UN warns that half the world is not prepared for disasters
A new report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that half of the countries globally are not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems.
The...
Ontario electricity report misses opportunity to set up a cleaner grid for Ontarians
TORONTO, ON — Binnu Jeyakumar, Director, Electricity at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) new interim resource reliability report.
“Ontario is at a crossroads, and...
Risk of passing multiple climate tipping points escalates above 1.5°C global warming
Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new analysis published in the journal Science. Even at current levels of global heating...
Migratory monarch butterfly now Endangered – IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) – The migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus), known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometres across the Americas, has entered the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM...
Food Attractants and Polar Bear Conservation
Scientific Study Combines 60 Years of Anecdotal Evidence; Findings Offer a Tool for Protecting Polar Bears and People, Calling for Immediate Action
Bozeman, Montana - A team of scientists from leading universities and organizations, including...
Environment Ministers of Canada, Mexico, United States to Meet in Mérida, Mexico for #CEC29,...
Montreal, 12 July 2022 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) 29th annual Council Session and Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) Public Forum return this year in a hybrid format, taking place in person in...
Greater Glider endangered status makes protection of Wombat Forest more urgent
Ongoing habitat destruction has landed Victoria’s Greater Glider on the endangered species list, but Victorian National Parks Association says until Wombat Forest is legislated as a national park Australia’s largest gliding mammal remains at...
Supreme Court Guts Clean Air Act
In the case of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 today to significantly narrow the scope of the Clean Air Act, causing a major setback for President Biden’s plan...
EPA Announces New Health Advisory Levels for Toxic “Forever Chemicals”
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set lifetime health advisory levels for PFOA, PFOS, PFBS, and GenX, toxic chemicals that have polluted water across the country. Health advisory levels are important for states and...
Draft conservation agreement for Ontario caribou weakest in Canada, says environmental groups
OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — A new draft conservation agreement for threatened boreal caribou in Ontario is the weakest ever proposed in Canada and falls alarmingly short of meeting legal...
Deepsea Mountain Mapped By RSV Nuyina
At 2500 metres high, 2900 metres wide and 4500 metres long, the seamount had been identified from satellites at about 50 degrees South, on the edge of the ‘Furious Fifties’.
While an earlier voyage had...
The December 2021 tornado outbreak, explained
The tornadoes that ripped across the central and southern U.S. late in the evening of December 10, 2021, were notable in many ways.
The thunderstorms and tornadoes they produced traveled far — sometimes far more...
