Tag: Wildfires
What do Heat Waves, Wildfires and Banks Have in Common?
The recent leak of a draft of the next IPCC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) warns that recovery from climate breakdown may be...
Canada Needs A Climate Emergency Alliance To Deal With The Climate Crisis
When the next federal election is called—expected anytime during the next six months—climate change will be the top issue right after COVID. And Canadians...
Brutally Hot 2020 Ends Warmest Decade Ever
The climate data is in and shows that 2020 was the warmest year on record tied with 2016. Carbon Brief explains why the year...
California is Catching a Glimpse of its Hellish Future
"California is catching a glimpse of its future summer weather. The view is a hellish one," writes Dana Nuccitelli in his latest Yale Climate...
The 2020 Wildfire Season Will Be Worse Due To COVID-19
The wildfire season is well underway in various regions around the globe. But this year, the coronavirus is adding an even greater challenge—a double...
Beds are Burning – The Australian Wildfires
'Beds Are Burning' is from the album 'Songs For Australia'. The album is a collection of songs recorded to bring global attention to the...
Our Health And Climate Change
"I'm an emergency doctor and I'm working on this because this is an emergency," says Dr. Courtney Howard, who wrote the Canadian section of...
2018 Climate News Dominated by Extreme Weather
"Fifty years ago, a photo of Earth rising beyond the lunar horizon captivated the world and inspired the modern environmental movement. Humans have since despoiled...
Staring Into the Face of Climate Change – Summer of 2018
The summer of 2018 will be remembered as the first time global warming became front-page news around the world. “The impacts of climate change...
Where is Canada’s Climate Leadership?
During this summer of 2018, hundreds of millions of people around the world are suffering from the effects of global warming. The impacts of climate...