Oceans
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SeaRose Oil Platform Still Not Stabilized as Biologists Warn of Wider Wildlife Impacts
Nearly two weeks after Husky Energy’s SeaRose offshore oil platform spilled 250,000 litres of crude oil into the Atlantic Ocean, about 350 kilometres off ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJobsNational Plans & ResponsesOceansSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Climate Assessment Shows Impacts ‘Intensifying Across the Country’
The effects of climate change in the United States are “intensifying across the country” and will soon add up to hundreds of billions of ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOceansOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsWater
Seabirds Face ‘Agonizing Death’ as Newfoundland Offshore Oil Spill Becomes Impossible to Clean
Newfoundland and Labrador has no hope of cleaning up from its worst-ever oil spill, after stormy waters off the east coast broke up at ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceansOil & GasWater
Newfoundland Regulator Shuts Down Offshore Drilling After Region’s Worst-Ever Oil Spill
Oil and gas operations off Newfoundland and Labrador were shut down over the weekend after stormy weather made it impossible for Husky Energy to ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureJobsLegal & RegulatoryOceansOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Crab Fishers Sue 30 Fossil Companies for Impacts of Ocean Warming
The biggest commercial fishing association on the U.S. west coast filed a lawsuit last week against 30 major fossil companies, including Calgary-based Encana Corporation, ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesOceans
Researchers Acknowledge Errors in Study Methods, But Oceans Are Still Warming
The authors of a startling new study on ocean warming have filed a correction with the journal that originally published it and acknowledged “inadvertent ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesOceans
‘Startling’ Warming Study Shows Oceans Absorbing 60% More Heat Than Scientists Thought
Global warming is farther advanced than scientists believed, with the world’s oceans absorbing 60% more heat per year over the last quarter-century than previously ... -
Ottawa Unveils New Protections for Endangered Killer Whale Pod
The federal government is adopting a C$61.5-million plan to curtail noise pollution, increase food supplies, and reduce water-borne contaminants in a bid to protect ... -
AustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCanadaChinaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansSoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
Habitat Loss, Over-Exploitation Drive Loss of 60% of World’s Wildlife in 44 Years
Habitat loss and over-exploitation, followed by climate change, are among the key factors that have led to the loss of 60% of the world’s ... -
Australia Withdraws $10M Ad Blitz Claiming Great Barrier Reef Will be Just Fine
Australia has had to back down from a A$10-million public relations blitz for the Great Barrier Reef, after climate and oceans advocates scorched the ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsJobsOceansOil & GasSub-National Governments
Newfoundland and Labrador Plans 650,000 Barrels Per Day by 2030
With Canada’s Harper-era emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement barely on life support, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has introduced a new ... -
Mikisew Cree Lose Supreme Court Case on Duty to Consult, While Heiltsuk Nation Files Suit in Nathan E. Stewart Spill
The Mikisew Cree First Nation in northern Alberta is vowing to carry on the fight, after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the ...
