Culture, Curiosities, & Humour
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U.S. Science Teachers Stand Up for Climate Science
Responding to escalating pressures on American public school teachers to de-emphasize, and even eliminate, climate change education from their classrooms, the National Science Teachers ... -
CanadaCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy Access & EquityFirst PeoplesUnited States
Indigenous Grandmothers’ Blockade Allows San Francisco Climate Artists to Complete World’s Biggest Street Mural
A major highlight of last weekend’s global Rise for Climate protest was what’s believed to be the world’s biggest street mural ever—a 2,500-foot-long, 50-foot-wide creation spanning ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Sentencing Should Reflect ‘Real-World Context’ for Pipeline Protests, Doctor Tells TMX Judge
The massive, irrefutable harms to human health already being delivered by climate change demand that courts rule beyond the narrow letter of the law ... -
Swedish Enviro Minister Pitches Food Culture, Shifting Diets as Climate Solutions
Nordic countries “have set out to prove that the simple act of eating may be our best tool in the fight against climate change, ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourHealth & SafetyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
‘Trudeau Got Snowed’: British Columbia Connects Wildfire Crisis to Pipeline Politics
As British Columbia declares a(nother) state of emergency in response to an epic wildfire season, and smoke from the province’s more than 600 fires ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSmall Island StatesUnited States
Guam Poet Raises His Voice for Climate Justice
In a 21st-century update on the old adage that the pen is mightier than the sword, poetry may yet prove a powerful recruit in ... -
Shrinking Budgets, Fear of ‘Getting it Wrong’ Inhibit Media Coverage of Canadian Oilpatch
Shrinking newsroom budgets, fear of getting a “high-stakes issue” wrong, and a deep rooted—and irresponsible—reluctance to stand up to Big Oil all contributed to ... -
CanadaCCS & GeoengineeringCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentJobsPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Energy Efficiency Needs ‘Cool Factor’, New Thinking to Slow Down Climate Disruption
Energy efficiency can help slow the pace of climate disruption, but only if it takes on a new “cool factor” and heralds a “radical ... -
CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Rising Seas Could Flood 4,000 Miles of U.S. Internet Cable by 2033
Researchers are urging city planners to redouble their climate change mitigation efforts and buttress infrastructure, after concluding that more than 4,000 miles of underground ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil Sands
Szeman: Canadians Support the Transition. When Will Governments Catch Up?
Even with Canadian public opinion undergoing a “remarkable shift” toward renewable energy development, favouring greenhouse gas reductions over resource sector jobs by more than ... -
Late Night Comedian Educates Trump on Climate Change
The August 7 edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live set out to perform an essential public service, explaining the climate crisis in terms that Donald ...
