In early July of last year, China imported the most coal that it has imported in about 4.5 years. This comes as a shock to the rest of the world as efforts worldwide have gone to lower the use of harmful fossil fuels. That is fossil fuels most obviously like coal. Not only is this …
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Water You Doing for Earth Day?
Are you going to turn off the lights in your house for an hour? Will you try to use fewer plastics, just for a day? Or will you get involved and start your own initiative to add to the contributions of millions worldwide? Do whatever you choose. But, if you feel that you are unable …
Our Battle With Climate Change Just Became More Real
When people come together to support a cause, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Lines and lines of people protesting for a cause? Marching up to a Town Hall to demand action? How about a giant inflatable Earth tossed around in the streets? Well, maybe not that last part. In Australia, thousands and …
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Evolution: the struggle against extinction
Charles Darwin is considered to be the “founding father of evolution,” and much of his work has enabled present-day scientists to study evolution. Darwin’s work offered insight into how cumulative selection pressures can lead to the natural selection of more useful traits over a given period of time. Being in the right place with the …
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Catching fires in California
While we might be on the tail end of this recent headliner, it is with no doubt that California (and the rest of the world) has witnessed one of the worst wildfires in its history. What started out as a rage of flames out on our West Coast in British Columbia was followed by a …
Canada’s pipelines: praiseworthy or pitiful?
What’s up with Canada’s pipelines? Or should I be saying what’s been going down with the whole situation? In all seriousness, this battle is one that has divided Canadian people on so many different levels. Many beliefs and values have become evident and its quite nearly impossible to dismiss any one system of beliefs. First, we …
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2040 is on its way and fast
Sometimes a step in the right direction is enough initiative to get the ball rolling. Other times it may be well regarded, but the part where words turn into actions might have come a little too late. This could very well be an excellent example of our climate change situation. Will our efforts ever be …
Hurricane ‘Flo’ on the go
We aren’t talking about Florence, Italy are we? Nope, Hurricane Florence is what’s on everyone’s minds, at least it has been for the past couple of weeks. Even though now we may be seeing the tail-end of the catastrophic storm, there’s no saying that the violent winds and surging water levels didn’t leave a lasting indent …
Look no further than water for plastic fibres
Now we find ourselves facing a new issue at hand. Polluted waters are one crucial issue, but it becomes even more detrimental for our lives when we could see and be living proof of the effects of it. Not only will it affect our lives but it could introduce all sorts of new diseases spearheaded …
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Say hello to a tax and goodbye to greenhouse gases
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) have people of recent generations worried about the health of our planet. Almost every week, we hear about contributions that political leaders of countries try to make to address the daunting elephant in the room. But as our world continues along its current path, the thought of operating without any emissions seems quite …
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