Monthly Archives: January 2024

2023 was a record-breaking year for the global temperature but it also saw new heat records set in our oceans. And as one climate scientist noted, ‘The oceans are the most important thing.’

Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping lanes has not yet blossomed into global shipping crisis, but with inflation still smoldering, it wont take much to re-ignite price chaos.

An Edmonton man who admitted to breaching Alberta securities laws by illegally distributing securities to investors and acting as an unregistered dealer has been ordered to pay a $40,000 penalty and stop trading and buying securities or derivatives.

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the emergence of electric garbage trucks and how B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest is using carbon offsets in its preservation efforts.

Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings said on Thursday it would sell about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet due to higher expenses related to collision and damage, and will opt for gas-powered vehicles.

A key Flair Airlines investor says a $30-million lawsuit filed against it by plane-leasing firms over claims of missed payments is “premature at best.”

Meta is offering $51 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in four Canadian provinces over the use of some users’ images in Facebook advertising.

Does a quick wipe really eliminate all those germs? CBC’s Marketplace swabbed equipment at several national gym chains to find out which surface harbours the most bacteria.

Some researchers say the moment is here when coal consumption in power plants around the world finally peaks before beginning a perpetual fall.

An onslaught of windy weather systems moving along the northeastern seaboard has left the ferry service scrambling to catch up with shipping delays — and that’s a new problem, Marine Atlantic’s spokesperson says.