The Globe and Mail
Barry Rueger
Last published Dec. 2025 · On our record since 2020
Where this writer stands
Climate1 piece
Faster fossil phase-downSlower phase-down, production first
“Unfortunately, because our governments refuse to stop the extraction and use of fossil fuels, climate change will continue, and this won't be the last time wells in Nova Scotia run dry.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: I thought Canada was cold. And then I moved to EnglandOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 17, 2025
- Opinion: What happens when the well runs dry? After months of drought, Nova Scotians are finding outOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 31, 2025
- Opinion: Why I added my name to the long ballot in Pierre Poilievre’s by-electionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 13, 2025
- Opinion: I want a home, not an investmentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 18, 2025
- Opinion: Without a strong NFB, Canadians will lose sight of who we areOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 28, 2024
- Opinion: My first autumn on the Nova Scotia coast has been cold, wet, windy – and astonishingly beautifulOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 13, 2023
- Opinion: Taking care of ourselves without a family doctor has been a challengeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 22, 2023
- Opinion: Nova Scotia’s forest fires make me wonder if our dreams of a green, rural life were misguidedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 1, 2023
- Opinion: I’m not a morning person. But I’ve embraced rising earlyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 29, 2022
- Opinion: As self-appointed censors ban books, let’s praise librarians, defenders of the written wordOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 18, 2022
- Opinion: To understand where you came from, and leave behind who you are, save your family historyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 17, 2021
- Opinion: How long can we support the weight of COVID-19?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 24, 2020