Climate Solutions

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‘We will not leave’: University students dig in heels at fossil fuel divestment protest

A group of students camped out in a Toronto university building say they're not leaving until their school commits to a timeline for divesting from fossil fuels.

More than 200 students have joined the 16-day occupation of the “Old Vic” building located on the University of Toronto’s downtown campus, says Erin Mackey, co-coordinator of Climate Justice U of T, the student group organizing the protest.

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David Suzuki is angry and not afraid to tell us why.

There aren't many people in Canada who don’t know the name David Suzuki. The outspoken environmentalist and passionate educator is best known for hosting CBC's The Nature of Things. Now, at the age of 87, he's angry and calling on people to be better.

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Huge investors are driving small farmers off the land

All eyes are on rising food prices and the Ontario government’s proposed Greenbelt development, and rightfully so. Food price increases and development of farmland are both very visible crises. However, the loss of farmers in Canada is an invisible crisis that will only exacerbate these problems.

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