Planet Earth is now in a Global Warming Emergency Code Red!

Some in the West have clued in, while others in the East, not so much. Yup, let's continue to let the trucking industry rule the roost, until we all perish!

Building bridges to the future: Infrastructure, the climate crisis and the pandemic

Infrastructure, climate change and public health are all connected: Consider this story of two highway projects

In 2006, researchers from NYU's School of Medicine and Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service made the alarming discovery, after a five-year study, that "soot particles spewing from the exhaust of diesel trucks constitute a major contributor to the alarmingly high rates of asthma symptoms among school-aged children in the South Bronx."

Fourteen years after that, researchers from the Institute for Atmosphere and Climate at ETH Zurich discovered that "soot particles influence global warming more than previously thought."

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/14/building-bridges-to-the-future-infrastr...

Sat, 2023-01-14 13:37

#59

NorthReport

Why West Coast weather will be chaotic in the future, according to a climate scientist

"We might be oscillating from more severe drought to super wet," climate scientist Christine Shields warns

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/14/climate-scientist-explains-future-calif...

Sat, 2023-01-14 13:40

#60

NorthReport

When Did the Anthropocene Actually Begin?

Scientists want to pinpoint the technology that marked when humanity became a “geological superpower.” On the short list: the H-bomb and the modern chicken.

https://www.wired.com/story/when-did-the-anthropocene-actually-begin/

Sat, 2023-01-14 20:02

#61

NorthReport

One of if not the best writer in Canada, hits a home run with this one.

Time to wake up and smell the roses, or more likely the permafrost, eh!

Canadians Could Be Climate Migrants, Too

If we’ve turned away others, who will take us in?

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/12/Canadians-Could-Be-Climate-Migrant...

Sat, 2023-01-14 20:11

#62

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Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s

Oil company drove some of the leading science of the era only to publicly dismiss global heating

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/12/exxon-climate-change-gl...

Mon, 2023-01-16 22:43

#63

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Warning of unprecedented heat wave as El Niño set to return in 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/16/return-of-el-nino-will-cause-off-the-chart-temperature-rise-climate-crisis

Sat, 2023-01-21 19:37

#64

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Climate justice in so-called Canada

Indigenous rights and sovereignty must be at the centre of our collective efforts to rescue a habitable planet

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/climate-justice-in-so-called...

Sun, 2023-02-12 13:52

#65

NorthReport

The fossil fuel industry has a long reach

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/11/whale-deaths-and-windmills/11178432002/

Sun, 2023-02-12 14:29

#66

NorthReport

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/12/world/solar-dimming-geoengineering-climate-solution-intl/index.html

Sun, 2023-02-12 14:29

#67

NorthReport

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/what-solar-geoengineering

Wed, 2023-02-15 23:52

#68

NorthReport

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/rideau-canal-skateway-closed-climate-change/index.html

Wed, 2023-02-15 23:52

#69

NorthReport

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/15/world/thwaites-doomsday-glacier-sea-level-climate-intl/index.html

Fri, 2023-02-17 17:53

#70

NorthReport

ANALYSIS

Are Canadian oilsands companies working to save the planet or save face?

An alliance of fossil fuel companies says it wants to achieve net-zero emissions from oilsands operations by 2050. Critics say the pledge is just another greenwashing tactic

https://thenarwhal.ca/pathways-alliance-carbon-capture/