B.C. wildfires now burning 10 times more than in 1990s
Wildfires in B.C. are now pumping more climate pollution into the atmosphere than all fossil fuel burning in the province.
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Logging plays by its own rules in Canada’s climate targets
The atmosphere doesn’t discern between carbon emitted from forests and carbon from fossil fuels — but Canada does, writes Jennifer Skene of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
500 organizations in Canada, U.S. urge feds to stop investing in carbon capture technology
Investment in carbon capture technology will hinder Canada’s transition away from fossil fuels and exacerbate the effects of climate change, says a new letter co-signed by hundreds of organizations.
Overhauling Canada's buildings could add $48B to the economy
That’s according to a new report by the Pembina Institute, a non-profit clean energy think tank, which also finds the upgrades could create 200,000 jobs while making a sufficient dent in carbon emissions.
A zombie fire outbreak may be growing in the North
“Overwintering” fires smoulder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a warmer world.
Nature can save us from climate doom — but not on its own
By restoring ecosystems, conservationists can help the land sequester carbon. But it's still no substitute for drastically cutting emissions.
Shell faces a shareholder rebellion over emission targets
A resolution calling for the Anglo-Dutch company to set binding carbon emissions reduction targets received 30 per cent of votes at the oil company’s annual meeting on Tuesday.
One of Canada’s biggest carbon sinks is circling the drain
Canada's continent-spanning forest used to remove massive amounts of CO2 from the air each year. It was a hugely valuable "carbon sink", slowing the pace of climate change and benefiting our logging industry.
Liberals' tree-planting promise all talk so far
Two years after the Trudeau government promised to plant two billion trees, the only thing growing is criticism from the opposition
How the whitest-ever paint could help cool Earth
A new white paint reduces the need for air conditioning, reflecting 98 per cent of sunlight and radiating infrared heat into space.
Midwest pipeline promises to return carbon dioxide to ground
Summit Carbon Solutions says it is developing a US$2-billion pipeline project that will carry carbon dioxide captured from ethanol refineries scattered across the Midwest to a site in North Dakota where it will be pumped thousands of feet underground.
Gas-guzzling cars 'hundreds of times' more wasteful than electric vehicles
Fossil fuel cars waste hundreds of times more raw material than their battery electric equivalents, according to a study that adds to evidence that the move away from petrol and diesel cars will bring large net environmental benefits.
Canada is losing the race to low-carbon prosperity
The Americans and Europeans have sprinted ahead, and even the coal-choked Chinese economy is about to pass us by, says Barry Saxifrage.
CO2 emissions from forestry are a surging climate threat. Ottawa needs to act
The logging industry continues to cut faster than Canada's managed forests can keep up with. The resulting flood of CO2 is a rapidly growing climate threat, Barry Saxifrage writes, and Ottawa needs new climate policies to rein it in.
