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Nova Scotia

Climate change is hard on our lungs. New research aims to help Nova Scotians prepare

As Nova Scotians grapple with the growing effects of climate change, new research is attempting to help clarify how those…

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Business

Jasper wildfire latest disaster in climate claim deluge facing Canada’s insurance sector

Hotter summers in Canada that have sparked wildfires in tourist areas, intense hailstorms and thunderstorms with severe flooding in major…

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Tech

Brazil is on fire, and both crime and climate change are to blame

As It Happens6:32Brazil is on fire, and both crime and climate change are to blame As Cristiane Mazzetti flew over…

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Tech

Could climate change cause more lightning — and spark more wildfires?

Lightning could strike in Canada more often due to the effects of climate change — and amid concerns of drought,…

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Tech

How climate change could affect death investigations

In the first episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, fictional entomologist Gil Grissom arrived at a crime scene and used…

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Tech

Turning wool into pellets could keep fibre from going to waste — and help farmers weather a changing climate

In a former juice processing plant in Port Williams, a cluster of machines whir and hum as they process piles of wool. For…

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Canada

Climate change is pushing wildfires closer to urban areas. Firefighters say they’re not prepared

Firefighter Joe Triff thinks back to last year’s devastating wildfires, which forced thousands to evacuate Halifax’s suburbs and then reduced more than…

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Politics

The threat of climate change demands something more than thoughts, prayers and excuses

As another Canadian summer brings another round of natural disasters — wildfires in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Newfoundland, flooding in…

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Nova Scotia

Members of Nova Scotia’s first youth climate council offer mixed opinions

A photo of Nova Scotia’s environment minister and 13 smiling young people fills the front page of a document titled…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia’s rivers still suffer from acid rain. Restoring them could also help the climate

On the shore of a narrow river in Pictou County, research scientist and CarbonRun chief technical officer Eddie Halfyard inspects the interior…

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