climate change

European Union lawmakers voted on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, to include natural gas and nuclear in the bloc’s list of sustainable activities, backing a proposal from the EU’s executive arm that has been drawing fierce criticism from environment groups and now looks set to trigger legal challenges.

António Guterres says growing north and south divide is ‘morally unacceptable’ and dangerous.

Italy was enduring a prolonged heat wave before a massive piece of Alpine glacier broke off and killed hikers on Sunday, July 3, 2022, and experts say climate change will make those hot, destabilizing conditions more common.

European lawmakers will decide on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, whether fossil gas and nuclear energies can be included in the EU’s list of sustainable activities, in a cliff−edge vote targeting climate change but heavily influenced by the war in Ukraine.

From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while rainfall hit records in June.

Environmentalists are warning that slow-release nitrogen fertilizers, central to Canada's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on farms, are filling fields with microscopic plastic pollution.

Spraying aerosols and sucking carbon out of the air would bring down temperatures, yes. But the unintended consequences of geoengineering could be enormous.

By studying the so-called mean temperature of restaurant seafood, scientists have shown how the species that grace our plates have changed with time.

In December 2020, the government challenged Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau's ministry to reduce emissions from artificial nitrogen fertilizers by 30 per cent by 2030. Soon after, Canada's $23-billion fertilizer industry jumped into action to make sure the new rules won't hurt its bottom line.

Since kids seem to innately know what is healthier for them and the planet, why not feed provide healing doses of kindness and science in whatever way we feel inspired to?

As the sustainability engagement co-ordinator at the University of Waterloo and a member of the Intermunicipal Partnership for Active Transportation advocacy group, this 24-year-old is applying her research to ensure youth are heard.

The European Union relies heavily on Russia to supply nickel and other metals for electric vehicle batteries and other renewable technologies. War-related price increases and shortages of these metals could hinder Europe’s drive to sharply cut emissions by 2030 and beyond.

The Ontario court hearing a climate lawsuit filed by seven youth against the provincial government has granted intervenor status to six groups, meaning Indigenous voices and those of environmental groups and parents will also be heard in court starting in September.

A year after the heat dome event that killed billions of plants and animals in British Columbia, scientists say ecosystems are recovering, but could be transformed forever if such events become more frequent.

The economics are clear: Renewables are cheap enough for the country to rapidly decarbonize. Less evident is the political will to pull it off.