Climate change

A woman pretends to resuscitate the Earth during a demonstration at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

UN climate talks examine effects of global temperature rise on human health

‘Undoubtedly, health stands as the most compelling reason for taking climate action,’ WHO leader said.

A woman pretends to resuscitate the Earth during a demonstration at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
FILE - A Canada lynx heads into the Rio Grande National Forest near Creede, Colo., April 19, 2005. Federal officials on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed a $30 million recovery plan for Canada lynx in a bid to help the snow-dependent wild cat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
FILE - A Canada lynx heads into the Rio Grande National Forest near Creede, Colo., April 19, 2005. Federal officials on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed a $30 million recovery plan for Canada lynx in a bid to help the snow-dependent wild cat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Left to right, Mike Hudema and Mary Stuart member of Climate Justice Victoria stand beside massive ice sculpture at climate protest. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

Climate protesters leave ice sculpture to melt on B.C. Legislature lawn

The rally is a response to the provincial government’s fracking and LNG expansion plans

Left to right, Mike Hudema and Mary Stuart member of Climate Justice Victoria stand beside massive ice sculpture at climate protest. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
FILE - A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 passenger airplane arrives following a flight from London to Seattle, March 27, 2017, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions diet flew Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters dubbed as “jet zero." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

‘Jet zero’: first fossil fuel-free trans-Atlantic commercial flight a success

High-fat low-emissions Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 travels successfully from London to New York

FILE - A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 passenger airplane arrives following a flight from London to Seattle, March 27, 2017, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions diet flew Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters dubbed as “jet zero." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s largest icebergs, known as A23a, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

One of world’s largest icebergs on the move after 30 years stuck to ocean floor

Iceberg measures at about 3 times the size of New York City

This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s largest icebergs, known as A23a, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear groundwater channel. Location is in the Tulsequah subwatershed within the Taku watershed, B.C. (Credit: Jonathan Moore)

As glaciers retreat, mining claims threaten future B.C. salmon habitats: study

SFU researchers say environmental policies need to be more future-thinking as climate change progresses

Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear groundwater channel. Location is in the Tulsequah subwatershed within the Taku watershed, B.C. (Credit: Jonathan Moore)
A new poll suggests most Canadians support the government’s decision to exempt home heating oil from the carbon price, and would like to see that expanded to all forms of home heating fuel. A shed sits at the side of a house, containing home heating oil, in Halifax, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael MacDonald

Canadians want a carbon price pause on all home heating fuel: poll

Leger poll targets recent federal decision on heating oil carbon price reprieve

A new poll suggests most Canadians support the government’s decision to exempt home heating oil from the carbon price, and would like to see that expanded to all forms of home heating fuel. A shed sits at the side of a house, containing home heating oil, in Halifax, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael MacDonald
Josie Osborne, minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, announced $16.5 million for a pilot project to show the viability of commercial trucks running on hydrogen. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Abbotsford facility to help pilot hydrogen commercial trucks amid EV boom

Provincial government is pumping $16.5 into pilot project

Josie Osborne, minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, announced $16.5 million for a pilot project to show the viability of commercial trucks running on hydrogen. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Premier David Eby, seen here in Nova Scotia, warns against playing affordability off against climate change. During a meeting with federal and territorial leaders in Nova Scotia he held up an “I Heart Heat Pumps” T-shirt during interviews. (Screencap)

‘Mistake’ to play affordability off against climate change, says B.C. premier

Eby calls Ottawa’s handling of carbon tax exemption ‘startling’ and ‘disturbing’

Premier David Eby, seen here in Nova Scotia, warns against playing affordability off against climate change. During a meeting with federal and territorial leaders in Nova Scotia he held up an “I Heart Heat Pumps” T-shirt during interviews. (Screencap)
Operational technician Erin Aranda handles flasks containing mushroom spores at the production facility for Meati Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Thornton, Colo. Eventually, the company expects to produce more than 40 million pounds of meat annually at its 100,000-square-foot Mega Ranch in Thornton. That’s about 160 million four-ounce servings, or half the amount of beef served each year at Chipotle, one of Meati’s biggest investors. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Plant-based meat could solve climate woes – if more people would eat it

Removing meat from your diet might do wonders for the planet, but what about the taste buds?

Operational technician Erin Aranda handles flasks containing mushroom spores at the production facility for Meati Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Thornton, Colo. Eventually, the company expects to produce more than 40 million pounds of meat annually at its 100,000-square-foot Mega Ranch in Thornton. That’s about 160 million four-ounce servings, or half the amount of beef served each year at Chipotle, one of Meati’s biggest investors. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sun shines on leaves on a big leaf maple tree in the Willamette National Forest, Ore., Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. In recent years, at least 15 native tree species in the region have experienced growth declines and die-offs, with 10 linked to drought and warming temperatures, according to recent studies and reports. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

Pacific Northwest forests ‘moving uphill’ as climate change advances

Researchers seeing evidence of tree species dying off, retreating to cooler, damper spaces

Sun shines on leaves on a big leaf maple tree in the Willamette National Forest, Ore., Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. In recent years, at least 15 native tree species in the region have experienced growth declines and die-offs, with 10 linked to drought and warming temperatures, according to recent studies and reports. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Environmental and sustainability Prof. Leslie King at Royal Road University stands beside the poster she created. (Ella Matte/New Staff)

Royal Roads research helping protect regions vulnerable to climate change

Vancouver Island Indigenous communities are studied to combat warming in northern coastal areas

Environmental and sustainability Prof. Leslie King at Royal Road University stands beside the poster she created. (Ella Matte/New Staff)
Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep global warming in check, a newly released major international report warned Wednesday, putting the world’s energy transition at risk. A flare stack lights the sky from a refinery in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

‘Humanity’s future in question’: UN says world failing to meet climate goals

Fossil fuel production inconsistent with what’s needed to halt rising temperatures

Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep global warming in check, a newly released major international report warned Wednesday, putting the world’s energy transition at risk. A flare stack lights the sky from a refinery in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
UBCIC President Grand Chief Stewart Phillip speaks in Vancover on Nov. 7, 2023, as one of 550 signatories of a report calling on B.C. to take greater action on climate change. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

B.C. failing to treat climate change like an emergency, says action group

Report says B.C. making ‘minor progress’ in some areas, failing in others

UBCIC President Grand Chief Stewart Phillip speaks in Vancover on Nov. 7, 2023, as one of 550 signatories of a report calling on B.C. to take greater action on climate change. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Jerry DeMarco holds a chart showing Canada’s performance against G7 countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Canada still coming up short on emission reduction plan, audit finds

‘The need to reverse the trend on Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions has grown only more pressing’

Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Jerry DeMarco holds a chart showing Canada’s performance against G7 countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Nova Scotia Prermier Tim Houston speaks to media during the closing news conference at the Council of the Federation Canadian premiers meeting in Winnipeg, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Houston says health care is the main formal agenda item as he hosts Canada’s 13 premiers and territorial leaders at a meeting in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

United premiers want carbon pricing measures to be fair to all Canadians

Trudeau criticized for carbon price freeze on home heating oil being aimed at Atlantic Canada

Nova Scotia Prermier Tim Houston speaks to media during the closing news conference at the Council of the Federation Canadian premiers meeting in Winnipeg, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Houston says health care is the main formal agenda item as he hosts Canada’s 13 premiers and territorial leaders at a meeting in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
<div>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home heating oil. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s, Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly</div>

Poilievre wants all forms of home heating exempt from carbon price

‘Axe the carbon tax on all forms of heat before winter heat bills hit Canadians next month’

<div>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home heating oil. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s, Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly</div>
B.C. has said that it wants the federal government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to give the same rebates to British Columbians that other provinces are about to receive. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)

Left-out B.C. to put the heat on Ottawa over heating oil rebates

T0 B.C.’s surprise, Ottawa to stop collecting federal carbon tax on home heating oil everywhere else

B.C. has said that it wants the federal government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to give the same rebates to British Columbians that other provinces are about to receive. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Trudeau has announced that the government will double the carbon price rebate for rural Canadians beginning in April 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Rebate, pause, as Trudeau deflects carbon price burden for rural Canadians

Government says households that use heating oil would save about $250, on average

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Trudeau has announced that the government will double the carbon price rebate for rural Canadians beginning in April 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen above Little Shuswap Lake in Squilax, B.C., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Experts say the province is yet to escape the repercussions of an exceptional year of hot, dry weather. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘Everywhere at once’: Parched B.C. still feeling effects of landmark drought

Despite recent rain, 15 of B.C.’s 34 water basins still at Level 4 or 5 stage drought

Trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen above Little Shuswap Lake in Squilax, B.C., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Experts say the province is yet to escape the repercussions of an exceptional year of hot, dry weather. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck