Climate Change

On October 9, 2019, Pacific Gas and Electric started the blackouts.  The beleaguered utility, which oversees 125,000 miles of electrical and transmission lines in the fire-plagued Golden State, warned that an unprecedented 800,000 customers, meaning some 2 m…

At midnight on Wednesday, Californias largest utility begun cutting off power to customers across the northern part of the state. The rolling blackout came with just a days warning as intense fire weather is expected to whip up across the region. The gusty …

Scientists in South Africa have discovered new evidence to support a hypothesis that the Earth was struck by a meteorite or asteroid 12,800 years ago, causing global climate change and extinction. A group of scientists from the University of the Witwatersran…

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries can be found in pretty much everything from mobile phones to electric vehicles, and can store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power. Given their prominent place in everyday life, and the fact that they were…

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming the constitutional right of young Alaskans to a safe climate. Twelve Alaska youths in 2017 sued the state, claiming …

City of Saskatoon officials hope new software designed by Google will provide more information in the city's battle against climate change. The software tool, Environmental Insights Explorer, combines information from Google Maps with existing information ab…

TORONTO -- Climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion have been shutting down roads and bridges around the world on Monday in protest for climate justice. Here's a look at the group and what they hope to accomplish. WHO ARE EXTINCTION REBELLION? Th…

Eating meat is bad for the climate -- or at least that was one of the main conclusions highlighted in a flood of news reports based on the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's August report, Climate Change and Land. Before you give up your animal …

VANCOUVER - Protesters shut down the Burrard Street Bridge to traffic Monday for an "all day" protest calling for action on climate change. The protest was organized by a group called Extinction Rebellion, which co-ordinated similar events across the country…

The summer of shocking global heat has continued into the fall. New data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the European Unions climate agency, shows that last month tied for the hottest September on record. This adds to the stunning str…