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Reasons You Should Paint Your Barn Roofs
When you plan to take care of your old barn, it’s most important to care for the barn roof. It is the most crucial part of any barn structure as it shelters the barn from […]
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Why green hydrogen — but not grey — could help solve climate change
What if you could drive your car for 1,000 kilometres on a single tank of fuel and with zero emissions? That is just one example of what is possible in a hydrogen economy. After decades of development, […]
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Fish farms transmit viruses to endangered wild Pacific salmon, new evidence shows
Pacific salmon are foundation species to British Columbia’s coastal ecosystem, and have been a key source of nutrients and energy to some of Canada’s most iconic species, including bears and killer whales, for thousands of […]
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Fact or fiction: Debunking 4 common myths about ticks
Blooming flowers, chirping birds and long-awaited rays of sunshine: The first signs of spring are often greeted with joy. But soon comes the realization that with warm weather comes ticks. With the climate warming, diseases […]
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Canada has 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater reserves — this is how to protect it
The federal government has been working since 2020 to create a Canadian agency dedicated to water management across the country. Public consultations ended on March 1, and the Indigenous engagement process will continue throughout 2021. But […]
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Tip of the iceberg: The true state of drinking water advisories in First Nations
Indigenous Services Canada has announced it won’t end long-term advisories until 2023 at the earliest. In 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to ending all long-term drinking water advisories by March 2021. When that deadline passed, the government recommitted to […]
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Hydrogen is one future fuel oil execs and environmentalists could both support as rival countries search for climate solutions
Tehran, 1943: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill – hosted by the young Shah Reza Pahlavi – agree on plans for the two-front attack on Hitler while sketching out the east-west division of Europe. Holding […]
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Scientists need to become better communicators, but it’s hard to measure whether training works
Science is essential to solving many of society’s biggest problems, but it doesn’t always find a receptive audience. Today, when curbing COVID-19 requires hundreds of millions of Americans to get vaccinated, it’s more urgent than […]
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Why corporate climate pledges of ‘net-zero’ emissions should trigger a healthy dose of skepticism
Hundreds of companies, including major emitters like United Airlines, BP and Shell, have pledged to reduce their impact on climate change and reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. These plans sound ambitious, but what does it actually take to […]