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• Rising danger, crippling costs: Climate change report a grim warning for Canada

  By 2080, the report predicts cumulative forestry losses from fire, pests and other climate-change factors could add up to $459 billion.

  Environment

  Feb 28
  
• Conservationists press B.C. government on old-growth logging ahead of COP26 climate summit

  The Sierra Club BC says B.C.s old-growth forests are a natural carbon capture system unlike anything else in the world, and protecting them is key to fighting climate change.

  Environment

  Oct 22, 2021
  
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• Heat warning in effect for most of the Maritimes

  A heat warning is in effect for all of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and most of Nova Scotia. Temperatures in the low-30s and humidex values at 40 are expected.

  Weather

  Aug 12, 2021
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• ‘Ecological grief is very real’ and it can impact mental health of Canadian youth

  The United Nations report on climate change says humans are to blame. That dire warning is fueling eco-anxiety in youth.

  Health

  Aug 12, 2021
• City of Calgary climate goals need updating but net zero still possible

  In 2018, Calgary city council unanimously approved revised goals of 80 per cent reduction of 2005 emissions by 2050, but a city official says net zero is still possible.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2021
• Cutting methane emissions key to slowing climate change: U.N. report

  Countries must make "strong, rapid and sustained reductions" in methane emissions in addition to slashing CO2 emissions, scientists warn.

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2021
• U.N. climate change report ‘a wake up call,’ says activist Greta Thunberg

  Activist Greta Thunberg, who has rallied youth to protest for climate action worldwide, said people's awareness of climate change was increasing, but "very slowly."

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2021
• Extreme heat waves expected to happen every decade, U.N. climate report says

  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report also found that once-in-a-decade heavy rain events are now 1.3 times more likely and 6.7 per cent wetter.

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2021
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• ‘Code red for humanity’: Climate change spiraling out of control, U.N. report says

  Drawing on more than 14,000 scientific studies, the report gives the most comprehensive and detailed picture yet of how climate change is altering the natural world.

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2021
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• A deadly virus affecting seals, seal lions could spread as sea ice levels decline, scientists say

  A 15-year study linked declining sea ice levels to the spread of a deadly virus that targeted seals, sea lions and otters. Scientists say that as climate change continues, the virus could potentially spread further.

  Environment

  Nov 9, 2019