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Our strategy of reducing emissions but not fossil fuel production isn’t working
Tzeporah Berman
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: What does a Team Canada meteorologist do?
Paris 2024 Olympics - Sailing - Women's Skiff - Marseille Marina, Marseille, France - July 31, 2024. Georgia Lewin-Lafrance of Canada and Antonia Lewin-Lafrance of Canada in action. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
opinion
The lesson of the Jasper wildfire is spend less on fighting climate change, more on adapting to its effects
Blair Feltmate and Anabela Bonada
opinion
As the world warms, Canadian agriculture can be a global strategic asset
Craig Alexander
life
Germany’s Sanssouci Park seeks solutions as trees struggle with effects of climate change
Signs explaining the trees were put up in the park of the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany, Thursday, July 25, 2024. Germany's Sanssouci Park seeks solutions as its trees struggle with climate change. (AP Photo/Geir Moulson)
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: In the wake of Jasper’s wildfire
A devastated residential block in Jasper, Alta., Canada is shown during a tour on Friday, July 26, 2024. AMBER BRACKEN/Pool via REUTERS
canada
Scientists seeing change in puffins as the tuxedo birds adapt to climate change
Puffins are feeling the heat. These defining birds of Machias Seal Island off the coasts of New Brunswick and Maine are feeling the effects of warming waters with scientists seeing changes in size of puffins, their bills and also fluctuations in reproduction and survival of chicks.An Atlantic puffin clamps down on baitfish it will feed to a chick on Eastern Egg Rock, Maine, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Robert F. Bukaty
report on business
CN resumes shipments through Jasper after assessing fire risk
Smoke obscures the horizon west of Hinton, Alta on Highway 16 to Jasper National Park on July 25, 2024. At the checkpoint, RCMP turned away anyone without a respirator, citing deteriorating and hazardous air quality from the Jasper townsite fire.
canada
Canada’s premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
Traffic moves along Alberta Highway 63 as wildfire smoke hangs in air in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
world
Fake protest set for TV shoot on NYC campus sparks real demonstration by pro-Palestinian activists
The skyline of midtown Manhattan is seen from Brooklyn, New York, on July 21, 2024. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Floods and climate change blamed for surge in dengue in the Emirates as WHO warns of global spike
FILE - Vehicles sit abandoned in floodwater covering a major road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 after heavy thunderstorms. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
opinion
Toronto-area floods cost us more than $4-billion. When will we learn?
Blair Feltmate
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: Suspense builds around water quality in the Seine
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine river, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Paris. After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise she made months ago to show the river is clean enough to host open-swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics — and the opening ceremony on the river nine days away.(Joel Saget, Pool via AP)
alberta
Alberta wildfires prompt more evacuations, and Edmonton offers masks for smoke
Traffic moves along Highway 63 as wildfire smoke hangs in air in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Wildfires in northern Alberta forced more people from their homes on Saturday while Edmonton offered masks to residents to help them deal with all the smoke. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
british columbia
Federal government announces $89-million for conservation projects across Canada
Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change is photographed following a press conference announcing a conservation campaign at Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
report on business
Business Brief: What another rate cut would do to mortgages
Amanda’s Vineyards is a family-operated business near Picton, Ont. with seven acres of vines.
investor newsletter
Here’s a cool investment opportunity in AI you probably never thought of. Plus, when to buy office REITs
This picture shows air conditioning units outside a building in Hanoi on April 30, 2024. A record-breaking heatwave is broiling parts of Asia, helping drive surging demand for cooling options, including air-conditioning. AC exhaust units are a common feature of urban landscapes in many parts of Asia, clinging like limpets to towering apartment blocks in Hong Kong or tucked in a cross formation between the windows of a building in Cambodia. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) / To go with AFP story Asia-climate-weather-air conditioning (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)
report on business
Climate change damage is harming companies’ profits, KPMG survey shows
About 12 cars were stuck on the flooded Don Valley Parkway in Toronto after torrential rain caused the Don River to overflow at the Dundas Street bridge. First responders forced to rescue stranded people from flooded cars. July 16, 2024 (Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail)
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: Ice is clogging the Northwest Passage
A long-awaited project that would see an Arctic deep-water port and road connecting rich mineral resources to international shipping routes as well as offering the Navy another northern beachhead has been revived. A path in the ice is left in the wake of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it traverses the Northwest Passage through the Franklin Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Saturday, July 22, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Goldman
opinion
Hot summer nights used to be romantic – now they’re dangerous
Ian Brown
world
Caribbean seeks help in fighting climate change after Hurricane Beryl devastates small islands
Homes destroyed by Hurricane Beryl lie in Clifton, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre)
art and architecture
Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s Nordic exhibition on climate change has Group of Seven link
Lea Porsager's decommissioned wind turbine blade, entitled OFFSHORE G.O.D. (GENERATOR, ORGANIZER, DESTROYER) Remains, is seen in an exhibition of Nordic art the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, with paintings by Sara-Vide Ericson, including Soul Fracking, in the background.
opinion
Market failure has caused fighting climate change to worsen economic inequality
Ed Waitzer
canada
Climate change made record-breaking Eastern Canada heat wave ‘much more likely’
A man sits under a tree in the Montreal borough of Lachine on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Weather records were shattered as a three-day heat wave rolled across New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
international business
Philippines chosen to host climate ‘Loss and Damage’ fund board
A plane flies above a Philippine flag at the Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine, where Philippine independence from Spain was proclaimed in Kawit, Cavite province, Philippines, Monday, June 10, 2024. The revelry surrounding Philippine Independence Day, which falls on June 12, stretches far beyond the Southeast Asia archipelago. Millions of Filipinos across major U.S. cities, as well as Europe, Australia, and even the United Arab Emirates, will be able to find parades, street fairs, galas, and other gatherings close to home. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: Impasse at the New Brunswick Nuclear Reactor
Shown is a warning sign outside of the nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Canada Limited plant in Chalk River, Ontario, Wednesday, December 19 2007.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
opinion
Seeing energy policy only through the lens of climate change? That time is over
Heather Exner-Pirot and Charles DeLand
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: The true cost of cleaning up mining pollution is growing
Satellite image of Victoria Gold’s Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon Territory after a landslide. credit: Planet Labs PBC
canada
When heat waves strike, Environment Canada can link it to climate change — fast
People try to beat the 30 C heat in Montreal, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. The heat wave over Eastern Canada last week brought stifling conditions. It put pressure on the electricity grid. It broke temperature records. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: Summer’s first heat wave, but not the last
Taylor Fry drinks water with Christian Leardini of Bellissimo Roofing and Exteriors while working on a roofing job during a heat wave in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable
opinion
Ottawa’s anti-greenwashing bill will cripple cleantech innovation
Kevin Krausert
explainer
How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwide
A man cools off at a water misting station installed by the city due to heat wave in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 20, 2024. South Korean Meteorological Administration issued a heat wave advisory for some part of Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
international business
U.S. Senate passes bill to support advanced nuclear energy deployment
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 26: The U.S. Capitol is seen during a partial shutdown of the U.S. government, on December 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. With the new congress scheduled to start on January 3, 2019, Congressional Democrats and Republicans cannot come to a bipartisan solution to President Donald Trump's demands for more money to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Climate change, migration and Menaka’s epic birding day
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science
The Climate Exchange: An unwavering resource for climate questions
Beautiful pack ice near the Arctic island Spitsbergen/Svalbard in the North Pole region.
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