Trying to tame the tide exacerbates climate crisis
Blocking the flow of saltwater can turn coastal wetlands into methane belchers.
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UNESCO team to determine if Alberta's Wood Buffalo Park belongs on endangered list
A United Nations body that monitors some of the world's greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country's largest national park, including plans to release treated oilsands tailings into its watershed.
Cortes Island tree-lovers prepare to tussle with logging giant
A tiny B.C. island community is preparing for a potential tussle with logging giant Mosaic Forest Management over its big trees and wetlands.
One of the world's worst greenhouse gases, methane increases at record rates
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.
‘Yehewin Aski’: The Breathing Lands protecting Canada from climate breakdown
New research echoes long-standing Indigenous knowledge about the importance of carbon-storing peatlands.
A native grassland in Sask. wins protection
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is the new owner of a large section of endangered native grassland in Saskatchewan.
Roads quieted by pandemic fill with sound of birds singing
New research shows that roads and runways quieted by COVID-19 are filling with birdsong instead.
How a British millionaire is rewilding the countryside, one farm at a time
Julia Davies, a lawyer turned activist, is helping wildlife groups to buy up land — and fight back against Britain’s biodiversity crisis.
Pressure mounts on Biden to yank Line 3 pipeline permits
More than two dozen Democrats in Congress are demanding the White House pause construction on the oil project and carry out new environmental studies.
To prevent more wildfires, we need urgent climate action now
The forest fires raging across northern Ontario and much of the rest of the world are another stark and frightening reminder of the climate emergency that fossil fuels create, writes Dianne Saxe.
Liberals boost climate change mitigation fund by $1.4 billion
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government is adding almost $1.4 billion to the disaster mitigation and adaptation fund this year to help communities across Canada facing climate change and environmental disasters.
Why wetlands matter in the fight against the climate crisis
Swamps, bogs, marshes and peatlands have long been misunderstood or overlooked. But they’re vital carbon sinks and play key roles in protecting us from the fallout of extreme events caused by climate change.
Doug Ford’s highway to environmental hell
The Progressive Conservatives have made "conflicts of interest and favours for friends a key part of its governing brand."
Students grabbing shoes for Pickering wetlands protest
Hundreds of shoes will be placed outside Pickering city hall this week, a message from some of those who but for COVID-19 restrictions would be there demanding municipal and provincial politicians call off their push to pave over rare urban wetlands on Toronto’s outskirts.
Alberta and feds sign deal to limit oilsands environmental monitoring
Alberta has signed an agreement with the federal government that makes major cuts to environmental monitoring of the oilsands.