Switching just some of the huge subsidies supporting fossil fuels to renewables would unleash a runaway clean energy revolution, according to a new report, significantly cutting the carbon emissions that are driving the climate crisis.
Ontario spent nearly $700 million to subsidize fossil fuel consumption and production over the last year, according to a new study.
For the past three summers, scientists have been studying deliberate spills to find out more about how oil affects lakes in boreal regions, forested landscapes that stretch across northern Canada, Russia and Alaska.
Controlled leaks of Alberta bitumen in the Ontario wilderness are teaching scientists how big petrochemical disasters behave and how to clean up after them – insights that are needed now more than ever.