greenhouse gas

Climate scientists say plugging methane leaks and phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to avert catastrophic global heating.

Global atmospheric levels of the potent but short-lived greenhouse gas methane increased a record amount last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday, February 7, 2022, worrying scientists because of the large role methane has in climate change.

A peer-reviewed study published Thursday by Stanford University researchers found that as much as 1.3 per cent of the gas used in typical U.S. stoves could be leaking into the atmosphere unburned.

The German government said on Monday, January 3, 2021, that it considers nuclear energy dangerous and objects to European Union proposals that would let the technology remain part of the bloc’s plans for a climate-friendly future.

Beyond individual action, Canadians could accept a system that will tangibly assign financial costs to the increasing environmental impacts of flying so that those who choose to fly pay the bill, writes Ralph Martin.

Five new reports bring human health to the forefront of the climate mitigation conversation in an attempt to empower communities and decision-makers to consider local impacts when deciding on low-carbon infrastructure.

Close to 50 per cent of our national emissions are produced by Alberta and Saskatchewan, writes Ross Belot, who refers to this composite region as Albertawan.

Plastics are expected to contribute more to climate change than coal-powered generating plants within the next decade, a new report by U.S. environmental organization Beyond Plastics has found. But the problem has so far received minimal attention from politicians and businesses.

The International Energy Agency warned new investment in clean energy was needed to “jolt the energy system onto a new set of rails.”

We are in a climate emergency, and Canada's dominant parties remain fixated, for the most part, on market-based “solutions” inherently unable to meet the task at hand at the speed and scale required, writes columnist Seth Klein.

“Overwintering” fires smoulder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a warmer world.

Finding sustainable produce in a Canadian winter is cause for nightmarish confusion. Months of eating in-season vegetables — cabbage, carrots, celeriac — compete with the looming environmental impacts of imported food.

The federal budget’s plan to retrofit residential buildings falls short of what is needed to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions and create well-paying jobs, experts say.

A sobering new report says the world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis.

Exxon bowed to investor pressure and released information this week showing the carbon pollution that is generated when its products are used.