Climate change: COP25 island nation in ‘fight to death’ By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Madrid courtesy BBC The president of an island nation on the front line of climate change says it is in a “fight to the death” after freak waves inundated the capital. Powerful swells averaging 5m (16ft) washed across the capital of […]
Lifeboats on the Titanic
The Balance SMB Operations & Success The Best Places to Live in a Future Troubled by Climate Change ••• By Rick LeBlanc Updated October 06, 2019 We have passed the point at which climate change is an element of the distant future. Anyone under the age of seventy reading this will almost certainly experience greatly […]
Fade to Black
Coal: Is this the beginning of the end? By Justin Rowlatt Chief environment correspondent 25 November 2019 Share Related Topics Climate change Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThis coal-fired power station in West Burton is one of six remaining in the UK The fuel that powered the industrial revolution may be in decline at last. This year […]
Wild Weather
Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change Relationship between jet stream, atmospheric blocking events Date: November 13, 2019 Source: Rice University Summary: Climate change will increase the size of stalled high-pressure systems that can cause heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather, […]
Building a Better Future
These building rules could be our climate salvation By James Glave in Features, Energy | November 4th 2019 #29 of 32 articles from the Special Report:Canada’s Clean Economy Photo courtesy Cascadia Windows Tou’ve probably never even heard of two of Canada’s more effective provincial and city-scale climate policies—and that’s probably not a bad thing. The BC Energy Step Code and the City of […]