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24/07/23
Author: 
Jen St. Denis
Ryan Le Neal with his small portable air conditioner. Tenants at his building in New Westminster were warned by their landlord that using an air conditioner could breach their tenancy agreements. Photo by Jen St. Denis.

July 21, 2023

As some landlords warn away from plugging in cooling units, here are tenants’ rights and options.

23/07/23
Author: 
Phoebe Weston
A stag takes a drink at Dülmen wildlife reserve in Münsterland, Germany, on a sweltering day this summer. Photograph: Imageplotter/Alamy

Jul 21, 2023

After hottest day ever, researchers say global heating may mean future of crop failures on land and ‘silent dying’ in the oceans

Successive heatwaves threaten nature’s ability to provide us with food, say researchers, as they warn of an “unseen, silent dying” in our oceans amid record temperatures scorching the Earth.

23/07/23
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Primary Author: Compiled by Mitchell Beer
gas fired power plant - Peoplepoweredbyenergy/Wikimedia Commons

July 18, 2023

Natural gas can carry as severe a climate impact as coal, a new study from the United States warned late last week, just as an Ontario power producer proposed a new gas-fired generating station in the Niagara Region city of Thorold.

23/07/23
Author: 
Oliver Milman
Firefighters try to control a wildfire in New Peramos, near Athens, Greece. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

 

James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’

The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years, prior to human existence, because “we are damned fools” for not acting upon warnings over the climate crisis, according to James Hansen, the US scientist who alerted the world to the greenhouse effect in the 1980s.

23/07/23
Author: 
Paul Hockenos
Left: Mockup of a the top third of a small module reactor made by NuScale, the only SMR developer with a design approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Visual: Courtesy of NuScale/Oregon State University/Flickr

"Even if the unlikely rollout of SMRs eventually happens, it will unfold too late to curb the climate crisis. . . . . .  Meanwhile, the siren song of nuclear energy is diverting critical resources from the urgent task of building out clean technologies."

Jul 20, 2023

23/07/23
Author: 
Telesur
President Nicolas Maduro (C), July 20, 2023. | Photo: Twitter/ @NicolasMaduro

Jul 21, 2023

Since 2011, the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela has been providing decent homes to low-income families at a low cost or free of charge.

On Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro delivered to Venezuelans house number 4,600,000 built through the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela (GMVV), a social housing program that the Bolivarian revolution has promoted for 12 years.

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22/07/23
Author: 
Mia Rabson - The Canadian Press
Manitoba Hydro power lines are photographed just outside Winnipeg. PHOTO BY JOHN WOODS/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Jul 20, 2023

Might need to triple amount generated to meet net zero emissions target of 2050

OTTAWA — Canada must build more electricity generation in the next 25 years than it has over the last century in order to support a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, according to a new report from the Public Policy Forum.

Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and shifting to emissions-free electricity to propel our cars, heat our homes and run our factories will require doubling, or possibly tripling, the amount of power we make now, the federal government estimates.

21/07/23
Author: 
The Canadian Press
The Donnie Creek wildfire burns in an area between Fort Nelson and Fort St. John, B.C., in this undated handout photo provided by the BC Wildfire Service. Handout photo by BC Wildfire Service

July 18, 2023

Coroner's office issues safety alert over wildfire smoke after death of B.C. child

British Columbia's coroner has issued a public safety bulletin about wildfire smoke, saying the death of a nine-year-old boy had been "confirmed by his parents" to have been related to a medical condition aggravated by the smoke.

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