Greta Thunberg and other activists block entrance to the Swedish parliament
A group of climate activists on Monday blocked the entrance to the Swedish parliament, advocating for sweeping reforms to tackle climate disasters.
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Conditions inside Fukushima's ruined reactors still unclear after 13 years
Japan on Monday marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts. Nearly 20,000 people died, whole towns were wiped out and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was destroyed, creating deep fears of radiation that linger today.
B.C. wine industry to regroup after climate-related catastrophes
The heart of British Columbia's wine industry is reeling after suffering a litany of climate-related hits, resulting in two years of crop losses in the southern Interior.
Climate change — and efforts to fix it — harming farmers’ mental health
Canada's efforts to reduce the climate impacts from farms will be most effective if they consider how they affect farmers' mental health, advocates say.
Competition bureau commissioner seeks more power to take on greenwashing
Canada's competition bureau commissioner wants more power to tackle corporate greenwashing, as the agency finds itself investigating the country's largest bank and major oilsands companies.
California towns are banning new gas stations. That has Big Oil’s attention
As the urgency of addressing climate change grows across the United States, one unprecedented heat wave and flood at a time, cities are finding ways to cut fossil fuels out of their future.
How old coal mines could become new sources of clean energy
The potential lies in geothermal: heat generated by the Earth, which can be harnessed in a variety of ways. While in operation, underground coal mines are dewatered to allow for workers to extract coal. When a mine is not maintained, it naturally floods with surface and groundwater: which can be used for geothermal.
B.C. approved less than half of proposed old-growth deferrals, leaked document shows
A report from the B.C. branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says a leaked map suggests the province has approved a pause for logging in less than half of the old-growth forests identified as being at risk of permanent biodiversity loss.
Canada sanctions two more Iranians accused of repressing women and girls
Joly says Iranian women and girls face an increasingly repressive environment where they risk injury or death for expressing themselves or demanding basic rights.
Ottawa residents hold vigil for family killed in mass stabbing
Residents in Ottawa are still reeling after a mass stabbing that killed a mother, her four young children and a family friend.
Scientists probe impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks.
Mother and four kids killed, father injured in rampage at Ottawa home
Blood spattered the sidewalk on Thursday outside a suburban Ottawa home where police recovered the bodies of a mother, her four young children and a family friend from the aftermath of a vicious attack.
Microscopic plastics could raise risk of stroke and heart attack
Researchers in Italy examined fatty plaques removed from the blood vessels of patients with arterial disease and found that more than half had deposits contaminated with tiny particles of plastic.
Houston: We have a solution
The Texas city’s housing-first approach has been widely lauded for tackling chronic homelessness. Can we learn from its model?