Climate Change

13/06/21
Author: 
Georgina Gustin
Land clearing of peatland forest to make way for a palm oil plantation in Aceh province, Indonesia, the habitat of the Sumatran orangutan, on November 13, 2016. The orangutans in Indonesia have been on the verge of extinction as a result of deforestation and poaching. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

June 11, 2021

The two leading science groups studying ecosystems and climate urged protection of carbon-rich habitats and warned against solutions to warming that lower species diversity.

Slowing global warming and stemming the loss of biodiversity have been viewed as independent challenges for years.

But a new landmark report concludes that climate change and the rapid decline of natural ecosystems are intertwined crises that should be tackled together if international efforts to address either are to succeed.

12/06/21
Author: 
Brent Patterson
Protesting Line 3 in Minnesota - Photo by Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters.

June 11, 2021

Nearly 250 people were arrested in Minnesota on Monday June 7 protesting against a Canadian-owned tar sands pipeline being built on Indigenous lands.

10/06/21
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Workers on site - Alexandre/flickr

JUNE 8, 2021

The European Union has approved a €17.5-billion Just Transition Fund (JTF) to support communities most affected by the shift off fossil fuels, while Canadians wait for word on federal just transition legislation that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised two years ago, but has not said very much about since.

09/06/21
Author: 
Johanna Bozuwa Co-Manager, Climate & Energy Program

June 3, 2021

Our dominant system for providing electricity to homes and businesses in the United States—through investor-owned energy utilities—is deeply problematic. By prioritizing shareholder profits over people’s needs, these utilities repeatedly exacerbate climate disasters through their insistence on fossil-fuel use and force millions of families to choose between keeping their homes from either freezing or overheating and feeding their children or seeing a doctor. Increasingly, the consequences can be deadly.

09/06/21
Author: 
Fiona Harvey
Flooding on Montreal's Rue Cousineau in May 2017. Direct impacts of climate breakdown, including extreme weather, could cost rich economies around the world twice as much as the COVID-19 pandemic already has. Photo by Cold, Indrid / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

June 8th 2021

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

 

09/06/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Founder of the Giniw Collective Tara Houska speaks to a crowd at the Stop Line 3 protests. Photo courtesy of Giniw Collective

June 8th 2021

Protesters descended on northern Minnesota over the weekend in an attempt to stop construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline, which critics say would deal a devastating blow to the water table and lock in unneeded fossil fuel infrastructure.

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