A new project aims to find out more about the life and lifestyle of the ghost of the deep forests of British Columbia, the wolverine. The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation along with the Forest Enhancement Society of BC will undertake a project to study the range, movements, and […]
Canada contains less than 0.5 per cent of the world’s population, yet it contains 18 per cent of the cities which promise to ensure new buildings operate at net-zero carbon by 2030. A view of downtown Toronto. With Vancouver and Montreal, Toronto has signed on to a global net-zero […]
This video shows that sharks need to be rescued and can cuddle with this female Shark Whisperer – Christina Zenato. Sharks need help as their population has declined about 90% or more by over-fishing and targeted fishing for their fins. We need to understand them more and Christina […]
In 2017, bitcoin mining generated 69 million tonnes of CO2. That is the equivalent CO2 of putting 14.7 Million new cars on the road or burning 75 Billion pounds of Coal… Mining is a lucrative business, with one bitcoin currently selling for about $8,300. Demand for bitcoin could […]
A strange thing has been observed among the young female elephants of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park: About a third of them never developed tusks. While tusklessness is not unheard of in female African elephants, normally it would only happen in about two to four percent of them. The […]
Great initiative in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Turning trash into a floating park!
A new study has just been released, Warming assessment of the bottom-up Paris Agreement emissions pledges, that looks at how different nations are meeting their commitments, and Canada, along with China and Russia, is pumping out emissions at a rate that would raise the temperature 5.1°C by the end […]
Ninety-one nations are not producing enough children to maintain their current populations, while the opposite is true in 104 countries where high birth rates are driving population increases, according to a new scientific study. Total fertility rates (TFR), a summary measurement representing the average number of children a […]
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (found via the good folks at Cleantechnica) reports that coal power plant closures will hit their second highest year on record, at least as far as capacity is concerned: This year’s widespread closures were headlined by the retirement of four massive Vistra plants in the ERCOT […]
Last month, on some days, wind generated as much as 234% of demand in Scotland. ScottishPower is ditching its remaining fossil fuel generating assets and going 100% renewable. Scotland as a whole generated the equivalent of 98% of the country’s electricity demand over the whole month of October. It’s important to note, […]
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