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Canadian First Nation taps geothermal power for food security
In northeast British Columbia, fresh food is scarce. West Moberly First Nations is turning to an underground clean-energy solution.
Swimming upstream: For B.C.’s Cowichan Tribes, life by the river fraught by climate change and a fight for return of their chinook salmon tradition
Even though chinook stocks have returned to historical levels, tribes still being limited to catching a total of 200 fish for ceremonial purposes.
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Canada's farmers say heat wave, drought show agriculture needs support
A heatwave in B.C. and drought elsewhere in the country have farmers weighing the ravages of climate change on their crops.
Forest selfies are helping save B.C.'s old-growth trees
For over a decade, TJ Watt has been shooting photos of disappearing forests in Canada's westernmost province. This striking before-and-after series may help protect what's left.
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B.C. wants to know how much it’s going to cost fracking, mining industries to adapt to climate change
The province wants to better understand the economic impact events such as droughts will have on the natural resources and building sectors — and the costs of different adaptation measures.
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Does climate change play a role in infectious diseases like COVID-19?
Scientists don’t know yet whether weather plays a role in spread of the new coronavirus, but it’s clear climate is related to disease.
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‘A massive liability’: B.C.’s orphan fracking wells set to double this year
As the tally grows, the province is left with contaminated sites, a leaking wastewater pond and an escalating cleanup bill estimated to be in the hundreds of millions.
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