
David Suzuki: Big Oil secretly sponsors anti-woke movement
Oil is fighting back. Much of the “anti-woke” rhetoric you hear from right-wing politicians and media is funded by fossil fuel interests.

Oil is fighting back. Much of the “anti-woke” rhetoric you hear from right-wing politicians and media is funded by fossil fuel interests.

The Vancouver-based environmentalist says that the climate will benefit from advances in energy technology, renewables, and power storage.

Massive wildfires are making it more difficult for some people to insure their homes in parts of the United States.

Suzuki, who is Canada’s most famous environmentalist, links wasteful consumerism to deforestation, species extinction, and climate change.

Canada’s most famous environmental activist says that solar and wind power achieve quicker and more economical results than nuclear energy.

He maintains that diversity offers many advantages whether it’s in a forest, on a farm or among the population of people.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has revealed that wind and solar power could cut eight billion tonnes of annual emissions.

People toss around terms like “woke” or “critical race theory” to elicit emotional reactions rather than spark thoughtful discourse.

The world is heading toward the threshold of 1.5 C warming, beyond which we will likely reach irreversible tipping points for the climate.

In this column, David Suzuki cites one author who suggests that primates evolved to be interested in themselves and opposed to others.










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The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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