Tag Archives: climate change
'Short corn' could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate
WYOMING, Iowa (AP) - Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly every...
Jon Troth Sep 23, 2024

Thousands still out of homes in Saskatchewan and Manitoba due to wildfires
Nearly 3,800 people from First Nations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba remain out of their homes due to nearby wildfires. A wildfire burns near Oxford House, Man., in a Aug. 13, 2024 handout photo. The C...
Harvard Media Aug 27, 2024
Emissions cap not possible without oil, gas production cuts: Deloitte
Canadian oil and gas companies facing a federally imposed emissions cap will decide to cut their production rather than invest in too-expensive carbon capture and storage technology, a new report by D...
Harvard Media Jun 19, 2024
Trudeau says Saskatchewan to get carbon rebates despite province not paying levies
Justin Trudeau says residents in Saskatchewan will continue to get carbon rebates while the province says it's not worried by the prime minister's push to get the Canada Revenue Agency to co...
Jon Troth Apr 24, 2024
FCC AgriSpirit Fund open for applications from rural communities and organizations
Community-based organizations and rural communities across Canada needing to fund a project can apply to Farm Credit Canada's AgriSpirit Fund. $1.5-million is available for registered charities, non-p...
Harvard Media Apr 23, 2024

Major water users in southern Alberta agree to curb consumption in face of drought
More than three dozen major water users in southern Alberta have agreed to voluntarily curb their consumption if there's a severe drought this spring or summer. The province announced Friday tha...
Harvard Media Apr 19, 2024
Why climate change on the farm means a big bill for Canadian taxpayers
To get an idea of the financial toll extreme weather is taking on this country's agriculture industry, look no further than the government of Saskatchewan's books. The prairie province had forecast a ...
Harvard Media Apr 04, 2024

'It just needs to stop': Carbon price protesters slow traffic on Trans-Canada Highway
Horns blared along the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary on Monday as a protest against the hike in the federal carbon price slowed traffic to a crawl. Hundreds of protesters, many waving Canadian ...
Harvard Media Apr 01, 2024
Carbon pricing 101: What today's increase could mean for you
The national price on pollution will rise by $15 per tonne today. Here's some questions answered about what this could mean for you. Who pays the carbon price? Canada has two different carbon pricing ...
Harvard Media Apr 01, 2024

Trudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn't pitch better ideas
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fight climat...
Harvard Media Mar 27, 2024