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A flare stack burns off excess gas at a processing facility near Crossfield, Alta., Tuesday, June 13, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta oil and gas sector exceeded flaring limit in 2023, data shows

Flaring volumes in Alberta have been increasing since 2016 and is expected to continue to do so.

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Thousands displaced in floods in north-eastern India, rain abates

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Thousands of people have been displaced in India’s north-eastern state of Assam and at least 37 people have died...

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows farmers watering a field with newly planted corn, amid an orange alert for heatwave in the drought-hit region, in Jinan, Shandong province, China June 20, 2024. REUTERS/Xihao Jiang
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From Black Sea to US Midwest, extreme weather threatens crop output

Record temperatures in major global growing regions have hurt developing crops.

Power transmission lines are seen with the Rocky Mountains in the background near Pincher Creek, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canada’s missing navigation tool in the push to lower emissions

Canada is making slow progress with its sustainability standards.

A local resident holds bottles of water next to a wildfire burning in the village of Latas, in southern Greece, June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
ClimateNews

Greek firefighters battle wildfires fanned by gale force winds

Parts of Greece are contending with wildfires as high winds and heat combine, with many linking climate change to the fires.

FILE - A farmer walks as he works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, July 30, 2021. Human-caused climate change is making rainfall more unpredictable and erratic, which makes it difficult for farmers to plant, grow and harvest crops on their rain-fed fields. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
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Can Indian farmers adapt as monsoons become more erratic?

Climate change is making the monsoon season less reliable, which gives India farmers a major problem.

Extinction Rebellion demonstrators march in Westminster, London, last year (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
AnalysisClimateEnvironmentIn-DepthOpinion

Scientist warns of ‘very scary’ nature decline as green groups unite to protest

The rate of nature decline is “very scary”, a conservation scientist has warned as green groups prepare to unite for a major protest...

FILE - A beachgoer walks down Waikiki Beach, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Honolulu. About two years after 13 children and teens in Hawaii sued the state over the threat posed by climate change, both sides reached a settlement that includes an ambitious requirement to decarbonize Hawaii’s transportation system in the next 21 years. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)
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Hawaii settles lawsuit from youths over climate change

A settlement has been reached in a historic case involving young people and the Hawaii Department of Transportation over decarbonizing the transport network.

The personal belongings of migrants abandoned on the banks of the Rio Bravo, a natural border with the United States (AFP)
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Extreme heat is new danger stalking US-bound migrants

Migrants from Latin America already face many risks while attempting to make their way to to the United States. The heat is proving...

Greenpeace activists, some dressed in business suits and wearing smoke stack hats, 'greenwash' BP's Calgary headquarters with large letters spelling out 'TAR SANDS' in Calgary, Thursday, April 15, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian oil and gas industry making risky play over greenwashing law: experts

Experts in communications and greenwashing say Canada's oil and gas industry is making a risky play in so fully scrubbing environmental claims from...

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