climate crisis

This might be too much to ask, but when elected officials roll out big climate initiatives, could they please be ready to comprehensively frame issues for the public? writes columnist Sandy Garossino.

Forecaster Warren Dean recalls feeling helpless as a deadly heat dome hovered over British Columbia last summer. 

António Guterres tells governments "half of humanity is in the danger zone" as countries battle extreme heat.

The pressing global need to slash emissions in the face of a growing climate crisis is driving renewed interest in nuclear power — and few places more so than in Canada's oilsands.

Satellite images taken between January and June show 4,000 square kilometres of forest destroyed — four times the size of New York City.

In order to decarbonize by 2050, Manitoba’s capital needs to make big changes. A brand new roadmap lays out the path — now it’s up to the city to see it through.

Is it possible we are nearing the tipping point of hope about the fate of our warming planet, finally poised to offset the negativism of the last decade?

As the organizing director for the West Kootenay EcoSociety and Neighbours United, she leads teams that have already persuaded 13 regional municipalities to set climate pollution reduction targets in line with the Paris Agreement.

The blaze grew from 46 acres (19 hectares) Thursday night to 250 acres (101 hectares) by Friday morning with no containment, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the federal government is absolutely concerned about inflation, but dismissed critics who called her callous and out of touch for suggesting the high cost of gas is a reminder of why we need to transition to greener energy solutions.

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

The peak at Sonnblick in the Austrian Alps has melted more than a month before its previous record time.

Now that MPs and senators have returned home for the summer, it’s a good time to assess the progress made on environmental issues during the first half of 2022.

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.

What is clear is that B.C. will continue to experience more frequent and severe climate-related disasters. The question is: how are we going to respond to these threats?