Laura Lynch

A new study suggests that ExxonMobil has used language to shift the blame for fossil fuel use from producers to consumers over the past four decades.

Researchers, industry and advocates are talking up seaweed and kelp as a solution to food insecurity, to methane emissions, and more. But it’s also on the radar because some kelp beds are under threat from climate change.

What on Earth launches this Sunday, July 5. Every week, it will give listeners the opportunity to learn something surprising about the climate crisis.

It was his first day for Juan Jose Ariza on the job as a migrant worker from Peru in rural Ontario. Eleven men would die, he would be sent home to recover. Today, he is fighting to return with his family, asking for compassion from the federal bureaucracy.

Two years ago, Peruvian migrant worker Juan Jose Ariza survived a deadly crash that killed 11 people near Hampstead, Ont. What has happened since then underscores some of the difficulties facing those who travel to Canada to do the kind of work most Canadians avoid.