Climate Change

29/04/25
Author: 
David Gelles and Claire Brown
President Trump held up an executive order at a signing ceremony in the Oval Office this month.Credit...Eric Lee/The New York Times

Apr. 29, 2025

In just a few months, President Trump’s moves have exceeded the worst fears of climate activists.

Before President Trump returned to office, it was widely expected that his administration would again reduce support for clean energy, promote fossil fuels and disengage from global efforts to combat climate change.

27/04/25
Author: 
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
People march as they take part in a strike to demand action on the global climate crisis on 20 September 2019 in New York City. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Apr. 23, 2025

About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority

  • The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89% Project – and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read more
22/04/25
Author: 
Damian Carrington
A global survey of 130,000 people across 125 nations found a 'silent majority' in every country thinks their national government should be doing more to fight the climate crisis. Photo by the Province of British Columbia/Flickr

Apr. 22, 2025

An overwhelming majority among the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis, but they are trapped in a self-fulfilling “spiral of silence” because they mistakenly believe they are in a minority, research has shown.

Making people aware that their pro-climate view is, in fact, the majority could unlock a social tipping point and push leaders into the climate action so urgently needed, experts say.

21/04/25
Author: 
Damian Carrington
Bleached and dead staghorn coral off Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Apr. 14, 2025

Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs

The climate crisis has tripled the length of ocean heatwaves, a study has found, supercharging deadly storms and destroying critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs.

12/04/25
Author: 
Mitch Anderson
Author Seth Klein (right) outlines opportunities to build economic self-sufficiency in his book 'The Good War.' Credit: Gage Skidmore and Josh Berson

Apr. 8, 2025

‘When we need to urgently build big things we have to do it ourselves,’ Vancouver-based author Seth Klein tells DeSmog.

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to upend global financial markets, with his chaotic tariff announcements last week plunging the Dow almost 4,000 points in two days and wiping out more than $4.8 trillion in value on the S&P 500.

12/04/25
Author: 
Verity Stevenson
Over one hundred municipal leaders representing millions of Canadians have published an open letter to federal parties called ‘Elbows Up for Climate Change. It urges a national electric grid, a high-speed railway, two million affordable green homes, and a climate disaster strategy.

Apr. 11, 2025

Open letter proposes national grid, high-speed rail, disaster resilience strategy

Watch Canada votes: Municipal leaders demand climate action from parties:  https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6721598

Municipal politicians across Canada have written a letter to the five main federal party leaders calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental calamities. 

05/04/25
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
The Maran Gas Roxana LNG carrier navigates through the Douglas Channel to Kitimat, B.C., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (LNG Canada

Apr. 3, 2025

LNG Canada is 'largest single private sector investment' in Canadian history, government says

A 204-metre tanker ship has arrived on B.C.'s North Coast, making it the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to arrive in Kitimat, as a major energy export project prepares to come online.

The Maran Gas Roxana, sailing under the flag of Greece, made its way through the Douglas Channel Wednesday, carrying a load of LNG that will be used for equipment testing at the LNG Canada site.

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