How to protect wildland firefighters from cancer risk
Years after working in smoky, sooty conditions controlling fires, workers can experience the adverse health effects of the job. Proving the...
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20 of 400 episodesCan movie magic move the needle on climate change?
Our youth climate action columnist Aishwarya Puttur says yes it can. She’s seen young people in the entertainment industry taking up the cli...
Should you tattle on your neighbour in the name of climate?
As Vancouverites see people watering their lawns during a drought, it’s a question they’re asking themselves. While cities in British Columb...
This footballer wants fossil fuels out of the World Cup
Tessel Middag wants her sport to be a force for good. But she says that’s hard to imagine when FIFA’s “Major Worldwide Partner” for the 2026...
Here’s your fire season forecast
Can a weekly fire weather outlook help Canadian communities learn to live with fire? Mike Flannigan, wildfire forecaster and professor at Th...
Is lightning in a box a climate solution for farmers?
Farmers are using an old trick as a new way to grow food and reduce emissions. Lightning sparked inside a box helps create fertilizer with l...
Is Ottawa backsliding on Indigenous clean energy promises?
Indigenous communities across the country are charging ahead with renewables. Melina Laboucan-Massimo brings news from Indigenous Clean Ener...
Who killed the 21st century milkman?
A system from another era was the inspiration for a modern-day solution to the pileup of plastic in the world. The milkman once delivered co...
Trump is wrong. Climate action is working
Donald Trump claimed on social media that climate scientists were “WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!” about their global warming projections. But climate...
How kids can save themselves from climate anxiety
Twelve-year-old Kiké Dueck once had such bad climate anxiety that they didn’t want to eat or go to school. But then they found a solution. K...
Why more trees - not fewer - could save a city from fire
Ten years ago this month the Horse River Wildfire burned through Fort McMurray and into the Canadian consciousness. We hear why experts say...
Why can’t more Canadian kids ride electric school buses?
Hop on board an electric school bus in Richmond B.C. and meet a driver who says “once you start driving them, you don’t want to go back.” So...
Here’s how it feels to get caught in an avalanche
Backcountry skier Hannah Hughes realized she couldn’t fight the wall of snow when it hit her. She survived but the experience has her rethin...
Goodbye, dystopia. Hello, 'thrutopia'
Tired of stories about bleak, hopeless futures? You’re not alone. Writers are ditching dystopian narratives for a fresh take on climate fict...
A ‘breath of hope’ in the climate fight
Nations gathered in Colombia to chart a path to a cleaner future. Many say this ‘coalition of the willing’ could speed the transition away f...
Suzanne Simard says it’s time for a fresh look at forestry
She became famous for her work that said trees communicate through a forest web. But Suzanne Simard’s research also faced backlash. Not only...
Critics say the math isn’t mathing on Ottawa’s climate plans
After a year in office, climate minister Julie Dabrusin says she’s proud of her record. But critics say more pipelines, less progress on emi...
Can baby coral nurseries rescue reefs from climate change?
Coral reefs support marine life — and livelihoods. But bleaching caused by warming oceans is putting both under threat. Fishing communities...
Outdoor skating rinks are on thin ice
Climate change is melting away winter, but a new documentary summons the magic of the most Canadian of frozen delights: the outdoor skating...
Big Oil is banking on plastic
And Beth Gardiner says industry hopes you won’t notice. So what does it take to fight back? That’s the number one question the journalist as...