In the Kootenays, climate conspiracy ‘angst’ stalls climate action
The struggle to fight disinformation and "climate authoritarian" conspiracies is impacting how well local governments can tackle the climate crisis.
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The upper atmosphere is cooling — and scientists are worried
A new study reaffirming that global climate change is human-made also found the upper atmosphere is cooling dramatically because of rising CO2 levels. Scientists are worried about the effect this cooling could have on orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather.
Fossil fuels loom large as countries negotiate agenda for UN climate talks
Nations resumed talks on tackling global warming Monday with the aim of shaping a deal that might put the world on track to prevent a dangerous increase in temperatures, as the United Nations' top climate official called for deep cuts in fossil fuel use.
Trudeau warns of ‘especially severe wildfire season’ as petition calls for fossil fuel phaseout
The federal government’s modelling indicates this may be an “especially severe wildfire season,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa as smoke clouded the nation’s capital.
Watchdog's relations with spy community 'strained' over last year
Newly released documents say the intelligence community's relationship with its key watchdog has been particularly strained over the last year due to a "level of resistance" to scrutiny.
Trudeau and ministers to provide wildfire update as fires rage in multiple provinces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to provide an update on the wildfires that have forced thousands of people from their homes and caused widespread property damage in several provinces.
Fire burned memories and pieces of history, says owner of Nova Scotia daycare
The owner of a Nova Scotia daycare destroyed as recent wildfires ripped through the province says the flames consumed both her livelihood and a physical piece of twentieth-century history.
Prairie grassland protection plan released by Nature Conservancy of Canada
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has announced a plan to protect iconic Prairie grasslands, considered one of the most endangered and least protected ecosystems in the country.
Many new species are already gone
Scientists are increasingly seeing evidence of “dark extinction” in museum and botanical garden collections.
Clean energy project at old mine could provide battery storage for Ontario’s grid
A technology that generates power by pumping and recirculating water between two reservoirs may soon be in place at an abandoned Ontario iron ore mine.
DFO raids seafood company, possibly over federal agency's own paperwork error
Fisheries enforcement officers are taking an unnecessary and heavy-handed approach over what appears to be a bureaucratic error caused the Department of Fisheries’ own licensing branch, said Sonia Strobel, CEO of Skipper Otto community-supported fishery.
$13 billion and counting: Ottawa backs another TMX loan guarantee with taxpayer money
The federal government is once again putting taxpayer dollars on the line to prop up the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
B.C. extends Fairy Creek old-growth logging deferral
The British Columbia government has extended an order deferring old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island.
Ontario developing strategy to find, plug abandoned oil and gas wells
Ontario is investing millions of dollars on a provincewide strategy to identify and plug abandoned oil and gas wells.
Companies in U.S. to pay $1.18 billion compensation for 'forever chemicals' water contamination
DuPont de Nemours Inc., The Chemours Co. and Corteva Inc. said they would establish a fund to compensate water providers for contamination with the chemicals used widely in nonstick, water- and grease-resistant products, as well as some firefighting foams.