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Saskatchewan Wildfires Could Burn Months
Posted by CBC: None Given on July 10th, 2015
CBC: The fires burning in northern Saskatchewan could burn until the first snowfall, according to researchers.
Kerry Anderson, a research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, said the weather pattern known as El Nino, which is caused by the warming of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, is responsible.
He expects weather conditions will settle down in Saskatchewan in the coming weeks, but warmer than normal temperatures will likely persist in B.C. and Alberta.
Anderson said...
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Stop oilsands expansion, Canadian and U.S. researchers say
Posted by CBC: None Given on June 11th, 2015
CBC: More than 100 Canadian and U.S. researchers are calling on Canada to end expansion of its oilsands, for 10 reasons that they describe as "grounded in science."
"Based on evidence raised across our many disciplines, we offer a unified voice calling for a moratorium on new oilsands projects," said a statement issued Wednesday by the group, led by academics at the University of Waterloo, Simon Fraser University and the University of Arizona.
The statement, signed by a range of researchers including...
Canada: Rising carbon emissions from oilsands a ‘unique’ challenge, federal cabinet told
Posted by CBC: None Given on May 20th, 2015
CBC: Greenhouse gas emissions from increasing oilsands production will rise faster than Canada's ability to curb them, the federal government was warned before new emissions reduction targets were announced last week.
Cabinet documents obtained by CBC News reveal the thinking behind the scenes as the cabinet members mulled over various proposals for Canada's target to cut its greenhouse emissions by 2030.
The documents marked "secret" also suggest Canada should try to negotiate new North American-wide...
Canada: New climate change targets don’t address oilsands
Posted by CBC: None Given on May 16th, 2015
CBC: Kathleen Wynne calling for more than Ottawa's 'nebulous notion' of emissions targets Canada sets carbon emissions reduction target of 30% by 2030 How Canada's provinces are tackling greenhouse gas emissions Rachel Notley and Alberta NDP offer few details on environmental plans
Canada announced new greenhouse gas reduction targets on Friday, pledging to cut emissions by 30 per cent over the next 15 years, but the plan says nothing about reining in the pollution from Alberta's oilsands.
"What...
Manitoba infrastructure won’t withstand climate change, expert says
Posted by CBC: None Given on May 7th, 2015
CBC: A water security expert says climate change will have dire consequences on Manitoba's infrastructure and consequently its economy, unless something changes.
Bob Sandford, EPCOR Water Security Research Chair at United Nations University, began working to help solve water-related climate issues in Manitoba a decade ago. His first focus was on Lake Winnipeg -- now his focus is the province's infrastructure.
"You see that there are larger changes to the hydrologic cycle that are causing more frequent...
How Western Canada glaciers will melt away
Posted by CBC: None Given on April 7th, 2015
CBC: Wonder what your favourite glacier to ski or hike will look like in 20 or 40 years? A new study makes detailed predictions about how the glaciers in B.C. and Alberta will melt and shrink between now and 2100.
Glaciers are melting rapidly around the world, including in Canada, and human-caused climate change is now considered to be the main driver.
Glacier melt worldwide now caused mainly by humans
Unprecedented B.C. glacier melt seeps into U.S. climate change concerns
Thousands of glaciers...
Stephen Harper’s climate-change comments only half the story, critics say
Posted by CBC: None Given on December 19th, 2014
CBC: Stephen Harper touts merits of Alberta's carbon pricing system Full text of Peter Mansbridge's interview with Stephen Harper Stephen Harper says oil and gas regulations now would be 'crazy' Canada under pressure after U.S., China agree to curb greenhouse gases Leona Aglukkaq's UN climate speech doesn't mention oil and gas emissions
Stephen Harper is often accused of being absent on environmental issues, but in a year-end interview with CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge, the prime minister...
Mayor of South Miami on how climate change could force it to secede
Posted by CBC: None Given on November 8th, 2014
CBC: The latest report from the United Nations panel on climate science says climate change can be blamed almost entirely on humans. Some impacts, like rising sea levels, are already being felt in North America. Mayor of South Miami and biology professor at Florida International University Phil Stoddard talks to Brent about the reality of rising sea levels in South Florida and his recent vote in favour of the motion to secede from the north. Here's a Q&A between Brent and Phil Stoddard. I want to start...
$24M ad campaign for Keystone pipeline had little impact: Survey
Posted by CBC: None Given on August 22nd, 2014
CBC: America and Canada are friends. That’s the main message Americans got from phase one of the federal government's multimillion-dollar advertising campaign to promote Canadian oil in Washington and drum up support for the Keystone XL pipeline.
That’s no surprise to some Washington-based Canada-U.S. relations experts who say the first leg of the campaign was too polite and, well, too Canadian to have any real effect.
All-Canadian conflict over new oil pipeline
The ads were part of a $24 million,...
‘Tornadoes of fire’ in NWT linked to climate change
Posted by CBC: None Given on July 14th, 2014
CBC: Climate change is responsible for more frequent and larger forest fires, such as the ones now plaguing the Northwest Territories, says an Edmonton professor.
“What we are seeing in the Northwest Territories this year is an indicator of what to expect with climate change,” says Mike Flannigan, a professor of Wildland Fire in the University of Alberta’s renewable resources department. “Expect more fires, larger fires, more intense fires.”
This weekend, the wildfires left a 13-kilometre-long scar...