You can credit all those home runs to the climate crisis
Data from 100,000 Major League games reveals higher temperatures lead to more balls being hit out of the park.
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Community still pressing for change almost a year after Imperial Oil spill
In July 2022, a storage tank was accidentally punctured by machinery in the north end of Sydney, the largest city on Cape Breton Island.
Pro-Russia hacker group knocks out Hydro-Québec website
The utility said it was targeted at around 3 a.m. by a denial-of-service assault — when attackers flood an internet server with traffic and overwhelm it, triggering a crash.
As the planet warms, more ‘flash droughts’ suck soil and plants dry
Climate change is making droughts faster and more furious, especially a specific fast-developing heat-driven kind that catches farmers by surprise, a new study found.
In Africa’s Okavango, oil drilling disrupts locals and nature
Gobonamang Kgetho has a deep affection for Africa’s largest inland delta, the Okavango. It is his home.
Want to sequester carbon? Save the wild things
Gray wolves, elephants, wildebeests and sea otters are a few of the species that can help keep global warming below 1.5 C.
RBC was the world's top fossil fuel funder in 2022
Despite promising to reach net-zero emissions, last year, RBC provided more money to fossil fuels than any other bank in the world.
Canadian banks risk overexposure with $1 trillion invested in fossil fuels
Despite promising to play their part addressing climate change, Canada’s Big 5 banks have invested over $1 trillion in coal, oil and gas companies since the Paris Agreement was signed.
Upcoming CRA report to gauge how agency can better support Indigenous Peoples during tax season
An access-to-information request filed by Canada's National Observer reveals that the CRA needs to do more to help engage Indigenous Peoples during tax season so they can access eligible benefits and credits.
Could proposed U.S. auto emission rules be a ‘golden egg’ for Canada’s economy?
Strict new automobile pollution limits proposed in the U.S. are good news for the climate and Canada’s economy, say several energy think-tanks.
Prairie premiers’ fears about resource transfer comments have ‘no grounding in truth’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Prairie premiers of distorting the words of his justice minister after comments David Lametti made at a meeting of Assembly of First Nations chiefs last week.
Pierre Poilievre pushes Twitter to label CBC accounts as ‘government-funded’ media
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tweeted a copy of a letter addressed to the company making the request.
Currents of change seen in melting Antarctic ice
New research by Australian scientists suggests a 40 per cent slowdown in just three decades could alter the world’s climate for centuries.
Out of pocket, out of patience
Rampant retail theft is impacting the bottom line, staff morale and customers’ limited resources already strained by high inflation.
Salvaging the sacred from climate disaster
A new project hopes to train a Vancouver Island First Nations “strike team” to save and salvage cultural and sacred artifacts from the growing threat of fires and floods as the climate crisis advances.