In recent years, everyday lives of many women in India have changed with LPG making cooking healthier and faster. However, nearly 50% of women in rural areas still don’t have access to this clean cooking source.
In Toronto, executives from some of Canada’s biggest oil companies were sitting across the table from environmental leaders, academics, Indigenous leaders and government officials, hoping to find a way to bridge the Grand Canyon-sized divide.
It’s no magic bullet, but aluminum sulphate can significantly reduce toxic algal blooms in lakes, American scientist John Holz told conservationists at a Winnipeg conference on December 3.
When it came to negotiating a climate deal at COP25 in Madrid last week, there was no agreement on the main issue — but that’s not why Ta’Kaiya Blaney was disappointed.
The prime minister has tasked Finance Minister Bill Morneau to finish a report on a list of federal fossil fuel subsidies, although environmentalists worry that efforts to eventually phase out such measures are hitting roadblocks.