Climate Impacts & Adaptation
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Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsLegal & RegulatoryOceansOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Passes Impact Assessment Act, B.C. Tanker Ban, Arctic Drilling Moratorium
The Canadian Senate adopted Bills C-69 and C-48 last night, along with a lower-profile measure enshrining a moratorium on Arctic oil drilling, clearing the ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIndia
India’s Sixth-Largest City Runs Out of Water
India’s sixth-largest city has run out of water, after a crippling drought and heat wave left its four main reservoirs completely dry. -
Arctic & AntarcticaBuildingsCanadaCitiesDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneSub-National Governments
Permafrost in Remote Canadian Arctic Thawing 70 Years Earlier Than Predicted
Permafrost in the remotest parts of the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, providing further evidence that the global climate crisis ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"First PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationPipelines/Rail Transport
RCMP Has ‘Army’ of Officers to Protect B.C. Pipeline, No Time to Investigate Murdered Indigenous Woman
Though suddenly possessed of an “army” of officers to thwart peaceful protests against TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia, the region’s RCMP ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingShale & Fracking
Global Plastics Boom Drives Annual CO2 Increase to Seven-Year High
The global boom in plastics was a key factor driving the sharp rise in carbon dioxide emissions in 2018, Greenpeace UK’s award-winning Unearthed news ... -
Climate DenialCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
EPA Tosses Lifeline to U.S. Coal with Rollback of Obama’s Clean Power Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unveiled long-anticipated plans to complete its rollback of President Barack Obama’s signature Clean Power Plan, the latest ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Trans Mountain Pipeline Approval Triggers New Lawsuits, Leaves Fossils Unsatisfied
In a move condemned by critics as the height of cynicism, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several senior cabinet ministers announced re-approval of the ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsEnergy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail Transport
Ottawa Could Face Youth Charter Challenge After Approving Trans Mountain Expansion
With its decision yesterday to re-approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the Trudeau government could find itself face to face with a constitutional challenge ... -
AsiaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & Flooding
Bui: Time for a Federal Leaders’ Debate on Climate Crisis [Sign-On]
After seeing the climate crisis crash into the two places she calls home, Vietnam and Ottawa, Our Time Ottawa organizer Vi Bui is pushing ... -
AustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEuropeFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationUnited StatesWater
Exxon, Amazon Head List of Companies that Fail to Reveal Climate Impact
ExxonMobil, Amazon, and UK grocery retailer Tesco head the list of 707 major global companies with combined value above US$15 trillion that have failed ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesHydroInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Resource Development, Climate Impacts, Federal Negligence Bring Wood Buffalo Park Close to Heritage in Danger List
A UN agency is on the verge of placing Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada’s largest, on the World Heritage in Danger List, and urging ...
