A new poll suggests more Canadians are feeling the direct impacts of extreme weather, but that has not changed overall opinions about climate change. The […]
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Jasper wildfire: 80 groups sign letter calling for more climate action in wake of destructive blaze
Greenpeace Canada, Environmental Defence Canada and Ecojustice are among 80 organizations that have signed an open letter calling on the federal government and other lawmakers […]
Soot from wildfires, record heat adding to excessive glacial melt: Canadian scientist
A renowned Canadian scientist is warning that the devastation in Jasper is sign of what’s to come as extreme heat continue to plague the planet. […]
As wildfires burn, natural disasters key focus for Canada’s premiers
As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed […]
How climate-related extreme weather puts oil and gas assets, production at risk
Suncor Energy Inc. filed a disclosure document last year laying out what would happen if extreme weather were to force a 10-day shutdown of its […]
Right to be cool? Edmontonians call for mandatory air conditioning, cooling measures
It’s a question likely being asked by more and more people amid Alberta’s heatwave: Is staying cool amid extreme heat that triggers warnings a human […]
Canada’s longest river seeing historically low levels
Canada’s longest river is at historically low levels, stranding communities that rely on it for essential goods and alarming First Nations along its banks who […]
Climate disaster survivors call for emissions cap as MPs grill energy CEOs
Canadians who have personally been impacted by climate change and extreme weather were in Ottawa Thursday, calling on the federal government to move quickly to […]
Scientists on quest for drought-resistant wheat, agriculture’s ‘Holy Grail’
Plant biologist Marcus Samuel has been working for more than a decade to improve the climate resilience of crops. At his research greenhouse at the […]
‘Rotten rock’: Climate change altering the face of Canadian mountaineering
The Abbot Pass hut stood for decades in a rugged saddle between two iconic peaks, overlooking the limpid turquoise of Banff National Park’s Lake Louise — […]