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Insurance industry looks to limit fossil fuel exposure as the climate threat grows

With global climate change threatening to wreak havoc on their industry, insurance companies are increasingly looking to limit their exposure to the fossil fuel sector.

Race Against Climate Change

By Amanda Stephenson | News | August 23rd 2021

Tall buildings: A boon for housing, a bane for the climate crisis

The latest UN climate report pinpoints the biggest culprit behind overheated cities.

Race Against Climate Change

By Adam Mahoney | News | August 18th 2021

Climate action is front and centre this election — and Conservatives are barely catching up

To their credit, Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives have stopped pretending climate change isn’t a real issue, but you can forgive Canadians for not taking them seriously on the matter just yet, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Opinion

By Max Fawcett | Opinion, Politics | August 18th 2021

wildflower, grave, Schoonselhof cemetery, Hoboken, Belgium,

After UN climate report, individuals seek to cut carbon emissions

Young urban shepherd Lukas Janssens guides his flock among the graves in Schoonselhof, one of Belgium’s iconic cemeteries, knowing sheep are kinder to nature than lawnmowers.

Race Against Climate Change

By Raf Casert | News | August 16th 2021

A man sprinkles water to cool down the pavement in front of his restaurant, in downtown Rome, on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. Photo by The Associated Press/Andrew Medichini

Spain sizzles while Italian cities on red alert

Spain endured its hottest day of the year on Saturday, August 14, 2021, with temperatures topping 45 degrees Celsius (113 F), while authorities in Italy expanded the number of cities on red alert for health risks to 16 as a heat wave engulfed Southern Europe.

By Jennifer O'mahony | News | August 15th 2021

Earth fries as July heat scorches records

Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced.

Race Against Climate Change

By Seth Borenstein | News | August 14th 2021

A rescue worker holds a kitten she saved from a building in Bozkurt town of Kastamonu province, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (IHA via AP)

Floods in northern Turkey kill 27

Search-and-rescue crews in northern Turkey recovered 10 more bodies overnight, raising the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the region to 27, officials said on Friday, August 13, 2021. Dozens more people were believed to be missing.

By Suzan Fraser | News | August 13th 2021

The surprise wildfires and a heat dome brought home to the garden

No matter how much Megan Greig waters, her raspberries, peas, carrots, and beans won’t flourish this growing season.

Race Against Climate Change

By Cloe Logan | News | August 13th 2021

A Greek Orthodox chapel is seen at a burnt forest after a wildfire in Pefki village on Evia island, about 189 kilometers (118 miles) north of Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Photo by The Associated Press/Petros Karadjias

Greek PM calls this summers wildfires a major ecological catastrophe

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, August 12, 2021, that the devastating wildfires that burned across the country for more than a week were the greatest ecological catastrophe Greece had seen in decades.

Wildfires

By Elena Becatoros | News | August 12th 2021

A helicopter pilot flies past a wildfire burning in Lytton, B.C., on Thursday, July 1, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Fire danger high as second heat wave hits B.C.

Heat warnings and special weather statements cover most of southern British Columbia as temperatures are forecast to soar through the weekend, magnifying anxiety about wildfire risk.

Wildfires

By The Canadian Press | News | August 12th 2021

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