Climate Change

26/06/24
Author: 
Harrison Dressler and Daniel Tubb
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Jun. 25, 2024

25/06/24
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Extraction at a huge cost: a drilling pad in the Montney basin. Photo via Canadian Energy Centre.

Jun. 25, 2024

A new report by expert David Hughes warns the Montney methane rush will slam water, habitat and Canada’s energy security.

23/06/24
Author: 
Evan Halper and Caroline O'Donovan
Microsoft hopes to generate power from atomic fusion and is partnering with Helion, which is testing prototypes at its headquarters in Everett, Wash. (Chona Kasinger for The Washington Post)

Jun. 21, 2024

As power needs of AI push emissions up and put big tech in a bind, companies put their faith in elusive — some say improbable — technologies.

The mighty Columbia River has helped power the American West with hydroelectricity since the days of FDR’s New Deal. But the artificial intelligence revolution will demand more. Much more.

17/06/24
Author: 
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
The proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project pipeline will cut east to west across roughly 900 kilometers of northern B.C. Photo by Jason Drury/Flickr

Jun. 14, 2024

B.C.'s energy regulator has created a legal loophole that is facilitating a "last-ditch" effort to build a liquefied natural gas pipeline in northern B.C.

16/06/24
Author: 
Adam Gabbatt
A leaderboard announces extreme heat in the area during the third round of the 124th US Open in Pinehurst, North Carolina, on Saturday. Photograph: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images

Jun. 16, 2024

Meteorologists warn that heat will spread east through the week, with ‘heat dome’ expected to trap high temperatures

Millions of Americans are facing “dangerously hot conditions”, the National Weather Service said, with a heatwave set to hit the midwest and north-east US from Monday.

10/06/24
Author: 
Chloe Veltman
Activists from Extinction Rebellion, left and center, protest during a performance of An Enemy of the People on Broadway, starring Jeremy Strong, right. Extinction Rebellion NYC

Apr. 5, 2024

There's a scene in Henrik Ibsen's 1882 drama An Enemy of the People that takes place at a public meeting. The residents of a spa town are trying to prevent a local doctor, Dr. Stockmann, from telling the truth about a factory that's polluting the local water supply.

06/06/24
Author: 
Benjamin Shingler
A vendor prepares his umbrella as hot days continue in Manila, Philippines. Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made more likely because of human-caused climate change, a study found. (Aaron Favila/The Associated Press)

Jun. 5, 2024

'We're shattering global temperature records and reaping the whirlwind,' UN secretary-general says

The planet's string of record-breaking temperatures has continued for a full year, with May marking the 12th consecutive month for which its average temperature set a new record for that month.

06/06/24
Author: 
Scott Dance
A person waits for the bus in the shade on Tuesday in Sacramento, where temperatures topped 100 degrees during the summer’s first heat wave there. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Jun. 5, 2024

Temperatures surpassed the 1.5-degree Celsius warming threshold over the past year, and scientists warn they will again soon.

A streak of record-setting heat that began last summer has now persisted for an entire year across the globe, researchers announced Wednesday, pushing Earth closer to a dangerous threshold that the world’s nations have pledged not to cross.

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