stupid " director Fra...

The Good Green Jobs for All conference went off without a hitch on Saturday. There were close to 600 people registered who came from labour,...

I think we can all feel this as we read the papers, watch tv and listen to the radio. Big Energy's relentless campaign to protect its pr...

Hat tip to Jackie Larkin for this video. From Moms Against Climate Change .

Check out the latest issue of Our Times, Canada's Independent Labour magazine at the bookstore if you can. The focus of this issue is o...

The last five days of negotiations before the December Copenhagen climate change talks got underway this week in Barcelona, Spain. The entir...

This is an email that I sent out to green supporters in the union. Being the blogging type, I will continue to post interesting stories when...

From the bizarre file, so bizarre that I had to check snopes.com to make sure it wasn't a hoax, a 10 ton Japanese fishing trawler capsi...

Hats off to the more than 150 protesters who made their way into the visitors gallery in the House of Commons yesterday to protest the conse...

Today is International Day of Climate Action where groups and individuals around the world are supposed to take some action on the environm...

OPSEU's new webconference network got a good work out between October 13 and 20. As part of the union's commitment to our Discrimina...

Liberals snub NDP climate-change bill This is pretty shameful behavior on the part of the federal Liberals in my opinion. Just at the time w...

On October 14 & 15, OPSEU's new course - Climate Change - It's a union issue - went through the train-the-trainer process so th...

The Planet in Focus film festival opens tonight. OPSEU is a proud festival sponsor. I hope to see a number of films including tonight's ...

This just in from Karen Hawley at NUPGE. Hi folks, As members of Climate Action Network-Canada , NUPGE is in meetings with MPs this week - ...

I just came across this series of articles from last month on the rabble.ca blog. They're written accounts of blogger Emily Hunter's...

Now to the creepy crawly department. While not directly related to climate change, this is a story about consumerism applied to pets. It is ...

Who knew? I found on rabble.ca that today is Blog Action Day 09 . The goal is to have as many blogs say something about climate change as p...

Part of the prelude to the Copenhagen climate change talks taking place in December is a series of working group meetings which are supposed...

On Tuesday & Wednesday evenings this week, OPSEU conducted two focus groups using web conferencing. The purpose of the conferences was t...

Here's a copy of the email and letter that was sent to our Green Stewards network and Toronto area local presidents last week. =========...