Barry Saxifrage

Unrelenting logging and fossil fuel burning have flipped one of the planet’s largest forests from a critical CO2 sink into a surging CO2 source. This year’s climate-fuelled wildfires are the latest acceleration in a multi-decade trend, writes Barry Saxifrage.

Methane is becoming a serious threat to humanity, and Canada’s oil and gas industry is emitting a huge amount of it.

Five charts show how Canada is running out the clock on climate hope.

Fuelling our rising horde of gas-guzzlers in Canada is burning down our nation’s climate promises and our kids’ future.

They’ve been cutting emissions for decades. When are we going to do our fair share?

Western Canada has a lot of explaining to do. Canada’s recently released greenhouse gas inventory shows that every western province has increased its climate pollution since 1990.

The “axe the carbon tax” chants are back. This time the claim is that it has driven Canada’s gasoline taxes too high. Does the data support the claim? Barry Saxifrage takes a look at the numbers.

Here's how much cheaper it is in major Canadian cities to charge an electric vehicle at home vs buying an equivalent amount of gasoline at the pump…

The path to Canada's 2030 climate target has become dizzyingly steep. Here’s a series of charts showing how adrift Canadians are now

Fossil fuel pollution has been searing the golden state into a hot, dry tinderbox. The megafires have followed in accelerating frequency and fury -- charts.