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Into the fire: In the Northwest Territories, we canoed through climate change
Manjushree Thapa
world
Donald Trump asked oil executives for $1-billion, said he would roll back regulations, sources say
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, U.S., July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: Can floating nuclear power plants serve remote Northern communities?
A view of Gjoa Haven, NT on Friday, February 3, 2023. The arctic seasons are extreme, with very short days and extreme cold in the winter and very long days in the summer, with average summer highs of 8 degrees celsius.
canada
Wildland firefighters call for change on frontlines of forest fire fight as season ramps up
Wildland firefighters work to extinguish embers in a forested area of Shining Bank, Alberta, Canada on May 19, 2023. In a country revered for placid landscapes and predictability, weeks of out-of-control wildfires raging across western Canada have ushered in a potent sense of fear, threatening a region that is the epicenter of the country’s oil and gas sector. (Jen Osborne/The New York Times)
report on business
Shareholders push climate resolution on asset retirement obligations at Imperial Oil
The Kearl Oil Sands project plant, belonging to Imperial Oil Ltd. (parent company Exxon Mobil), near Fort McMurray, Ab. on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Larry MacDougal
world
California’s 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event, study says
FILE - Laurene Bishop, from South Lake Tahoe, walks her dog Aubrey down Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., March 1, 2023. A new study finds the snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above. The study authors coined the term “snow deluge” for one-in-20-year heavy snowfalls. (Salgu Wissmath/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: So Canada bought a pipeline. Now what?
world
Corals bred in zoo join Europe’s largest reef, offering scientists hope
A diver from Royal Burgers' Zoo sets out the first corals from the World Coral Conservatory project in Burgers' Ocean in Arnhem, Netherlands, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
report on business
As the climate changes, so too do Canadians’ farm fields and dinner tables
Winter canola is seen in an undated handout photo at an Ontario farm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jennifer Doelman *MANDATORY CREDIT*
international business
EU Parliament approves plan to quit energy charter treaty
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2023.REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
rob magazine
The coffee business can be a nasty one. For Adam Pesce, the only solution is sustainability
Adam Pesce, president of Reunion Coffee Roasters
opinion
Canadian banks are not fighting climate change on their own. They must be legislated
Julie Segal and Rosa Galvez
health and fitness
Climate change is a growing threat to our love of sports. But can we adapt?
Skiers and snowboarders in British Columbia should expect unseasonably warm winters to become the new normal as climate change worsens, says a University of British Columbia associate professor in environmental sciences, amid a dismal ski season. A skier walks down a patchy ski slope at Whistler, B.C., Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
opinion
After Canada’s mild winter, we should expect the unexpected on climate change
Elliott Cappell
world
Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come, says report
A nurse walks in a corridor of the general hospital in Namey, Niger April 13, 2024. REUTERS/ Mahamadou Hamidou
world
Climate change damage could cost US$38-trillion per year by 2050, study finds
FILE PHOTO: A buoy is seen on the banks of the partially dry Lake Montbel at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains as France faces records winter dry spell raising fears of another summer of droughts and water restrictions, March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
world
Heavy storm dumps record rain across UAE, floods Dubai airport
Vehicles sit abandoned in floodwater covering a major road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping over a year and a half's worth of rain on the desert city-state of Dubai in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and its international airport. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
science
Scientists discover a bee’s surprising superpower after a science experiment gone awry
Bombus impatiens, or common eastern bumblebee. (Victoria MacPhail)
canada
Ontario reaches deal with Ottawa on Highway 413, clearing way for controversial project to proceed
Signs against the proposed Highway 413, placed on Dan O’Reilly’s property in Bolton, Ont., are photographed on May 18, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
world
Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, U.S. agency says
Coral reefs bleach in the Great Barrier Reef as scientists conduct in-water monitoring during marine heat in Arlington Reef, Australia, February 27, 2024 in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on April 12, 2024. Australian Institute of Marine Science/Grace Frank/ Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
world
Lightning, rains kill 49 in Pakistan as authorities declare state of emergency in southwest
A Pakistani sits beside a flooded park caused by heavy rain in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2024. Lightening and heavy rains killed dozens of people, mostly farmers, across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said Monday, as authorities declared a state of emergency in the country's southwest following an overnight rainfall to avoid any further casualties and damages. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
canada
Early tax filers among first to receive 2024 Canada carbon rebates
The first instalment of the 2024 Canada carbon rebate will be delivered to some Canadians today as long they filed their taxes by the middle of March. A woman gasses up at a gas station in Mississauga, Ont., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov</p>
politics
Canada’s top soldier touts renewed Arctic strategy amid China and Russia’s push to deepen ties
Members deployed on Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT conduct HUSO training (Helicopter Underslung Operations) in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut on March 12, 2023. Photo by: Corporal Sarah Morley, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
opinion
Substitutions and deletions, please: The absolutes of the culture wars are divisive and exhausting
The Editorial Board
report on business
Emissions standards group roiled by controversy after opening door to offsets
A flare stack lights the sky from the Imperial Oil refinery in Edmonton on December 28, 2018. The federal government is unveiling proposed regulations for its greenhouse gas offset program that will govern how developers can register and sell credits earned through projects that reduce emissions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
world
Sawfish rescued in Florida as biologists try to determine why the ancient fish are dying
This photo provided by Mote Marine Lab shows a sawfish in the Lower Keys Florida on April 5, 2024. The sawfish was seen swimming in circles near Cudjoe Key and reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, officials said Friday. It was loaded onto a specially designed transport trailer and taken to Mote Marine Laboratory, where it is being rehabilitated. (Mote Marine Lab via AP)
politics
Trudeau says he doesn’t understand why NDP is pulling back from carbon price support
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours a modular home construction facility before making a housing announcement in Calgary, Alta., Friday, April 5, 2024. Trudeau says he doesn't understand why the federal New Democrats are pulling back their support on the carbon price. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
canada
As Alberta pivots to renewables, expect more conflicts between environmental values, experts say
Benita Estes is opposed to the development of a biodigester plant 200 metres from her home near High River, Saturday, April 6, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
globe investor
Europe stands firm against U.S.-driven ESG backlash
Skyscrapers in The City of London financial district on May 8, 2021.
canada
Liberals accuse Conservatives of using AI for amendments to jobs bill as votes loom
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
report on business
RBC fields shareholder questions on climate and Indigenous rights at annual meeting
<p>RBC chief executive Dave McKay speaks at the banks annual meeting in Toronto on April 6, 2017. RBC says it plans to disclose a key climate metric that the New York City Comptroller has been pushing it to adopt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn</p>
life
Canada’s bird watchers have a front row seat to climate change
Canada Warbler_Photo Credit_James Lees.JPG For Pursuits story on how to go birding across Canada in light of climate change
report on business
Alberta fails to move needle on emissions reduction plan
A general view shows a Syncrude oil sands mining facility near Fort McKay, Alberta, on September 7, 2022. - At Fort McKay near Fort McMurray in western Canada, in the heart of the country's boreal forest, the pines and the people were long ago cleared out to make way for huge open-pit mines dedicated to excavation of oil sands. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Drought, heat raise risk of repeat of last summer’s record-breaking wildfires
A residential area destroyed by the wildfires is shown in Enterprise, N.W.T., on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Persistent drought and months of above average temperatures have raised the risk of a repeat of last year's record-breaking wildfires.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
world
Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate over 100,000 people amid worst flooding in decades
Kazakh rescuers evacuate residents of the flooded settlement of Pokrovka, some 90 km from the city of Petropavl, in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia on April 9, 2024. Water levels in overflowing rivers were still rising on April 9, 2024 in swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan that have been hit by massive floods, with Russia's city of Orenburg and western Siberia bracing for a new peak. Both Astana and Moscow have called the floods the worst in decades, introducing a state of emergency as water covered entire cities and villages. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from the rising water -- mostly in Kazakhstan. (Photo by Evgeniy Lukyanov / AFP) (Photo by EVGENIY LUKYANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
The disappearance of winter reveals how much we’ve come to love it