Climate Change

27/10/24
Author: 
The Associated Press
Tropical storm Trami caused major damage in Batangas, Philippines. 'It's indescribable how scared we were,' one resident says.

Oct. 26, 2024

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The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by tropical storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130, and the president said Saturday that many areas remained isolated with people in need of rescue.

27/10/24
Author: 
Brett Wilkins
Ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit, thousands of youth, frontline advocates and climate and community activists join in the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City, on September 17, 2023. Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images

Oct. 15, 2024

Climate Scientists and Environmental Groups Alarmed Over New UN Climate Report

Experts say the report confirms that nations’ efforts to cut emissions have been grossly insufficient to date.

The world’s nations must commit to dramatically slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future or risk a “catastrophic” rise in global average temperatures, a key United Nations climate report published Thursday warned.

23/10/24
Author: 
Amanda Stephenson
Nearly six months after its opening, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is boosting Canada's energy sector as promised — but questions still linger about who will pay for the project's massive cost overruns. In this photograph taken with a drone, the Trans Mountain Burnaby Terminal tank farm is seen in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday, April 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Oct. 21, 2024

Six months on, what has the Trans Mountain pipeline project achieved and what’s next?

Nearly six months after its opening, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is boosting Canada’s energy sector as promised – but questions still linger about who will pay for the project’s massive cost overruns.

By a variety of measures, the expensive and contentious pipeline project is bearing fruit as more Canadian oil reaches the West Coast to be shipped to export markets.

23/10/24
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
LNG Canada, a joint venture by Shell, PetroChina and other foreign firms, has nearly completed its terminal in Kitimat, BC. Photo via LNG Canada.

Oct. 23, 2024

Both major BC parties backed the methane boom. Two new Green MLAs might change the equation.

18/10/24
Author: 
Fiona Harvey Environment editor
A child drinks from a plastic container in Gaza. More than 2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water. Photograph: Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images

Oct. 16, 2024

Landmark review says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh water

More than half the world’s food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is taken to conserve water resources and end the destruction of the ecosystems on which our fresh water depends, experts have warned in a landmark review.

18/10/24
Author: 
Eromo Egbejule and agencies
Drone footage shows rare flooding in the Sahara desert

Oct.11, 2024

More than year’s worth of rain fell in two days in south-east Morocco, filling up lake that had been dry for decades

Dramatic pictures have emerged of the first floods in the Sahara in half a century.

18/10/24
Author: 
Jordan Olmstead · The Canadian Press
The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled unanimously Thursday that the seven young people who launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial government's emissions targets will get a new hearing. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

Oct. 17, 2024

Young people arguing Ontario's weakened emissions target violates their Charter rights

Ontario's top court has ordered a new hearing for a youth-led constitutional challenge of the provincial government's emissions target.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's ruling sends the case back to the lower court for a new hearing. It found the lower court judge's analysis was flawed on some key points and the case raised important issues that should be considered afresh.

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