climate crisis

In a world facing widespread water shortages, rising emissions and escalating inequity, becoming mindful about our fashion choices is seen as a moral imperative by more and more of us each year, says Marley Alles, who started a clothing rental company.

B.C. has created a new plan to tackle the twin spectres of ocean acidification and dwindling oxygen levels seen as leading climate threats for coastal communities, marine ecosystems and industry along the West Coast.

Over the past few days, apocalyptic skies have darkened Tony Wawatie's traditional territory around Barriere Lake. Hundreds of wildfires are scorching Quebec's Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, forcing most of the First Nation's roughly 800 members to evacuate.

“This is at least the third year where I've had to wear a respirator,” says Sayward, B.C., resident Shannon Briggs, whose children are growing up in the age of apocalyptic wildfires.

Fire has driven Marvin Herman’s family from their home in northwestern Saskatchewan twice in the last month.

Finally, perhaps more people will start talking about climate change, worrying about it, fearing it (as we should) and thinking about what to do about it, writes Linda Solomon Wood.

The American airline pledged to go carbon neutral, but plaintiffs say it is relying on offsets that do almost nothing to mitigate global heating.

Nova Scotia is dealing with not seen before rates of forest fires. Governments at all levels need to realize these are not isolated incidents, but warning signs of the larger climate emergency at hand.

Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. And we're sharing the smoke with our neighbours to the south.

State Farm also cites the inflation of construction costs in a statement that comes after increasing wildfires in the state.

The weed war, which puts more than $528 million in crop losses on the line each year in Canada alone, has for the past 50 years been fought with an arsenal of toxic herbicides that harm human health and contribute to the biodiversity and climate crises.

The provincial campaign is being fought over many issues, but climate change is the elephant in the room.

Candidates in Alberta's election must understand how the climate crisis is effecting the mental health of young people.

A new study from Generation Squeeze finds environmental considerations are more or less absent on the campaign trail for the May 29 provincial election.

Climate-driven illness is increasing the strain on our overburdened health-care system and it is a direct threat to life.