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
Simply Put: Global warming & mammoths
Wildfires wreak havoc in Canada’s Northwest territories, Spain’s Tenerife
While Spanish authorities evacuated over 3,000 people since August 16, 2023, residents of Yellowknife hurried to hit an evacuation deadline
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
CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Poor progress at INC-4 as it fails to address the elephant in the room
Many provisions of substantive elements do not make it to textual negotiations; like-minded groups dominate Closing Plenary
CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Just transition and Global Plastic Treaty — An inclusive journey towards circularity?
Waste pickers and concept of just transition have gained attention during process of developing Global Plastic Treaty
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’
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
Wildfire smoke is an increasing threat to Canadians’ health
Older adults, people living in low-income areas, and those with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease and other chronic …
Millions of Canadians face higher mortality risks even at lowest air pollution standards
Study suggests lowering regulatory standards on fine particulate matter in air even more
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
Run-up to Ottawa: Plastic may contribute to aggressive cancer spread, warns leading cancer scientist
New research comes ahead of INC-4 negotiations in Canada over Global Plastics Treaty
WWF: 32 million acres of grasslands across US & Canadian Great Plains ploughed up since 2012
Destruction of grasslands across Great Plains continues at an unsustainable pace
COP15 CBD: Disclose biodiversity impact, address harmful subsidies, urges EU
Bulk of financial resources for implementation of targets needs to come domestically, says European Commission
How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences
Phytoplankton blooms are, in some aspects, metronomes of the annual oceanic cycles around which many species’ biological clocks are synced …
Apocalyptic skies: Canadian wildfires posing huge health risks
Estimated 115 million people impacted; health dangers shocking indictment of failures over climate change, says Amnesty International
‘Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must feature role of indigenous people’
Members of International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity stress their rights at biodiversity summit in Montreal
The ‘good fire’: Prescribed burning can prevent catastrophic wildfires in the future
Building a culture where fire is respected rather than feared is essential to maintain resilient landscapes
North America discarded over 5 billion kg of industrial waste in 2018 and most of it went to landfills
New study looks into waste disposal by 24,000 facilities in Canada, Mexico and the United States
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 …
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
In pictures: Wildfires blaze through Canada thanks to unusually hot, dry spring
Wildfires began early in May 2023 in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces, which have affected over 10,000 people. Alberta …
7th GEF Assembly: Decision on direct funding to civil societies likely during the meeting
More funds would be needed to make this possible without alienating governments
Climate change turned Canada into tinderbox, doubled chances of extreme wildfires: Research
Fire weather like this can be expected to occur once every 25 years, meaning about a 4% chance every year
Expect more ‘bomb cyclones’, courtesy climate change
Severe rain and snow lay seige to large parts of United States, Canada
