Climate Impacts & Adaptation
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Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalFirst PeoplesIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySmall Island States
BREAKING: Pacific Islands Coal Protest Blockades Eight of 12 Ships
A flotilla of 30 traditional canoes from 12 Pacific Island nations blockaded the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia today, blocking eight of ... -
California Confirms Arsenic, Thallium Poisoning in Fracking Injection Sites
The California State Water Resources Board has confirmed that at least nine natural gas fracking sites illegally injected nearly three billion gallons of fracking ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsWater
Quebec Blocks Exploratory Work at Proposed TransCanada Oil Port
A non-compliance order issued last week by the Quebec Ministry of Environment is preventing TransCanada from resuming exploratory work for a deep-water port at ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy PoliticsInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsUnited States
Climate Change ‘Poses an Immediate Threat to National Security’
Climate change “poses an immediate threat to national security, with increased risks from terrorism, infectious disease, global poverty and food shortages,” the New York ... -
Canada, Quebec Plan Oil and Gas Development in Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Canadian and Quebec governments will table legislation this year to jointly develop an estimated 39 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.5 ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & EfficiencyHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionRenewable EnergySolar
Ex-NHL Goalie Mike Richter Promotes Energy Efficiency, Climate Awareness
Former New York Rangers goaltender Mike Richter has received $26 million in funding for Healthy Planet Partners, a company that installs clean energy technologies ... -
‘Ludicrous’ Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Positions Fracking Company to ‘Do Its Bit’
For the second year in a row, the Dallas-based Susan G. Komen Foundation is accepting $100,000 from Baker Hughes, one of the world’s largest ... -
Coal Phase-Out Would Cut Alberta Health Costs by Millions Per Year
Alberta’s Physicians for Social Responsibility is pushing the provincial government to phase out coal-fired electricity in the next 10 years and save millions of ... -
Ocean Surface Layer Has Warmed Faster Than Researchers Believed
The upper 700 meters of the ocean have warmed 24-55% faster since 1970 than scientists previously believed, according to a study in the journal ... -
Parts of U.S. Coastal Cities Could Be ‘Unusable’ By 2045
Parts of several U.S. cities could become “unusable” by 2045 due to flooding during high tides, according to a report by the Union of ... -
Climate & SocietyDrought, Famine & WildfiresInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyShale & Fracking
Interactive Tool Maps Fracking Activity Against Water Availability
A new interactive mapping tool from the World Resources Institute uses geospatial analysis to assess risks to water supply in regions with active shale ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportWater
BREAKING: National Energy Board Delays Enbridge’s Line 9 Pipeline
Canada’s National Energy Board has delayed the Line 9 pipeline reversal, a plan to ship Alberta oil to refineries in Montreal and Quebec City, ... -
Soil Conditions May Limit Tree Migration in a Changing Climate
Soil conditions and seed predation could affect the ability of trees to migrate in response to climate change, according to a paper in the ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
I’m Not a Terror Threat, 71-Year-Old Grandmother Tells Kinder Morgan, RCMP
Ten days after 71-year-old B.C. grandmother Lesslie Askin photographed Kinder Morgan’s oil storage tanks on Burnaby Mountain, in preparation for an upcoming National Energy ... -
Climate & SocietyDrought, Famine & WildfiresGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited States
California Drought Cuts Hydropower Generation in Half
The California drought has reduced the share of the state’s electricity drawn from hydropower from 20% to 10%, Climate Central reported this week.
