News 360° - Briefs

Secretive tribunals, hidden damages

Canadian academic Gus Van Harten is well known for his efforts to reform the global investment treaty regime through his research papers, …

India’s many investment treaties make it vulnerable

Senior international lawyer Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, who heads the investment programme of the International Institute on Sustainable …

Letters

Doctor who blocked thalidomide from release in the US dies at 101

Frances Oldham Kelsey had recently been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honours

Eastern cougar extinct, says US conservation agency

The eastern cougar, a subspecies of the North American cougar, has likely been extinct for at least 70 years. It was last sighted and hunted …

Poor health to food insecurity

Not only low income levels, but also adults suffering from chronic diseases adversely impact a household’s food security

Pollution pangs

High ground-level ozone increases appendicitis risk

Southeast US will bear the worst of this year’s winter, says AccuWeather

This US-based independent weather agency set off gasps of dread and many counter-forecasts last week when it indicated “the return” …

'Climate change to impact suitability of tropical agricultural lands by 2100'

Suitability will shift to higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere

Ontario gets rid of coal-fired power

Air quality in the Canadian province has been improving because of a mix of emissions-free electricity sources

Great expectations from Bonn climate talks, but sticky issues need resolving

Drafting a universal climate change agreement enters critical stage of negotiations and streamlining of agreement text

World gets a yellow card

The Warsaw climate talks serve a grim warning to the world that inaction will cost, writes Chandra Bhushan as he leaves Warsaw just before the …

News 360° - Briefs

After US, rising sea level may soon gobble up an entire island in Canada

Land bigger than 300 football fields has been swallowed by the sea within the span of a few generations

Warming Arctic is making winter worse for eastern US; ‘bomb cyclone’ on cards

The US is bracing for an intense storm, which is expected to blast the entire east coast with frigid winds, ice and snow on Thursday

Canada’s new food guide promotes plant-based proteins, instead of meat

The latest food guide came after cardiovascular disease became the second cause of death for Canadians

Air pollution pushes mortality in Canadians: Study

This is despite the fact that the country has one of the lowest levels of air pollution in the world

Wet’suewet’en protests have exposed Canada’s racist underbelly: Ruth Hopkins

Protests against proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline through First Nations land in British Columbia, has crippled rail travel 

Inquiry into Quebec’s asbestos mining legacy reveals shocking findings

It has witnessed deaths, lack of compensation and safety and lower penalties in contrast to other Canadian provinces

Climate change and water: First victims

Research is needed to understand the social dimensions of the affected because it has the potential to shift the trajectory of the climate change …

Collapse of Canada’s last remaining ice shelf raises global warming fears

The Milne ice shelf lost more than 40 per cent of its ice over two days end of July

The science of sugar: why we’re hardwired to love it and what eating too much does to your brain – podcast

‘We have this really deep-seated attraction to sugar that throughout evolutionary history was a really important advantage’ 

Simply Put: Global warming & mammoths