Climate Change

A sign at the edge of Amherstburg is shown on Jan. 25, 2021. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Amherstburg town council has approved in principle a 2022 budget with an overall tax rate increase of 2.36 per cent. The increase represents an additional property tax of $38.82 per $100,000…

Photo: Patrick T. FALLON / AFP (Getty Images) Oil prices are rebounding as global economic activity picks back up. But the boom could likely be a mirage as governments finally get their act together on climate change—and it could lead to financial ruin if Big Oil ends up chasing it.…

As a record-breaking heat wave roasted the Pacific Northwest last summer, anxiety rose with the temperatures. Surveys of residents in British Columbia—where the heat in some places soared above 120 degrees Fahrenheit—suggest the disaster caused a spike in negative mental health related to climate change. The results of the surveys, recently published…

When rain falls, it picks up pollution from streets, farms and other humanmade features as it winds toward the ocean. In the Broad Run watershed of Loudon County, Virginia, runoff travels through an increasingly urbanized landscape before reaching the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. In 2000, fewer than 170,000…

In case you need a reminder of how fast pop culture can move these days, consider the case of Wordle, the five-letter word-guessing game that’s taken the internet by storm. Although the browser-based puzzle, in which players have six tries to guess one set word of the day, has only…

A new analysis predicts that, as climate change progresses, the most suitable regions for growing coffee arabica, cashews, and avocados will decline in some of the main countries that produce these crops. Roman Grüter and colleagues at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, present these findings in the open-access journal…

Climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics and snow sports by eroding the season and forcing more dangerous, artificial conditions, experts have warned in a report published a week before the 2022 Games. The Beijing Olympics, which start on 4 February, will be the first Winter Games…

For years, leftist politicians have attacked the energy industry in the name of 'climate change' and others have warned of dire consequences. Read Full Article » Read More

Natural gas emissions contributing to the problem of global warming are small compared with emissions from the largest polluters –  transportation and electricity production. But dozens of cities from New York to San Francisco are banning gas hookups in new construction in an effort to get to zero emissions from future…

Dual forces of climate change and cultural genocide overlap to devastating effect in “The Territory,” threatening not just a native community but a wider ecosystem — and cheered on by the actively hostile powers that be. Riveting and despairing in equal measure, freshman director Alex Pritz’s documentary immerses us over…