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Rapid Melting of Arctic Permafrost Shocks Scientists

Rapid Melting of Arctic Permafrost Shocks Scientists

The Canadian Arctic is raising alarm bells for climate scientists. The permafrost there is thawing 70 years earlier than expected, a research team discovered, according to Reuters. It is the latest indication that the global climate crisis is ramping up faster than expected. The surface, which was frozen is now sinking and sprinkled with melt […]

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    When Does Plant and Animal Species Loss Become a Societal Crisis?

    When Does Plant and Animal Species Loss Become a Societal Crisis?

    It’s heartening, in the midst of the human-caused sixth mass extinction, to find good wildlife recovery news. As plant and animal species disappear faster than they have for millions of years, Russia’s Siberian, or Amur, tigers are making a comeback. After falling to a low of just a few dozen in the mid-20th century, the […]

    Canada’s Supreme Court Rules Bankrupt Fossil Fuel Companies Must Clean Up Pollution Left Behind

    Canada’s Supreme Court Rules Bankrupt Fossil Fuel Companies Must Clean Up Pollution Left Behind

    By Julia Conley Green energy campaigners in Canada applauded a precedent-settiing Supreme Court ruling on Thursday which ordered the bankrupt Alberta-based oil and gas company Redwater Energy to clean up its failed wells instead of leaving the task to the public. Observing the “polluter pays principle,” the 5-2 ruling overturned two earlier decisions by lower […]

    9 Things You Need to Know About the Pipeline Blockade in B.C.

    9 Things You Need to Know About the Pipeline Blockade in B.C.

    By Zoë Ducklow 1. Where Is the Unist’ot’en blockade, and What’s It About? The gated checkpoint is on a forest service road about 120 kilometers southwest of Smithers in Unist’ot’en territory at the Morice River Bridge. Two natural gas pipelines are to cross the bridge to serve LNG terminals in Kitimat. Unist’ot’en is a clan […]

    Canada as Ugly Neighbor: Mines in BC Would Devastate Alaskan Tribes

    Canada as Ugly Neighbor: Mines in BC Would Devastate Alaskan Tribes

    By Ramin Pejan Mining operations in Canada are threatening to destroy the way of life of Southeast Alaskan Tribes who were never consulted about the mines by the governments of Canada or British Columbia. The Tribes have depended for millennia upon the pristine watersheds of the Taku, Stikine and Unuk rivers. These waters flow through […]

    New Bear on the Block: Grizzlies Spotted in Black and Polar Bear Habitats

    New Bear on the Block: Grizzlies Spotted in Black and Polar Bear Habitats

    For the first time, scientists have observed three American bear species—the black bear, polar bear and grizzly bear—using the same habitat in Canada’s Wapusk National Park. “Scientifically, it has never been documented anywhere,” Doug Clark of the University of Saskatchewan told the Canadian Press. Using remote cameras, Clark and his research team documented 401 bear-visits […]

    250,000 Liters of Crude Spills off Newfoundland Coast

    250,000 Liters of Crude Spills off Newfoundland Coast

    An estimated 250,000 liters (66,000 gallons) of crude spilled from the SeaRose FPSO, a floating production, storage and offloading vessel, in the White Rose oil and gas field off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Husky Energy, the operator responsible, said the spill happened on Friday when the SeaRose FPSO “experienced a loss of pressure” in […]