Climate action hits speed bump as Trudeau and Smith announce new working group
Ottawa and Alberta are forming a working group to find common ground on three areas of climate policy. One side seems dug in.
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Logging pollution is on the rise — but don’t expect to find it on the accounting books
As the world uses more and more wood over the next few decades, the planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions associated with logging will rise, new research predicts.
Quebec last holdout on Ottawa health deal as Nunavut, Yukon and N.W.T. sign on
All three territories signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's health funding offer on Thursday, July 6, 2023, leaving Quebec as the only holdout on the new accords.
Former national chief calls AFN a 'tool for the government', wants inquiry
RoseAnne Archibald has called for an independent investigation into potential government interference into the Assembly of First Nations a week after she was ousted as national chief.
Cold front cools Central Canada but heat wave continues on both coasts
A cold front passing through Ontario and Quebec is expected to offer relief today after a multi-day heat wave.
Trudeau set to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on climate goals
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith today in Calgary, among other stops in the city as Stampede season gets underway.
Third unofficial heat record for Earth in just one week
Earth's average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, July 6, 2023, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.
Access to cooling should be a human right, expert says as temperatures rise
As summer heat waves intensify and advocates sound the alarm on the lack of protections for the most vulnerable populations, one extreme weather expert is calling for access to cooling to be treated as a human right.
Millions of people pick plastic for a living. What happens if it goes away?
A UN treaty to reduce plastic pollution could be a game changer for the environment. Activists who collect plastic for a living want to make sure it takes their jobs into account.
Farming for the climate future
Regenerative farming methods in use on the small, B.C. island farm for decades to build soil, capture nutrients, and promote biodiversity are reaping rewards as the climate crisis advances.
In post-conflict Colombia, one determined survivor fights to reach women no one else can
In a poor neighborhood in the city of Cali, an enclave for survivors of Colombia’s 52-year armed conflict, the home of Nidia Landazury Sanclemente has become a refuge.
‘Conversation is climate action’: Guide to assist educators in age of eco-anxiety
Amid a season of heat waves and wildfire smoke, a new curriculum is urging Manitoba teachers to normalize climate change conversations in classrooms and it provides tips on how to do just that in 2023-24.
First Nations won’t back nuclear plant expansion until waste questions are answered
Two First Nations near the proposed expansion of Canada’s largest nuclear power plant will not support any new projects until there is a solution to the nuclear waste problem on their territory, the Saugeen Ojibway Nation wrote in a letter to its membership obtained by Canada’s National Observer.
Canada’s carbon-storing peat digs up a climate conundrum
Every year, about 1.3 million metric tonnes of Canada’s peatlands are dug up for sale to farmers and gardeners. With every hectare lost, planet-warming carbon dioxide is released into the air.
Nations set to agree on shipping emissions cuts. But are they good enough?
Negotiators at the meeting of the United Nations' International Maritime Organization in London, seen as key to limiting global warming to 1.5 C since pre-industrial times, are set to officially agree Friday for shipping emissions to reach net zero “by or around” 2050, rather than setting the date as a hard deadline.