Climate

Over 20 years as MP, the Conservative leader voted against moving Canada closer to its climate targets, while voting to weaken environmental safeguards, records show

Climate

Taps running dry in Mexico City, Bogotá, as heat dome pushes cities closer to 'Day Zero'

Jake Bittle

Reservoir levels are dropping fast, but both cities are turning to lessons from Cape Town's 2018 water crisis

Climate

Vermont is on the cusp of making Big Oil pay for climate disasters

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Syris Valentine

If a new bill survives inevitable legal challenges, the state would become the first in the nation to make fossil fuel companies pay into a climate superfund

Climate | Summer 2024

He floated banning fossil fuel ads in Canada. Then came the threats.

Natalie Alcoba

MP Charlie Angus says his proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Act is designed to take on "the lies" of oil and gas, in much the same way parliament zeroed in on Big Tobacco decades ago

Climate

Canada's emissions inch up, but show progress

Farida Hussain and Mitchell Beer

The federal government says new data shows the country's climate policies “bent the curve” on greenhouse gas pollution

Climate | Summer 2024

Canada isn’t taking the escalating environmental impact of AI seriously

John Lorinc

The US is considering stringent data centre rules to keep AI's impact on water, land and carbon in check. But the recent Liberal budget was silent on the environmental elephant in the room.

Climate | Spring 2024

Hero: Meet the ‘sponge city’ guru who is climate-proofing China

Rick Spence

Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu has pioneered the concept of “sponge cities” – urban landscapes designed to soak up stormwater, while creating appealing natural spaces

Climate | Spring 2024

Zero: Indonesian leaders are dealing with climate change in Jakarta by moving out

Rick Spence

It’s billed as a “low-carbon super hub” but 2,500 hectares of rainforest have been cleared to make way for the new capital, and so far reforestation has been haphazard

Climate | Spring 2024

Are cities losing their green mojo?

John Lorinc

Canada’s urban centres are driving climate progress in this country. They’re also struggling to meet their 2030 targets.

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