Cities – Impacts
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Study Shows Energy Costing More for Black American Households
Black American households continue to pay substantially more for energy than whites, pointing to yet another injustice radiating outwards from generations of racial segregation ... -
BrazilDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited StatesWater
Drought Forces Puerto Rico to Limit Water Access During Pandemic Response
Still far from recovered from its ravaging by Hurricane María in 2017, Puerto Rico is now struggling under drought conditions, with water woes made ... -
CanadaFinance & InvestmentInsurance & LiabilityLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
‘Immense National Effort’ Needed to Mitigate Rise in Canadian Flooding
With country-wide floodwater emergencies and extreme weather events like Calgary’s recent $1-billion hailstorm foreshadowing far worse to come, experts are calling for the creation ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Heglar: Climate Crisis ‘Hurts Black People First and Worst’
Calls to “press pause” on climate action in order to fight racism more effectively simply further the whitewashing of a crisis that is systemically ... -
Heat, Pollution Put Black Mothers at Greater Risk of Poor Birth Outcomes
A sweeping review of birth outcomes in the U.S. since the early 2000s has found that exposure to extreme heat and air pollution during ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Heat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC Report
Climate Models for Upcoming UN Report Show ‘Incredibly Alarming’ Risk of Runaway Warming
The climate community and the general public are in for some “incredibly alarming” worst-case scenarios as modelling for the United Nations’ next major climate ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
85 Spills in 67 Years: Groups Call for Indigenous-Led Probe into Aging Trans Mountain Pipeline
After a history of 85 spills along the 67-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline, the federal and British Columbia governments must launch an “independent, Indigenous-led expert ... -
Time to ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Canadian Rail Companies as Oil Trains Keep Derailing
Broken track has led to seven major derailments of crude oil trains in Canada since the tragic Lac-Mégantic disaster of 2013. Now, revelations that ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Drive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyInsurance & LiabilityInternationalLegal & RegulatoryMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & Flooding
Climate Impacts of Hurricane Harvey Pegged at $67 Billion
In a finding that could radically alter future calculations of the social cost of carbon, researchers say new methods of event attribution have now ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Study Suggests Relief for Some Small Island States as Coral Reefs Adapt to Rising Seas
Coral reefs may be adaptable enough in the face of sea level rise to protect some of the vulnerable small island states at risk ... -
No More Skating the Canal: Ottawa Study Predicts Less Winter, More Extreme Weather
More heat waves, floods, freezing rain, and tornadoes are coming to Canada’s capital if global emissions don’t decline precipitously over the next decade, according ... -
DemographicsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & FloodingUnited StatesWater
Major U.S. Television Media Silent on Race-Based Risks of Extreme Weather
Major broadcast news outlets in the United States are consistently failing to tell a crucially important story about a wide range of epic disasters, ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Alberta Under Pressure to Restart Environmental Monitoring for Oil and Gas Operations
A group of seven environmental groups and Indigenous communities in Alberta is pressing the Jason Kenney government to restart environmental monitoring for oil and ... -
AsiaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsTransitUnited StatesWalking & Biking
COVID-Wary New Yorkers Weigh Risks of Traffic Versus Transit
As New Yorkers give a wary eye to public transportation, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is scrambling to inform citizens that the very last ... -
2.0°C Would Shift Once-in-a-Century Storms to Once in Five Years, Canadian Study Concludes
Researchers at Environment and Climate Change Canada have established an unequivocal correlation between climate change and the increasing number of extreme rainfall events in ...
