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B.C. fruit farms prepared for devastating crop yields this summer
2024-03-12 by in Canada's National ObserverOne of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees.
Tagged under: Collapse | Agriculture | Canada | Trees
Smoke, heat keeping Canadian kids indoors instead of exercising: report - Greater Victoria News
2024-05-07 in vicnews.comParticipaction says climate change is not helping in the push to move kids away from their screens
Tagged under: Children | Canada | Climate Change Impacts | Forest Fires | Women and Children
B.C. winemakers rethinking industry after climate catastrophes | CBC News
2024-03-14 (or before) in CBC.ca - Canada's Public BroadcasterRecord-breaking heat, destructive cold snaps and wildfires have almost completely wiped out this year's crop of B.C. wines. Now, vineyards are figuring out how to rebuild from the ground up.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Weather | Agriculture | Canada
B.C. fruit farms prepared for devastating crop yields this summer
2024-03-12 by in Canada's National ObserverOne of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees.
Tagged under: Collapse | Agriculture | Canada | Trees
Top Fossil Fuel Ad Ban Critic Runs Group That Got $450K from Oil Company
2024-03-11 by in DeSmogThe Indian Resource Council has received large contributions from Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., disclosures reviewed by DeSmog reveal.
Tagged under: Lobbying | Oil Industry | Canada | Fossil Fuels
'These are numbers are just — wow': This winter was warmest in Canadian records by a huge margin
2024-03-10 (or before) by Kate Allen in Breaking News - Headlines & Top Stories | The StarThe average temperature for December, January and February was more than five degrees warmer than historic norms, preliminary figures show, an average all the more remarkable because it combines weather
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Canada
Edward Burtnysky on climate crisis: 'We should be screaming fire… but we're rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic'
2024-03-02 in Sky NewsLandscape photographer Edward Burtynsky's work explores human impact on the surface of the planet, shooting the Coast mountains in the Canadian province of British Columbia, soil erosion in Turkey, and coal mines in Australia for his latest exhibition, New Works.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Activism | Media | Canada
Drax: UK power station still burning rare forest wood
2024-02-28 in The BBCOwner Drax, which received £6bn in subsidies, continues to burn timber from Canadian trees - BBC finds.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Forests | Canada | Trees | Biomass
Alberta to ban renewables on ‘prime’ land and preserve ‘pristine viewscapes’
2024-02-28 in The GuardianDecision by premier Danielle Smith further pits Canadian province against environmental groups pushing green energy
Tagged under: Canada | Renewable Energy
B.C. must stop approving new coal mines: Wildsight | East Kootenay, Elk Valley
2024-02-23 by in East Kootenay News Online WeeklyB.C. must stop approving new coal mines: Wildsight
Tagged under: Canada
Arctic blast: Record-breaking cold weather forecast for many states
2024-01-12 in The BBCNearly every state is on watch for dangerous, freezing cold: "We call it life-threatening for a reason."
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Canada | USA | Arctic
BC declares state of emergency, urges people to stay out of the Interior
2023-08-21 (or before) by in kelownanow.comAs a catastrophic wildfire situation continues to unfold across BC, the provincial government has declared a provincial State of Emergen...
Tagged under: Canada
Weekly Climate News Headlines
2023-07-03 (or before) in YouTubeWeekly climate news headlines from around the world. #bangladesh #India #USA #Canada #wildfires #mexico #pakistan #heatwaves #Spain #Romania #Chile
Tagged under: Spain | Wildfires | Flooding | Canada | India | Chile | Mexico | Heatwaves
This is now Canada’s worst fire season in modern history as smoke fills skies - The Washington Post
2023-06-26 in The Washington PostIn the seven days ending Sunday, more than 3.5 million acres had burned. That's nearly 70 percent of an average full fire season in the country.
Tagged under: Canada | Wildfires
Oilsands waste is collected in sprawling toxic ponds. To clean them up, oil companies plan to pour water on them
2023-04-15 (or before) by in Breaking News - Headlines & Top Stories | The StarThe oil industry’s strategy to deal with a trillion litres of toxic goop is centred on a process even the Alberta Energy Regulator calls unproven. One top scientist describes the claim that water capping will return land to a natural state an an “impossible fantasy.”
Tagged under: Pollution | Oil Industry | Canada
Teck Resources pulling application for Frontier oil sands mine - The Globe and Mail
2020-02-23 in The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & AnalysisThe Teck mine had already passed a lengthy regulatory review and Ottawa was expected to decide this week whether to approve the project
Tagged under: Oil Industry | Canada | Climate Change | Economics | Finance
Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds
2018-11-16 by Jonathan Watts in The GuardianRanking of countries’ goals shows even EU on course for more than double safe level of warming
Tagged under: China | Canada | Russia | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
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