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Politics

Short timeline means NEB won’t hear critical evidence in Trans Mountain review, NGOs say

The federal government gave the National Energy Board until February 22, 2019, to complete its review of the potential impacts of the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Causes
Critics slam Canada’s response to Volkswagen emissions scandal, three years after it was discovered

Critics slam Canada’s response to Volkswagen emissions scandal, three years after it was discovered

The company has been fined billions of dollars in the U.S. and Germany for the emissions-cheating scandal that affected millions of cars sold worldwide.
Newsletter
Global warming is pushing alpine animals to mountain peaks — and extinction, B.C. study warns

Global warming is pushing alpine animals to mountain peaks — and extinction, B.C. study warns

Plants and animals are shifting upslope by 100 metres for every one-degree increase in temperature.
Resilience
Major companies urge Canadian government to protect boreal forests and caribou

Major companies urge Canadian government to protect boreal forests and caribou

Seventeen U.S. companies say the way Canada is dealing with boreal caribou and forest habitat is undermining its reputation for being sustainable.
Impacts
Air quality improving overall, but pollution spiked with 2017 wildfires

Air quality improving overall, but pollution spiked with 2017 wildfires

Metro Vancouver’s 2018 Caring for the Air report shows overall improvements in air quality even with population and economic growth.
Impacts
Grand Forks landfill inundated with waste from spring floods

Grand Forks landfill inundated with waste from spring floods

Floods created the same amount of waste the south eastern B.C. city typically creates over four years.
‘You would be breathing mosquitoes’: Extreme floods pose pesky problem in B.C.
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‘You would be breathing mosquitoes’: Extreme floods pose pesky problem in B.C.

Mosquito-control companies have their hands full this year as workers race to kill larvae in flooded areas before they mature into flying adults.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Midwest eyed as safer business spot amid rising climate risks

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Houston area has more than 100 unauthorized air pollution events already this year

Houston area has more than 100 unauthorized air pollution events already this year

CLIMATE
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Earth's worsening climate crisis demands immediate action

Wildlife populations drop sharply as habitat loss continues

Wildlife populations drop sharply as habitat loss continues