OIL PRODUCTION A "CONSTANT" AMID A DEEPENING CLIMATE CRISIS (A VIDEO)
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Canada burns - Canada’s relentless battle with record heat and devastating wildfires
Jamie Sandison - Canada's National Observer My analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals a staggering revelation — more than 150 monthly temperature records have been broken across Canada this year. Details here.
Danielle Smith Rips Off the Mask
The Tyee Alberta Premier, Danielle Smith. Her combative, gaslighting persona was put away for the election campaign. It was back this week. Details here.
Climate change more than doubled the likelihood of extreme fire weather conditions in Eastern Canada
World Weather Attribution During May and June 2023 Canada witnessed exceptionally extreme fire-weather conditions, leading to extensive wildfires that burned over 13 million hectares. Story here.
Extreme heat in Canada, US, Europe and China in July 2023 made much more likely by climate change
WORLD WEATHER ATTRIBUTION Following a record hot June, large areas of the US, Canada, Mexico, Southern Europe and China experienced extreme heat in July 2023, breaking many local high temperature records. Details here. Please also read; Climate crisis made spate of Canada wildfires twice as likely, scientists find
Being a child in this climate is daunting. Are we doing enough to help?
National Observer “There is no rain in our community. We walk for more than eight hours every day to get water,” Drought forced Dawele*, 14, from Ethiopia, to drop out of school.she explains. “Because of this, I couldn’t attend class and was forced to drop out. I love mathematics and want to be a teacher, but now I don’t know what my future will be.” Dawele is just one of 15 million people in the Horn of Africa who can no longer go to school because of severe drought. STORY HERE.
Greenhouse gas emissions at ‘an all-time high’ causing unprecedented rate of global warming - global scientists
EurekAlert - Peer-Reviewed Publication MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY Human-caused global warming has continued to increase at an “unprecedented rate” since the last major assessment of the climate system published two years ago, say 50 leading scientists. STORY HERE .
OLD LARRY LETTERS
AUG 2019 Dear Yellowheadians, Earlier this summer, in a letter in the Crossroads, I complained about a huge multi-million dollar roadbuilding project on Highway 21, south of Shoal Lake. While I wasn't crazy about the noise or the violation of my personal space, that's not why I'm writing this. Here’s why. The United Nations warned some time ago that the construction sector needs to cut back on its huge carbon footprint “yesterday” if we are to meet our obligations under the Paris Climate Accord. Yet, either out of ignorance, apathy or downright defiance, a steady stream of diesel trucks rumbled through Shoal Lake for weeks, from dawn to dusk, right past my living room window. Scant months ago, the Parks and Wilderness Society reminded us that world biodiversity (the variety of plant and animal life on Earth) is declining faster now than at any other time in human history. Yet that did not stop the trucks from making hundreds of round trips a day, hauling copious loads of
Contamination of the marine environment by Antarctic research stations:
EUREKA ALERT Monitoring marine pollution at Casey station from 1997 to 2015 Please also read; Black carbon footprint of human presence in Antarctica
New research method determines health impacts of heat and air quality
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO Even moderate temperature increases can cause more emergency hospital visits and deaths. Story here.
Is Earth ready for some sunblock?
MOTHER CORP News Big ideas for slowing climate change — and big risks, too