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Coal demand on track to reach record high in 2022 after rising in 2021

Nearly 80 per cent of coal emissions must be phased out by 2030 to reach Paris Agreement targets, the IPCC states.

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Gold rush draws hundreds of dredging rafts to Amazon tributary

The Federal police said it was looking at the best way to deal with the problem and prevent environmental damage.

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Canada's climate change efforts going from 'failure to failure,' report says

'We need action and results, not just more targets and plans' — Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco

A vehicle is seen in the debris at the Highway 7 mudslide west of Agassiz, B.C., Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)

The world is way off track to limit climate change, say UN and WMO

The current trajectory we are on will most certainly push global temperatures past the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Canadians have highest “lifestyle carbon footprint” of all nations in this study

All nations must drastically reduce their lifestyle footprints to address climate change, a new study found. 

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Plans for global fossil fuel production wildly out of step with climate limits

A new United Nations report found that fossil fuel output plans vastly exceed climate pledges and the 1.5°C warming threshold.

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Just a single nation is on track to meet its climate targets, study says

Most countries are failing to meet emissions targets aimed at limiting warming to 1.5°C.

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'Code red for humanity' IPCC report says about state of the climate

Every region on Earth is feeling the effects of climate change, but scientists say that some hope remains.

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Just 25 megacities emit 52% of all urban greenhouse gas emissions

The researchers note that per capita greenhouse gas emissions are highest in developed countries, but the consequences of climate change are felt by the entire world.

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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rises for fourth straight month

Brazil is facing severe drought, with water inflows at hydroelectric dams at a 91-year low, according to the Mines and Energy Ministry.

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'Eye of fire' burns in Gulf of Mexico after underwater pipeline ruptures

Environmentalists say that it is too early to determine how much damage the oceanic fireball has caused.

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Methane menace: Aerial survey spots 'super-emitter' landfills

Landfills produce methane when organic materials like food and vegetation are buried within them, rotting in low-oxygen conditions.

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Remember that big tree on the truck? Why it couldn't be saved under B.C. rules

90m-high trees aren't necessarily protected under B.C.'s protections, which determine protection by diameter

This image of a massive tree being hauled north from Nanaimo, B.C., on Vancouver Island was shared online this week and sparked an outcry from Japan to Denmark. (Lorna Beecroft)

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CO2 at Mauna Loa exceeds 420 ppm for the first time in human history

Despite lockdowns, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are still rising fast, and are now higher than they've been in over 3.6 million years.

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Keystone XL is dead, and Albertans are on the hook for $1.3B

Province and TC Energy announced the termination of the pipeline on Wednesday

A section of pipe is placed in a trench near Oyen, Alta., as part of the Keystone XL project in September 2020. The Alberta government and TC Energy announced the official termination of the pipeline extension on Wednesday. (Kyle Bakx/CBC)

CBC A section of pipe is placed in a trench near Oyen, Alta., as part of the Keystone XL project in September 2020. The Alberta government and TC Energy announced the official termination of the pipeline extension on Wednesday. (Kyle Bakx/CBC)

The heavy toll of cryptocurrency (and how one province stays ahead of it)

The billionaire's recent criticism of bitcoin has drawn attention to the cryptocurrency craze's intense energy use, and accompanying CO2 emissions.

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Photo of massive tree being hauled down B.C. highway sparks global outrage

B.C. Ministry of Forests confirms tree was cut in 2020 and is being transported for processing

‘Green, but not getting greener’: Canada’s fossil fuel phaseout stalls

Canada has one of the greenest grids in the world, but when it comes to completely eliminating fossil fuels, the last mile is proving to be a challenge.

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Canada's greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in first year of carbon tax

Carbon dioxide emissions increased 0.2 per cent in 2019

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Current climate change was predicted 40 years ago

If greenhouse gas emissions continue to escalate at the current rate, we could be facing a global temperature increase of 3 to 4°C, well above what 19th-century scientists predicted. 

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Light-absorbing 'tarballs' detected in the Himalayan atmosphere

Air samples taken at a remote research station in the Himalayan mountains revealed pollutants are travelling from thousands of kilometres away and could increase glacial melting rates.

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Polar bear dens aren’t being accurately tracked, new study says

The surveying technology used by oil and gas exploration isn’t accounting for all the polar bear dens in the Artic, which is putting the animals at further risk

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Methane emissions have been greatly underestimated, says study

Over a 20 year period, methane is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Australia wildfires contribute to big rise in global carbon dioxide levels

The wildfires in New South Wales had injected about 420 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere by the first week of January 2020.

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Greenhouse gases hit record high with 'no sign of slowdown', UN report

Carbon emissions are increasing at an alarming rate, according to the report.

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Thawing permafrost in the Arctic is becoming a source of carbon emissions

Over 1,000 measurements of ground carbon dioxide emissions were taken at each of the 100 sites across the Arctic.

The future is looking more and more bleak for the wildlife of the Arctic, especially the polar bears. These bears rely on the sea ice to hunt their favorite prey, seals, and this large male bear seen here, seems to be looking across the Arctic in disbelief as his world disappears beneath him.

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New study shows the last 100 years of warming is not natural

What's Up In Climate Change? The unnatural warming of the past 100 years, contrails increase climate heating, and how Canada should tackle the 'nature emergency'.

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How plastic pollution is contributing to climate change

Surprising ways ocean plastics contribute to greenhouse gas emissions 

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