Race Against Climate Change

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The climate crisis is in our backyards. It’s not a matter of if our neighbourhoods will be hit, it’s a matter of how. Canada’s National Observer founder Linda Solomon Wood sits down with the most famous family duo in Canadian climate action, David Suzuki and Severn Cullis-Suzuki. Plus, Montreal’s deadly urban heat islands, and the gargantuan task of retrofitting every building in Canada’s biggest city.

GUESTS:

• Nilson Zepeda, Coordonnateur de la campagne ILEAU, Conseil régional de l'environnement de Montréal
• Dalila Hassid, volunteer with La Voisinerie, part of the ILEAU campaign
• Stewart Dutfield, Manager of Public Energy Initiatives, Existing Buildings- Toronto. Part of Transform TO.
• David Suzuki and Severn-Cullis Suzuki

CREDITS:

Field production from Ellen Payne Smith and Elysse Deveaux in Montreal.

Final audio mix by Aftertouch Audio. Fact check by Dana Filek-Gibson. Artwork by Ata Ojani. Communications from Suzanne Dhaliwal and Luke Ottenhof. Music by Martijn de Boer and Blue Dot Sessions. Additional sound from Eldiariosonoro_, Lonemonk and Helter Skelter from freesound.org.

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We need to wind down fossil-fuels, and fast. It’s the single largest source of emissions in Canada. But what about the communities and people who depend on the oil and gas industry for their livelihoods? Hear from workers who have already made the switch, and those who aren’t sure if it’s going to happen. Plus, National Observer columnist Max Fawcett and Linda Solomon Wood on why Canada’s climate goals don’t have to be like oil and water when it comes to Alberta.

GUESTS:

• Delia Warren, offshore wind consultant and former director of Iron and Earth East
• Dirk Toleman, heavy machinery operator and UNIFOR local president in Fort McMurray
• Jim Standford, economist and Director of Centre for Future Work
• Max Fawcett, Canada’s National Observer
• Angela Carter, political science professor at the University of Waterloo
• Truzaar Dordi, postdoctoral fellow in climate finance at the University of Waterloo

CREDITS:

Final audio mix by Aftertouch Audio. Fact check by Luke Ottenhof. Artwork by Ata Ojani. Communications from Suzanne Dhaliwal. Archival sound in this episode from the Legislative Library of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Music provided by Blue.Sessions Patrick Patrikios, and Lobo Loco.

Thank you to The Navigators for permission to use their song, “Pulling Oil From the Sand.” Additional sfx from __jpberger__ and __xcreenplay__ of freesound.org

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Haida Gwaii is a stretch of islands teeming with life just off the coast of British Columbia. The land, its skies, and the bodies of water around it have been protected for thousands of years by local Haida guardians. Protecting Haida Gwaii is a story about a First Nation that continues the fight for its rights, despite having inhabited the territory for thousands of years.

Read more about Haida Gwaii at Canada’s National Observer.

Written by Brandi Morin

Edited by Zahra Khozema

Cover art by Ata Ojai

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A firefighter’s wife and a corporate lawyer in different parts of the U.S. get pulled into solving separate mysteries. Something was making cows die and deer hemorrhage to death in West Virginia. That same something could also be giving firefighters cancer — all over the country.

When the lawyer and the firefighter’s wife met, they found out they were working on the same mystery.

The mystery was caused by a human-made chemical that environmental regulators should have known about but didn’t. A chemical that is said to be so toxic, it is unclear if any contact with it is safe.

The chemical was created by a corporate giant, and then another corporate giant began using it to provide the world with so-called revolutionary products. Products that come with a very steep price.

This is a fascinating story of two people unravelling a ball of yarn that would reveal the poisoning of the world.

Listen to The Poison Detectives on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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