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Sep 17, 2020

Jason Kenney will likely use the 'climate damn emergency' to push more conspiratorial narratives

David J. Climenhaga

As hostility to fossil fuel producers grows, it will be easier in the short term for a cynical politician like Kenney to persuade some Albertans that they need to double down against critics.

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Feb 4, 2020

What do we do when our home is on fire?

David Suzuki

As Greta Thunberg warns, our home is on fire. But politicians and industry keep expanding fossil fuel development, trying to cash in before markets fall in the face of alternatives and climate chaos.

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Jan 8, 2020

A 2020 vision for climate action

David Suzuki

If we had political leaders willing to act with the urgency the scientific evidence shows is necessary, curbing climate breakdown would still be a challenge this late in the game, but we could do it.

In cahoots

May 23, 2019

Update for AUPE members evacuated from the high level area

A Level 6 wildfire is currently burning through northern Alberta. As a result, 4,000 people, including 750 from the Bushe River Reserve and the entire town of High Level, have been forced to evacuate.

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Sep 26, 2018

Climate change and corporate greed combine to destroy forests with fire and felling

Ed Finn

As devastating as this year's wildfires have been, they are not the only threat to the world's forests. Massive deforestation caused by human activity threatens much of the world's woodlands.

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Sep 18, 2018

Prisoners fighting California wildfires face climate injustice

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Joining the professional firefighting crews on the front lines of California's massive fires are thousands of prisoners, brought out of their jails to engage in this dangerous work.

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Aug 28, 2018

Climate change combines with other factors to fuel wildfires

David Suzuki

With drier conditions, longer burning seasons, and more fuel on the forest floor, lightning, a discarded cigarette or runaway campfire is more likely to cause an out-of-control wildfire.

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Aug 16, 2017

Wildfires are a climate change wake-up call

David Suzuki

Climate change doesn't necessarily start fires -- lightning, unattended campfires, carelessly tossed cigarette butts and sparks are major causes -- but it creates conditions for more and larger fires.

In cahoots

May 20, 2016

NBU members lend a helping hand to Fort McMurray

Several members of the New Brunswick Union have headed to Fort McMurray, Alberta to help the community in the wake of the devastating wildfires. Many of the people affected have ties to New Brunswick.

In cahoots

May 13, 2016

Fort McMurray emergency fire appeal

The devastating Fort McMurray fires have been heartbreaking to watch. The Steelworkers Humanity Fund will contribute $40,000 to Fort McMurray fire relief to help rebuild what was lost.

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