While the fertilizer lobby advances self-serving arguments for why systemic change is not possible, the reality is that big cuts are well within reach if we address glaring problems like factory farms and embrace proven solutions like organics.
While climate disasters unfold in Canada and around the planet, the federal government is entertaining false solutions from the fossil-fuel industry that risk making things worse instead of better.
One result of the housing affordability crisis in Ontario is that people are forced to move further and further away to find an affordable place to call home. That means longer commutes, more cars on the road, and more urban sprawl.
With hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic discarded into the environment over the past few decades, scientists are now learning that what is visible is only the tip of the plastic waste iceberg.
