Category: Energy & Environment

Gas generation, meanwhile, declined for the fifth year in a row and fossil-fuelled power dipped to a ‘historic low’: report

Vehicle emissions will reach about nine gigatonnes in 2025, a quarter-century earlier than previously predicted: Clean Transportation Council

Insurance covering wildfires remains widely available in Canada, but the cost of that coverage could continue to rise: Insurance Bureau

The innovation comes as careless disposal of batteries from gadgets, like smartphones, has become an acute fire hazard for recycling centres

By using ancient data points, like ice cores, scientists have established that our climate is likely warmer than it has been in 120,000 years

More than 100,000 people have been told to flee their homes in the face of fires and violent winds that have gusted up to 160 km per hour

Some 30 per cent of decapods — such as shrimps, crabs and crayfish — were at risk of extinction, compared with 26 per cent of fish