Newfoundland and Labrador’s ‘Clean Oil’ in a Global Context
The relative cleanliness of NL's offshore oil is the key selling-point for the industry's future in a low-carbon world. But does this argument hold up?
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Despite the fanfare for their service, food retail employees themselves are not convinced they're 'recognized' in ways that actually improve their lives.
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The events triggered by Covid-19 are diagnostic of fragile social arrangements that we have lacked the ability to discuss for decades.
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It's not too late for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to write a new, original story—our story, our future—from the ruins of the present moment.
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The supply chain is not a series of equal links dependent on the ‘weakest link’ to operate. Rather, the middle is a choke point over the food supply.
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Housing is more than a matter of shelter—housing is healthcare. It's time for a northern housing strategy that recognizes this critical connection.
Why NL Fishers are Protesting in a Pandemic: An Explainer
The fight over the 2020 fishing season has exposed many deeply rooted problems in a crucial but troubled industry in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Thinking Outside the Crisis: Inequity and Triage
Far from being a "great equalizer," Covid-19 is exposing the deeper inequities in our healthcare systems and the populations they serve.
Thinking Outside the Crisis: Where We Go & How We Get There
Hard though it is, we have to shift our economies away from fossil fuels. We are perilously near collapse.
Thinking Outside the Crisis: A Tutorial Level in Apocalypse(s)
If the pandemic has done anything, it has forced us to think about how societies face a crisis of collapse. We need to escape the Holocene delusion.