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Race Against Climate Change

Race Against Climate Change is at the heart of Canada's National Observer's journalistic mission and coverage. It began with the launch of the publication in 2015. Thousands of articles later, the world continues to warm and the race has intensified. Follow this special report to learn how your country and the world is (or isn't) tackling this enormous challenge. This report is produced in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainability, Education and Action (I-SEA).

2543 Articles

oil sands pollution tar sands Kris Krug National Observer

Global impact of oilsands growth could counteract Canada’s promised carbon cuts

Canada will have a hard time meeting its climate goals at home if it keeps producing its main fossil fuel, oil. But there may be an even bigger story about oil and Canada: the global impact of oilsands growth could undermine international progress just as much.

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Peter Erickson

June 13th 2018

Plastic straws, North Vancouver,

After plastics charter, Ottawa looking at curbing own use to reduce garbage

The political aide to Canada's environment minister says the federal government is looking to reduce its use of plastic as it pursues a national strategy to curb Canada's addiction to the material.

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Mia Rabson

June 12th 2018

woman, grocery store, montreal

P.E.I. passes bill banning single-use plastic bags at retail stores

Prince Edward Island could be the first province in Canada to ban retailers from giving out plastic bags after a private member's bill passed third reading on Friday, June 8, 2018, morning.

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Alex Cooke

June 11th 2018

B.C. company sucking carbon from air, making fuel

It sounds like spinning straw into gold: suck carbon dioxide from the air where it's contributing to climate change and turn it into fuel for cars, trucks and jets.

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Bob Weber

News

June 7th 2018

Assam, India, flooding, extreme weather

Urgent need to recognize 'climate refugees'

A three-day International Refugee Rights Conference opening in Toronto Thursday provides an opportunity to highlight the urgent need to devise solutions for people driven from their communities by climate change.

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Opinion

June 7th 2018

The impending doom of the largest iceberg anyone’s ever measured

This story starts more than 18 years ago, in March 2000, when a piece of the Ross Ice Shelf broke off and floated free on Antarctic waters. The crack of that iceberg forming filled the ocean with noise. Since scientists started documenting the size of icebergs, they had never seen one larger.

Race Against Climate Change

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Sarah Laskow

Analysis

June 6th 2018

volunteer, plastic bottle, trash collection, Kolovrechtis wetland, Halkida, Evia island, Greece,

Canada should aim to recycle 85 per cent of plastics by 2025, groups say

Dozens of environmental groups say if Canada wants to be a leader in getting the rest of the world to kick its plastics habit, it has to start by setting the bar for recycling plastics far higher at home.

Race Against Climate Change

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Mia Rabson

June 4th 2018

Aditya Mukarji, plastic straws, Bhupender Kumar, Delhi Club House restaurant, Gurgaon, India,

In India, a trio of unlikely heroes wages war on plastic

For more than 25 years, Ram Nath has lived on the banks of the Yamuna River under a 19th-century iron bridge. Each morning, the wiry man walks a few steps from his makeshift hut and enters the black, sludgy waters of one of India's most polluted rivers. He is fishing for trash.

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Associated Press

June 4th 2018

Marine heatwaves are getting hotter, lasting longer and doing more damage

On land, heatwaves can be deadly for humans and wildlife and can devastate crops and forests. Unusually warm periods can also occur in the ocean. These can last for weeks or months, killing off kelp forests and corals, and producing other significant impacts on marine ecosystems, fishing and aquaculture industries.

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Analysis

May 31st 2018

soft drink, plastic straw, Surfside,

EU proposes to ban plastic straws, stir sticks, and cotton buds

The European Union has proposed banning plastic products like cotton buds, straws, stirs and balloon sticks when alternatives are easily available to reduce litter spoiling beaches and ocean beds.

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Associated Press

May 29th 2018

Lava, Pahoa, Hawaii,

Hawaii volcano generates toxic gas plume called laze

The eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii sparked new safety warnings about toxic gas on the Big Island's southern coastline after lava began flowing into the ocean and setting off a chemical reaction.

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Associated Press

May 25th 2018

With climate change rulebook, Canada and Germany face common challenges

Andreas Löschel, chair of the independent Expert Commission monitoring the German government’s low-carbon energy transition policy, said Germany is in a similar position as Canada — trying to decarbonize, while also looking out for workers and communities in fossil fuel industries.

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Carl Meyer

May 24th 2018

Alberta Environment Minister, Shannon Phillips, Edmonton,

'Vicious' right-wing politics fueling climate denial in Alberta, says environment minister Phillips

Shannon Phillips made the comments at a summit near Ottawa last week on women climate leaders, in response to questions over how her government plans to deal with recent surveys showing some public skepticism over the threat of climate change and the benefits of putting a price on carbon pollution.

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Carl Meyer

May 22nd 2018

For 400 months in a row, our planet has been unusually hot

Our overheating planet just reached another staggering — maybe even astronomical — new milestone.

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Eric Holthaus

Analysis

May 18th 2018

elderly man, water dyke, luggage, walker, Kettle River, Grand Forks,

B.C. to match funds for Red Cross flood donations as water levels rise

As more evacuation alerts are issued and river levels rise in British Columbia, Premier John Horgan announced Wednesday his government will match Canadian Red Cross donations for those most harmed by the flooding.

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The Canadian Press

May 17th 2018