Climate Change

After decades of planet-threatening growth, emissions fell off a cliff. Environmentalists sense a turning point. This has been a year of realizing that what we thought was solid ground beneath our collective feet was in fact a cliff that would crumble away with just a bit of natural erosion or…

This picture taken on December 31, 2019 shows firefighters struggling against strong winds and flying embers in an effort to secure nearby houses from bushfires near the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales. Climate change is already buffeting Australia with more extreme bushfires, droughts and…

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President-elect Joe Biden will face constraints of both politics and time when it comes to pursuing his aggressive climate-change agenda.Driving the news: Biden will enter a White House after four years of President Trump rolling back climate policies and time running out to substantively address the problem.Where it stands: The…

Since the presidential race was called more than a week ago, election coverage has mostly focused on President-elect Joe Biden’s win and what a (probably) Republican-controlled Senate might mean for his legislative agenda in 2021. But the upper chamber isn’t the only legislative body with the ability to jeopardize Biden’s…

Climate and Health AlliancePrime Minister must tackle climate change with same urgency as COVID-19: Open Letter from health groupsA coalition of 29 leading health groups today have written to the Prime Minister calling for “the same level of urgency in tackling climate change” as the COVID-19 pandemic and for the…

A small farm in upstate New York is working to revolutionize the organic farming industry, starting with supporting their local ecosystem while growing, among a variety of grains, hemp — the plant behind the multi-million dollar CBD industry.Hemp, a species of cannabis that does not create a marijuana-like high, has…

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Scientists at universities in Western Canada have a wealth of information on climate change. Is the world ready for it? This year, the University of Alberta’s Canadian Ice Core Lab began a five-year study of contaminants and melting ice in the Columbia Icefield (Courtesy of Steve Beffort/Hakai) Climate change may…

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how scientists go about tracking Arctic animals in an era of climate change and why so many tampon applicators end up on beaches.(Sködt McNalty/CBC)Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions…