Eleanor Catton is among the five North American authors shortlisted for the second iteration of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The $150,000 USD ($203,971.50 Cdn) prize recognizes the best fiction book by a woman or non-binary writer from the U.S. and Canada. It is presently the largest international literary prize for women writers. Each of the four remaining finalists will … Read more
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested at a climate protest in The Hague, Netherlands Saturday. Thunberg was one of the dozens of people who police detained when in the process of removing protestors who were obstructing part of a road in The Hague, The Associated Press reported. She was spotted flashing a sign for victory … Read more
A privately funded satellite is set to push methane tracking into a new era, once it launches into space on Monday. A collaborative mission between Environmental Defense Fund, Google, the Government of New Zealand and several other partners, MethaneSAT will track methane emissions around the globe in attempts to identify and quantify sources spewing the climate-heating greenhouse gas. For 20 … Read more
In recent years, there has been an influx of online fast-fashion retailers, including Shein and Temu. According to more than 10 fast-fashion industry sources, the polluting e-commerce brands have upended the global air cargo industry, increasingly using limited air cargo space to attract more consumers with rapid transit and delivery times. An investigation, which sourced … Read more
A Vancouver non-profit is calling on Canada’s competition regulator to launch a greenwashing investigation into Lululemon — saying the athleisure brand is misleading consumers about its environmental practices. The complaint, which was filed by the organization Stand.earth last Thursday, says Lululemon’s Be Planet sustainability campaign from 2020, in which the company said it would work to reduce its greenhouse gas … Read more
In a stark revelation that underscores the escalating urgency of addressing climate change, scientists confirm that the world has now endured a year-long breach of the critical 1.5°C warming limit, marking an unprecedented milestone in the battle against global temperature rise. The 1.5°C threshold was established as a crucial target by the Paris Agreement, a … Read more
Last year, global temperatures increased to roughly 1.2 degrees Celsius – almost reaching the internationally agreed-upon global warming limit that currently stands at 1.5 degrees Celsius. Climate experts have warned that if the global temperature were to surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius, the world would see worsening weather extremes and irreversible effects of climate change. Since … Read more
It’s come to this. With Earth at its hottest point in history, and humans doing far from enough to stop its overheating, a small but growing number of astronomers and physicists are proposing a potential fix that could have leaped from the pages of science fiction: the equivalent of a giant beach umbrella, floating in … Read more
The Amazon rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth”, is grappling with a devastating drought that threatens not only its diverse ecosystems but also the global climate balance. This alarming phenomenon is indicative of the severe consequences of climate change, underscoring the urgent need for international cooperation to address the environmental challenges … Read more
The Current16:20Huge ancient city discovered in Amazon “Wow” was all archaeologist Stéphen Rostain could say when LiDAR (light detection and ranging) laser technology revealed several ancient cities hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest. “It’s a gift for an archaeologist,” he told The Current‘s Matt Galloway. Using the laser-scanning technology, researchers have uncovered a complex network of … Read more
