26 Weeks
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Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Trans Mountain Pipeline Loses Lead Insurer as Zurich Steps Away
Mammoth global insurance company Zurich has decided to abandon its role as principal insurer for the Trans Mountain pipeline when its coverage expires August ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Heat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & Studies
New Study Projects 2.6 to 3.9°C Warming if Humanity Lets Atmospheric CO2 Double
A new study has narrowed the range of likely answers to one of the oldest questions in climate science: how much average global warming ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & Training
Global Cash-for-Clunkers Program Would Speed Up Lagging Coal Plant Retirements
The slow pace of coal plant retirements around the world has a veteran climate advocate calling for a “cash for clunkers” program to speed ... -
South Pole Warms Three Times Faster than Global Average
The South Pole may be the coldest place on Earth, but it has been warming at three times to global rate over the last ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCulture, Curiosities, & HumourElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
Queen Elizabeth’s Wealth Manager Dumps Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Arctic Oil and Gas, Coal
Coutts, the private banker to Queen Elizabeth II and the rest of the British royal family, has promised to drop its investments in the ... -
CanadaFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Indigenous Leaders Warn They May Be Left Out of Abandoned Well Cleanup Fund
Indigenous leaders are concerned their communities may be left out as Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia begin spending C$1.5 billion in federal funds to ... -
Week 26, June 29: Global Engagement
Unless every nation pulls its weight, global emissions will continue to rise and the climate emergency will cause an ever more disastrous future. -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5EuropeHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureMethaneOil & Gas
38°C Heat in Siberian Town Sets New Record Above Arctic Circle
The northeastern Siberian town of Verkhoyansk is believed to have set an all-time high temperature record above the Arctic Circle Saturday when thermometers soared ... -
Ovintiv Gears for ‘Lower Production Growth’ by Cutting Work Force 25%
Ovintiv Inc. laid off 640 staff, or about 25% of its work force last week, just 7½ months after triggering a wave of overwrought ... -
Week 25, June 22: Climate Adaptation and Preparedness
Because of humanity’s failure to reduce and re-absorb our carbon pollution, and the continuing accumulation of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, the climate crisis ... -
Tar Sands/Oil Sands Firms Drop $1.8B in Environmental Projects in COVID Cost Cuts
Three of Canada’s top tar sands/oil sands companies have dropped C$1.8 billion in environmental projects as part of their cost-cutting during the pandemic, prompting ... -
‘Industry Consortium’ to Intervene in Ecojustice Case Against ‘Foreign Funded Radicals’ Panel
A self-styled “industry consortium” that includes pro-fossil provocateur Brett Wilson will be allowed to intervene in a court case launched by Ecojustice, aimed at ... -
Burnaby Opponents Point to 190,000-Litre Trans Mountain Spill as Wake-Up Call for Future Hazards
Opponents of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline are pointing to a crude oil spill at the Sumas pump station in Abbotsford, British Columbia Saturday ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryOceansOil & GasSub-National Governments
Week 24, June 15: Ecological Restoration
We face an ecological as well as a climate emergency. Because of our human influence, Earth is in the midst a mass extinction crisis: ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & Studies
Nobel Economist Nordhaus Proposes Import Tariffs to Enforce National Climate Action
The U.S. economist who shared a Nobel Prize for his work as a carbon pricing pioneer is now advocating import tariffs to penalize countries ...
