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'We are resilient': Hay River, N.W.T., still recovering months after historic flood

'We are resilient': Hay River, N.W.T., still recovering months after historic flood

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Kandis Jameson remembers hearing trees on the shore of the Hay River "snapping like toothpicks" as water levels quickly rose this spring. "It was the eeriest feeling," the mayor of Hay River, N.W.T., said.
Drought tests resilience of Spain's olive groves and farmers

Drought tests resilience of Spain's olive groves and farmers

QUESADA, Spain (AP) — An extremely hot, dry summer that shrank reservoirs and sparked forest fires is now threatening the heartiest of Spain's staple crops: the olives that make the European country the world's leading producer and exporter of the ti
Amnesty: Egypt has days to save jailed activist's life

Amnesty: Egypt has days to save jailed activist's life

CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International's head on Sunday warned that the proceedings of COP27 in Egypt could be stained by the death of one of the country's leading rights activists from a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not r
Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world

Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world

VANCOUVER — The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficient windows make it a home built for a warming worl
Canadian delegation set to tell COP27 about oceans' role in fighting climate change

Canadian delegation set to tell COP27 about oceans' role in fighting climate change

Lying in plain sight and lapping against our shores is what scientists describe as an unsung hero that has been quietly absorbing heat and keeping the world's temperatures under control.
Equipment that's designed to cut methane emission is failing

Equipment that's designed to cut methane emission is failing

As Sharon Wilson pulled up to the BP site in Texas last June, production tanks towered above the windblown grass roughly 60 miles southeast of San Antonio. Cows and pumpjacks lined the roadsides. All looked placid.
Canadian banks readying for carbon offsets to go big, even as doubts remain

Canadian banks readying for carbon offsets to go big, even as doubts remain

TORONTO — Banks know a growth market when they see it, and they're increasingly seeing one in the buying, selling and generating of carbon offsets.
Climate Questions: Why do small degrees of warming matter?

Climate Questions: Why do small degrees of warming matter?

On a thermometer, a tenth of a degree seems tiny, barely noticeable. But small changes in average temperature can reverberate in a global climate to turn into big disasters as weather gets wilder and more extreme in a warmer world.
Climate Questions: How much has the climate changed already?

Climate Questions: How much has the climate changed already?

Relentless drought in China , East Africa , the U.S.
Climate Questions: What are the sources of emissions?

Climate Questions: What are the sources of emissions?

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, are all heating up the planet.
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