Canada needs its own Green New Deal. Here’s what it could look like

Nov. 29, 2018- National Observer-

This Green New Deal boils down to two key demands: Good Jobs and a Liveable Future

How to build a wind turbine for cities

Nov. 30, 2018- CBC News-

Also: The psychology of climate change skepticism

If there is ever a deepwater oil blowout, help could be weeks away

Nov. 27, 2018- CBC News-

Equinor documents say a capping stack could take between 18 and 36 days to arrive

Climate-warming El Niño very likely in 2019, says UN agency

Nov. 27, 2018- The Guardian-

Want it tomorrow? Some online shopping habits are terrible for the environment

Nov. 23, 2018- CBC News-

‘If you send something back, think about what happens to it’

Less smoke on the water: How ship operators are charting a greener course

Nov. 23, 2018- CBC News-

Also: Online shopping is wasteful – but it doesn’t have to be

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What Doug Ford’s climate change plan is expected to look like

Nov. 21, 2018- CBC News-

Signals from Ford’s government suggest Ontario will copy Australia’s carbon emissions reduction fund

The straight poop on disposable diapers, from cloth alternatives to a recyclable future

Nov. 21, 2018- CBC News-

Billions of diapers are sent to landfill every year. Is there a greener way?

Air pollution cuts two years off global average lifespan, says study

Nov. 20, 2018- The Guardian-

Analysis finds toxic air trims lifespans by 1.8 years, making it main threat to human health

Offshore oil spill appears to be largest in Newfoundland history, effects still unknown

Nov. 19, 2018- CBC News-

Severe storms have made it impossible to send devices underwater to survey damage

Mitigating flood risks in your own backyard

Nov. 16, 2018- CBC News-

A new report details ways local communities can boost their resiliency to extreme weather events

Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds

Nov. 16, 2018- The Guardian-

Ranking of countries’ goals shows even EU on course for more than double safe level of warming

Supermarkets still produce thousands of tonnes of plastic bags

Nov. 15, 2018- The Guardian-

Greenpeace says retailers failing to take responsibility for reducing footprint

There’s a right way to avoid carbon tax

Nov 14, 2018 – Winnipeg Free Press –

This opinion piece reminds us that NOT putting a price on carbon pollution is, “in effect, a subsidy paid to emitters by victims and governments who pick up the costs of more damage from climate change. “

Climate change will heat up cities and rural areas differently

Nov. 13, 2018- CBC News-

Design can mitigate daytime urban warming, but has minimal effect on nighttime

Entire cities evacuate as hellish wildfires whip through California

Nov 9 2019 – Grist –

A trio of rapidly expanding wildfires are burning in California, marking the latest in a string of harrowing climate-related disasters in America.

Chinese electric cars are coming to Canada, but you can’t have one yet: Don Pittis

Nov. 8, 2018- CBC News-

North American producers must keep technology up — and prices down — to stay competitive

How climate change is affecting rural Honduras and pushing people north

Nov. 6, 2018- The Washington Post-

How droughts and crop failures are impacting social factors in Honduras…

Over the Volcano

Nov. 5, 2018- CBC News-

Warning signs emerge from the shrinking glacier atop B.C.’s Mount Meager

Ecological collapse of Toronto’s ravine system has begun, researcher says

Nov. 4, 2018- CBC News-

But Eric Davies, U of T PhD student, says public-private partnership could save the green spaces