As wildfires ravage northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, the oil and gas lobby in Canada is pushing for fewer rules and restrictions on resource development. Calgary Climate Hub’s own Dr. Joe Vipond is here to remind us that this is no time for the climate movement to give up. As a medical doctor and longtime environmental activist, Vipond delivers a timely reminder to get out of the petrostate news bubble and take charge of the narrative.

Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1beWj0sO5F9y73G_YrD_reqfz56nVcAfGqdlA0AgoLdw/edit?tab=t.0

Sources used in episode:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O4e-Kv96VdXUEahw-KNXQvWZG_ehSakRNzFLhD5TdqM/edit?usp=sharing

Moral Ambition by Rutger Berman: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S95C1698706

Climate-friendly Canadian News Sources:
National Observer
The Tyee
The Narwhal
The Sprawl
CBC What on Earth

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