Written By George Packer, Special from The Atlantic
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“It isn’t the job of writers to present people as they want to be presented; writers owe allegiance to their readers, and the truth.” The Sierra Club’s Equity Language Guide discourages using the words stand, Americans, blind, and crazy. The first two fail at inclusion, because not everyone can stand and not everyone living in this country […]
It’s only 19 pages long, but a new draft framework on “biodiversity and ecosystem health” released by the government this week has the potential to bring about massive change in rural British Columbia. Environmental protection, not resource development through industries like forestry, fishing and mining, will be the overarching priority of the province going forward, […]
For all but a handful of days of the year, William Elliot’s home in Smithers is heated by a small box in his kitchen, chugging away quietly and unobtrusively, saving him money. The cold-weather heat pump that powers his indoor unit sits outside, sucking heat from the cool air and shooting it across his open-concept […]
