The Essentia Blog

A letter signed by over 120 of Canada’s leading scientists urges Canadians to vote for the environment at a time when the environment dearly needs government leadership that takes the needs of the environment and climate change into account.
Andrew Weaver, an author with the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, crafted the letter.  It urges Canadians to vote strategically in order to oust the Conservative government which “has yet to get engaged in the innovative and urgent policies that we need to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada” according to Weaver.

The letter and its coverage in the media brings the environment back to the forefront of the election issues at a time when the economy issue seemed to be eclipsing all others.