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Camp Zero reads like a chronicle of the present
Writer Michelle Min Sterling has just released her first book Camp Zero, 2023
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Globe Climate: Canada’s data gap in tracking wildfire risks
Smoke from a nearby wildfire hangs over Fort Chipewyan, Alta. in this handout photo. A northern Alberta hamlet was eerily quiet and peaceful Wednesday after being evacuated in the face of an out-of-control wildfire inching closer to town. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Mikisew Cree First Nation *MANDATORY CREDIT*
international business
California, New York pension systems vote against re-election of Toyota chairman
FILE - The Toyota logo is shown on a vehicle at the Philadelphia Auto Show on Jan. 27, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
canada
B.C. to invest $17-million on science, Indigenous knowledge to restore Pacific salmon
The British Columbia government is adding $17.25 million for ongoing efforts to save declining populations of wild Pacific salmon. Spawning sockeye salmon are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Meteorologists challenged after local radar station down during tornado in Regina
A tornado touched down south of Regina in this handout photo dated Saturday, May 27, 2023. The tornado damaged a farm utility building south of the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Craig Boehm, SkStormChaser Photography.
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Globe Climate: The Indigenous community fighting fire with fire
B.C. Wildfire Service firefighter Maria Milner uses a drip torch during a prescribed wildfire burn to reduce dangerous fuel loads at the airport in Cranbrook, B.C. on April 26, 2023
opinion
Danielle Smith is indifferent to the climate crisis. She’s selling an alternate reality to Albertans
Chris Turner
canada
Yes, your allergies are getting worse. An allergist explains why
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opinion
In an era of extreme heat, cooling should be required in Canadian homes
Scott Stirrett
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You’re not wrong, allergies are getting worse
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Globe Climate: How climate change is fuelling a new kind of ‘fire weather’
FILE PHOTO: Leslie Kramer walk her dogs as some 90 wildfires are active in Alberta, with 23 out of control, according to the provincial government, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Hennel/File Photo
opinion
There is no cost-free climate plan
Campbell Clark
canada
Emissions from wildfires hit record high in 2021 as climate change drives fire threat
Smoke from wildfires burning in Western Canada can be seen in a Wednesday, May 17, 2023, satellite handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-NASA Worldview **MANDATORY CREDIT**
number cruncher
10 mining stocks facing climate-change risk
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canada
Smoky haze from active wildfires forecasted to worsen in B.C. Interior
A firefighter from the B.C. Wildfire Service uses a drip torch to light a prescribed burn at the airport in Cranbrook, B.C. on April 26, 2023
report on business
Private investment needed to ramp up climate adaptations in infrastructure, report says
Buildings sit in the water along the shore following hurricane Fiona in Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, N.L. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Globe Climate: Wildfires are another climate change wake-up call
Smoke rises from the Paskwa Wildfire (HLW030) as it burns near the Wood Buffalo National Park boundary outside Fox Lake, Alberta, Canada May 14, 2023. Alberta Wildfire/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
u.s. politics
Dominican Republic’s cocoa farmers race to adapt as climate change dries out the jungle
report on business
New York City skyscrapers turn to carbon capture to lessen climate change
FILE — One Vanderbilt, center-left, which looms 77 stories over Midtown Manhattan in New York, Dec. 2, 2022. Remote work and rising interest rates are dealing a double blow to office landlords, with potentially grave consequences for the city and even national economy. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
books
Chris Turner wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for climate change book
Finalis Chris Turner finalist Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
canada
Toronto MP Nate Erskine-Smith launches leadership bid for Ontario’s Liberal Party
Member of Parliament for Beaches—East York Nathaniel Erskine-Smith speaks to reporters during the Liberal summer caucus retreat in St. Andrews, N.B. on Monday, September 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
opinion
Photographer Edward Burtynsky says corporations can play a role in fighting climate crisis politics
Rita Trichur
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Globe Climate: The Inuit greenhouse powered by renewable energy
Johnny Tavalok wears caribou clothing made for him by his mother before her death, in Gjoa Haven, NT on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Caribou are a lynch pin in Inuit culture, providing teachings, food and some of the warmest hides for clothes. But caribou are becoming harder to hunt due to environmental pressures and the rising costs of gas and other supplies hunters need—Mr. Tavalok's caribou clothes are now antique and showing their age. Amber Bracken for The Globe and Mail 1-867-360-6677
technology
AI could pose ‘more urgent’ threat to humanity than climate change, Geoffrey Hinton says
FILE PHOTO: Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton speaks at the Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk Summit in Toronto, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
world
AI pioneer says its threat to world may be ‘more urgent’ than climate change
FILE PHOTO: Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton speaks at the Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk Summit in Toronto, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
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Globe Climate: Ottawa and Ontario don’t share the same vision for electricity’s future
Electricity pylons in the hydro corridor that runs through the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood in Toronto, are photographed on Oct 14, 2021. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. Metrolinx’s proposed Ontario Line will run adjacent to the corridor when completed.
politics
Trudeau says now not time for ‘diving into’ negotiations over ties to monarchy
King Charles III is presented with a sword as he formally accepts the role of Commissioner-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) during a ceremony in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, Britain Picture date: Friday April 28, 2023. Andrew Matthews/Pool via REUTERS
rob magazine
Editor’s Note: Zero excuses for half measures on global warming
Dawn Calleja, editor of ROB magazine, Dec 2021
world
Excessive heat from climate change is key factor in Horn of Africa drought, scientists find
TOPSHOT - A pastoralist walks with a camel carrying his goods in an area 30 kilometres from the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on January 13, 2023. - The last five rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have failed, triggering the worst drought in four decades in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. And the next rainy season, from March to May, is also expected to be below average. According to the UN, drought has plunged 12 million people into "acute food insecurity" in Ethiopia alone, where a deadly conflict has also ravaged the north of the country. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Net zero is a huge economic boon for Canada, but we need to seize it
Mark Carney
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What we’re getting wrong about climate refugees
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Solutions to the climate crisis, as envisioned by Toronto children
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Globe Climate: Environmental education with a cosmic twist
Juna Kollmeier, the director of the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics is photographed in Toronto on April 19, 2023. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
canada
Is Canada keeping its promises on climate change? The Globe tracks its progress
A shot from above the Bugaboo Main logging road where forest defender Josh Wright first spotted specklebelly lichen, left of road, between Fairy Creek and the Central Walbran area that contains old growth which is an indicator of a unique area with high biodiversity near Port Renfrew, B.C., on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail
world
Activists gather for Earth Day, urge action to avoid ‘dystopian’ future
Peru's shamans perform a traditional ritual and make an offer to "Pachamama" (Mother Earth) on the eve of "Earth Day", in Lima, Peru April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
u.s. business
Biden administration plans new forest protections, issues old-growth inventory
FILE - Old growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon river Trail on the Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore. The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square miles of old growth and mature forests on U.S. government lands. The Associated Press obtained details on the government’s first-ever national inventory of older forests in advance of their expected public release on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)