Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out
Mary Yap has spent the last year and a half trying to get farmers to fall in love with basalt. The volcanic rock is chock full of nutrients, captured as …
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Alberta given ‘Fossil of the Day’ award by activists at global climate summit
Environmental activists put a spotlight on Alberta’s climate record on Wednesday at the COP28 climate summit by giving the province the so-called “Fossil of the Day” award. The Climate Action …
Hard hit by climate change, Indigenous leaders want strong voice at COP28
From disappearing salmon stocks and caribou herds to wildfires and a changing landscape, Indigenous leaders are sharing their impressions at the UN climate summit of how a warming planet is …
Dubai climate talks focus on health as Canadian doctors warn patients already seeing impacts
A group of Canadian doctors are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, this week at COP28 to raise awareness about the impacts climate change is having on the health of patients …
Canada’s oil and gas emissions cap is coming — here’s what to expect
The federal government says Canada’s promised oil and gas emissions cap framework could drop any day. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault — now in Dubai for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, …
Counting sheep, and their burps, may help lower global methane emissions
Every child learns at a very young age that sheep go “baaa,” but much less appreciated is how much they burp too. In fact, sheep are among the world’s most …
Canadian oil and gas execs to talk up emissions reduction plans at COP28
Executives and senior leaders from Canada’s oil and gas sector are heading to Dubai for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks, eager to tell the world they are doing …
The fossil fuel phrases that countries will fight over at the upcoming COP28
Getting the world off greenhouse gas-spewing fossil fuels is a key part of global climate negotiations. But whether those fossil fuels are “unabated,” and where we need to phase them …
Pregnant people, children face ‘dire’ health consequences from climate change, WHO warns
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can …
World needs to quicken energy transition or face warming of nearly 3 C by century’s end: UN
The world is on pace to warm by as much as 2.9 C by the end of the century, nearly double the international target agreed upon less than a decade …