Climate Impacts & Adaptation
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Record $196.5M Fine in Dieselgate Scandal Points to ‘New Era of Environmental Protection’
A record-setting C$196.5-million fine levied against Volkswagen after it pleaded guilty to dozens of charges in the epic Dieselgate scandal, heralds a “new era ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCitiesEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Ex-Alberta Liberal Leader Declares Tax Revolt Over Deadbeat Fossils’ $173M Debt to Rural Municipalities
A former opposition politician in Alberta is calling for a tax revolt after Premier Jason Kenney sided with deadbeat fossils against the rural municipalities ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeFood SecurityNational Plans & ResponsesSupply Chains & Consumption
Spain Adopts National Climate Emergency Declaration
Spain adopted a climate emergency declaration earlier this week, with officials promising to send legislation to the national parliament in the next 100 days ... -
AustraliaCoalDemand & EfficiencyDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSolar
57% of Australians See Direct Effects of Bushfires as Power Grid Faces Peak Cooling Demand
With more than half the population directly affected by raging bushfires, a record-hot summer is producing frequent power outages on an electricity grid powered ... -
BuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDemographicsEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatorySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Trump Policies Hand Poor, Non-White Areas the ‘Brunt’ of Climate Impacts
Critics are warning that the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the environmental review process for pipeline and highway megaprojects will hit poor and minority ... -
CitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Conservative U.S. States Take Tentative Steps, But Won’t Call it Climate Action
Across major swaths of the United States, legislators in some of the country’s most conservative enclaves are making tentative moves to take action on ... -
2015-16 Ocean Heat Wave Drove Mass Starvation, Death for a Million North Pacific Seabirds
An ocean heat wave in 2015-16 produced the biggest-ever mass mortality event for an avian species, disrupting food supplies for common murres in the ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5First PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJobsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPathways to 1.5Soil & Natural SequestrationTransitWalking & Biking
‘Words Make Worlds’: Holthaus Issues Call to Imagine, Create a Radically Positive Future
As the climate crisis deepens, we must be “radically imaginative,” telling ourselves and each other stories of fiercely visionary, loving, and productive collective actions ...
