Climate Change

Food and agriculture are essential to meeting the climate goals set out under the Paris Agreement, with the ambition of limiting global heating to 1.5°C. Food production is linked to 35% of total manmade greenhouse gas emissions. And it isn’t just how we make food that’s the problem. How we…

A new low emission zone is being introduced in Glasgow city centre in an attempt to tackle pollution by the city that hosted the COP26 conference on climate change. But it means cab drivers with vehicles which don’t meet the minimum standards will either have to buy new cars, or…

Files: A young girl basks in the cold spray of water at a splash pad in Barrhaven Photo by Julie Oliver /Postmedia After a sunny steamy Saturday with a high of 30 C, we are expecting a mainly cloudy, steamy Sunday, ahead of a somewhat unsettled early week. Advertisement 2…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A 2021 study in the journal Nature found that in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change, most of the world's known fossil fuel reserves must remain untapped. According to the study, 90 percent of coal and nearly 60 percent of oil and natural…

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By The Canadian Press Thu., Aug. 18, 2022timer1 min. read VICTORIA - The Opposition B.C. Liberals have removed MLA John Rustad from the party caucus after he retweeted comments that questioned the role of carbon dioxide in climate change. Party leader Kevin Falcon says in a statement that Rustad, who…

Bill Gates lobbied Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin on the Inflation Reduction Act since before Joe Biden became president, according to a report Tuesday. The Inflation Reduction Act, introduced by Democrats and signed into law by Biden on Tuesday, spends $386 billion on energy and climate initiatives, according to…

One of your columnist’s favourite ways of passing a hot afternoon in Monterrey, three hours south of Mexico’s border with Texas, is with a cold bottle of locally brewed Bohemia beer alongside a plate of cabrito (roast kid). For a business writer, it is a justifiable use of the expense…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill into law on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections.…

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, among the most significant legislative achievements of his presidency. It represents a historic investment in measures aimed at combating climate change, lowering the cost of some prescription drugs, and raising enough revenues to cut the deficit rather than…