Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s …
Oct 18, 2024 · Reaching net zero is impossible without nature. In the absence of technology that can remove atmospheric carbon on a large scale, the Earth’s vast forests, grasslands, peat bogs and oceans are the only option for absorbing human carbon pollution, which reached a record 37.4bn tonnes in 2023.. At least 118 countries are relying …
New Brunswick's first female premier Susan Holt congratulated by ...
Dec 12, 2024 · Susan Holt was puzzled when an envelope with an orange U.S. stamp depicting an African daisy arrived in her mail last month. It was postmarked New York. The newly elected New Brunswick premier opened it to find a single folded sheet of paper, with a tissue between the folds to protect the blue-inked signature of Hillary Clinton.. Holt recounted in an interview this week that she was so ...
Vancouver Island scientists help boat owners navigate greener ...
Dec 2, 2024 · Boaters can use a innovative new online tool to choose eco-friendly products and clean up their act when it comes to washing toxic chemicals into waterways and oceans, Photo of boater preventing spread of invasive mussels with a power washer / …
'Concrete revolution' takes aim at construction’s worst polluter
Sep 17, 2024 · “No shortage of ideas” Concrete has been used in construction for millennia, from the dome of the Pantheon in ancient Rome to the world’s biggest hydropower project, China’s Three Gorges Dam – and closer to home in the iconic contour base of Toronto’s CN Tower.. Cement makes up only 10-15 per cent of a typical concrete mix, but because it’s manufactured using fossil-fuel fired ...
Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in ...
Nov 5, 2024 · This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.. More than half the world’s food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is taken to conserve water resources and end the destruction of the ecosystems on which our fresh water ...
Churchill at a Crossroads: looking forward from the past
Oct 18, 2024 · The prospective conservation area would stretch down the western edge of Hudson Bay on Manitoba’s Arctic coastline, producing an increase in resources, regulations and support to ensure a healthy coast in the sensitive low-arctic waters. Churchill, along with several First Nations, will decide the project's fate, government officials and environmental campaigners told Canada’s National ...
Liberals are running out of time to enact three emissions-slashing ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Canada’s emissions decreased in 2023 but this progress was undermined by rising emissions from the oil and gas and transportation sectors, according to the Canadian Climate Institute’s early estimate of national greenhouse gas emissions.. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said at a press conference on Sept. 24 the draft emissions cap regulations are coming in “a matter of weeks.”
Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Dec 12, 2024 · Canada's National Observer publishes journalism in the public interest. Award-winning investigative journalism and daily news reporting on climate change, energy, the environment and politics, along with a Special Reports …
Canadians on the right and left want nature protected
Dec 12, 2024 · Canadians want political parties to commit to protecting nature in their upcoming federal election platforms. That’s a key finding of a new nation-wide poll conducted by EKOS Research.. Nearly seven in 10 respondents say they are less likely to vote for a party whose platform lacks commitment to nature.
Pivotal climate change case begins in top UN court
Dec 2, 2024 · The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating impact of climate change that they feel endangers their survival. They demand that major polluting nations be held to account. After years of lobbying by island nations who fear they could simply disappear under rising sea ...