‘Here we are talking about drought in February’
B.C.'s snowpack is 40 per cent below normal spurring action by watershed groups to buffer the rising risk of another extensive summer drought.
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Doomsday Clock just seconds from world’s end
Earth, for the second year running, is nearing apocalypse, a science-oriented advocacy group said, pointing to its famous “Doomsday Clock” that shows 90 seconds till midnight.
Baby sockeye salmon are growing faster due to climate change. Is bigger better?
Climate change has tipped the scales, causing juvenile sockeye salmon in northern B.C. to grow larger over the past century.
As Earth smashes temperature records, Canadians get a taste of a hotter world
On Monday, the global average temperature reached a record high of 17.01 C. The next day, the record was broken by another 0.17 C, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. Scientists predict Wednesday’s temperatures might surpass both of these.
Could wildfires wipe out Canadians’ access to home insurance? It’s complicated
Canadian homeowners facing wildfires, floods and other extreme weather events don't have to worry about companies pulling out of the country's home insurance market, experts say — at least not yet.
Environmental advocates slam ‘insufficient’ efforts to cut climate pollution
On the two-year anniversary of a heat dome that killed 619 people, environmental advocates issued a plea to B.C. Premier David Eby to slash greenhouse gas emissions in line with climate targets the province has set for the end of the decade.
Will B.C.’s shift to clean transportation take rural communities along for the ride?
Premier David Eby needs to make sure rural and First Nations communities get affordable intercity transit, so they aren't left stranded in the drive to establish B.C.'s clean transportation network, a growing climate coalition says.
As the planet warms, people are moving. Will Canada welcome them?
Advocates are calling on the government to take a proactive approach to welcoming climate migrants. But there are differences in opinion on how it should be done.
Eating less meat could help Canada achieve its climate goals
Canadians could help the country meet its climate targets by cutting their meat and dairy consumption in half by 2050, a new report suggests.
Ancient fish bones may help us adapt to climate change
A new study of two First Nations village sites on the B.C. coast illustrate the change in fishing practices as oceans warmed.
If carbon capture ever gets going in Ontario, where will we put it all?
The Ontario government is proposing legislative changes that would open the door to storing carbon dioxide underground in the province, but it’s unclear where the captured greenhouse gas would go.
Cutting-edge lab on remote B.C. island teasing out mysteries of ocean acidification
A team of female scientists at a state-of-the-art lab on a remote B.C. island are untangling the effects of ocean acidification and other climate change impacts on shellfish and various marine organisms.
Canadian media needs to put a face to climate crisis, Sean Holman says
The deep impacts of the climate crisis means Canadian media needs to do a better job at illustrating the connections on seemingly disparate issues, and come up with better solutions to mitigate global warming, says journalist Sean Holman.
Open letter calls on B.C. government to upend its climate plan
Titled “An Urgent Call to the BC Government to Confront the Climate Emergency,” the letter’s signatories include the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Stand.earth, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and other faith, labour, youth, senior and community groups.
Young activists say this year’s climate strike is more important than ever
Hundreds of thousands of young climate activists took to the streets in cities around the world on Friday to push for climate action.