Canada’s diverging efforts—moving environmentally unfriendly bitumen south while seeking to contain carbon use up north—highlight the nation’s conflicted approach to energy and ecology.
Environment
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
Can “Planet Earth II” help us love the ugly animals too?
The second installment of the BBC series treats animals like movie stars.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Should public water be owned by a private company? Canada is about to find out.
Canadians will have to confront a difficult question: Is water a common good or a private commodity?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Your Take: Trump’s first 100 days
We asked our readers what issues should President-Elect Donald J. Trump focus on in his first 100 days as president.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Who will be Donald Trump’s real opposition? Maybe the state of California.
The real alternative government in the United States is not the federal Democratic Party, but the state government of California.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Italian earthquake victims need hope, not optimism
Families need something long lasting when coping with the heartbreaking wounds of losing their homes and loved ones, the pope said.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Better public transit is a national imperative
The “transportation prison” is trapping more and more people in the United States.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Catholic tradition meets Native American spirituality at Dakota Pipeline protest.
The camps of the Dakota protest are places of spiritual education, challenge and growth.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Lakota teens say DAPL victory is ‘history in the making’
“We’re trying to do something for our nation,” says Taylor Charging Crow. “We’re risking our lives. We’re risking our families.”
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Army Corps blocks route of Dakota Access oil pipeline
The decision is a victory for the several thousand camped near the construction site.