Support growing for fossil fuel divestment at MUN
Divest MUN says decision by university’s Board of Regents to strike an advisory committee to study the question of fossil fuel divestment is a “positive sign”.
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Working toward “ecological conversion”
MUN professor takes aim at consumer capitalism for its role in the ecological and climate crises, draws inspiration from Pope Francis in leading a local initiative to start “a new conversation” about ecology and sustainability.
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Calling for ethical and financial prudence
Divest MUN is asking Memorial University to make its divest from fossil fuels.
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Gwynne Dyer was right: climate change is making us sick and desperate
As the planet continues to warm, climate change is posing a growing threat to human health and global insecurity, as the Newfoundland author wrote in his 2009 book Climate Wars. If current climate commitments are an indication, however, don’t expect an adequate solution in Paris this December unless countries make short-term commitments to cope with the climate crisis.
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United Church to divest from fossil fuels
Global movement grows in Canada’s faith community, strengthening the call to combat climate change on moral and ethical grounds.
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Renewables: the nexus between climate change and the economy
As governments around the world are undergoing a paradigm shift by decarbonizing their economies and moving into the clean renewable era, Canada is on the brink of a structural transformation in its economy and its politics.
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Lower oil royalties expected to last a decade: Dept. of Finance
Official government projections for provincial oil royalties look bleak. We must adjust to life after the boom.
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The fight for jobs, justice, and the climate
On July 4 Canadians will take to the streets in one of the biggest national days of action to date to deliver a clear message: change must happen now.
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Climate change confusion and what we can do about it
Memorial University climatologist Joel Finnis answers questions from The Independent about climate change denial, how the future looks for both Newfoundland and Labrador in a warming world, fossil fuel divestment, and whether or not “ethical” oil development is possible.
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MUN faculty support divestment, president defends big oil
After MUN’s faculty union voted overwhelmingly in support of fossil fuel divestment to tackle climate change, Memorial University President Gary Kachanoski touted the school’s “ethical investment policy”. Problem is, that policy has not yet been enacted.
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#JeSuisPasAndy
On the culture and consequences of climate change denial in Newfoundland and Labrador…
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The case for fossil fuel divestment
On Tuesday the Memorial University Faculty Association will vote on a motion asking its membership to support DivestMUN and pursue its own fossil fuel divestment actions.
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Climate action won’t involve move from oil: Premier
Following a premier’s climate summit in Québec City earlier this week, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis says his government cares about mitigating climate change but has no plans to slow fossil fuel development anytime soon. Meanwhile, 60+ Canadian academics think the time is perfect for a transition to low-carbon economy.
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NL Premier Paul Davis talks climate change
On April 15, one day after NL Premier Paul Davis attended a climate summit in Quebec City that brought together most provincial and territorial leaders, Davis answered questions by phone about how Newfoundland and Labrador is responding to the climate crisis and the province’s “responsibility to be in oil”
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MUN and the Arctic Oil Frontier
Memorial’s strategic investments in Arctic oil pose environmental risks in the region and to the planet
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Noia ‘celebrates’ oil and gas week in NL
Industry is telling your children oil has a bright future in the province
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Divest MUN joins Global Divestment Day of Action
Memorial University’s fossil fuel divestment group launched its first direct action Thursday at Grenfell Campus, using impromptu theatre to talk about climate justice
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Can’t touch this: Arctic oil and NL
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador didn’t get the memo about climate change
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Climate change not a priority for NL fracking review panel
It may be the most pressing issue of our time, but the chair of NL’s recently appointed fracking review panel says climate change is “not what the panel’s about”
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Climate movement turns a corner
Dispatches from Manhattan on the largest climate march in history
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