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Earth breaks another record for hottest summer

Sep 6, 2024 | nationalobserver.com | Seth Borenstein |Seth Klein

Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth's hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday. And if this sounds familiar, that's because the records the globe shattered were set just last year as human-caused climate change, with a temporary boost from an El Nino, keeps dialing up temperatures and extreme weather, scientists said.
Scientists want to build a ‘doomsday’ vault on the moon

Sep 5, 2024 | nationalobserver.com | Seth Klein |Ayurella Horn-Muller |Syris Valentine

This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaborationIn the fall of 2016, soaring temperatures caused the permafrost encasing a remote Norwegian mountainside to thaw. An ensuing flood breached the entrance tunnel of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built into the mountain as a fortress to safeguard the world’s seeds.
What do you do if The Really Big One strikes on your vacation?

Sep 4, 2024 | nationalobserver.com | Oshan Jarow |Seth Klein

This story was originally published by Vox and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaborationEarlier this year, projections from UN Tourism put international travel on track to recover to pre-pandemic levels — putting a swell of tourism on a collision course with the increasing danger of climate disasters, from wildfires ripping through Greece to megaquake warnings in southern Japan.
Daybreak South with Chris Walker

Jun 3, 2024 | cbc.ca | Seth Klein

Daybreak South is CBC Radio One's current affairs morning show covering the Southern Interior of British Columbia, based in Kelowna. We bring listeners the latest news, weather and road information.
Most People in BC Are Ready to Get New Buildings off Gas: Poll

Mar 29, 2024 | thetyee.ca | Seth Klein

As the province prepares for what most expect will be a very challenging summer of fires and drought, much of the public has come to understand that the climate emergency is upon us. Luckily, the solutions are at hand too. A key piece of climate emergency action is getting fossil gas — more commonly and misleadingly known as “natural” gas — out of buildings. But we need to pick up the pace. And done right, electrifying our homes can also improve affordability.
Opinion: After a disastrous summer, make climate a priority

Dec 4, 2023 | squamishchief.com | Tracey Saxby |Stewart Phillip |Melissa Lem |John Stephens |Seth Klein

Last month, the B.C. Climate Emergency Campaign released its second annual Climate Action Progress Report. The key message? B.C. is not on track to meet its climate targets. This is not surprising, given that the province has never met its climate targets.
Poll results show a youth climate corps would be a political winner, and a path to a real mobilization — Climate Emergency Unit

Nov 17, 2023 | climateemergencyunit.ca | Seth Klein

Full poll results are available here and include results broken down by region, age, gender and political voting intention. The online poll surveyed 2,200 adults in Canada between Oct. 27 and Nov. 1. "Support for a Youth Climate Corps crosses demographic, regional and political lines," said David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.
Reflections on a burning summer and the precarious terrain between hope and despair

Sep 8, 2023 | nationalobserver.com | Seth Klein

Sometimes, in the eye of a storm, it can be hard to tell when the winds have shifted. Victories often don’t occur in a clear-cut timeline, nor can they always be pinpointed to a specific event. Darkest before the dawn, as they say. When we look back at this time, maybe — just maybe — the spring and summer of 2023 will be remembered as a pivot period. Maybe I’m grasping here as we come to the end of this summer of devastating events.
Crisis, what crisis? We need a climate emergency information agency — Climate Emergency Unit

Feb 25, 2023 | climateemergencyunit.ca | Seth Klein

[The following piece originally appeared in Canada’s National Observer here.]“Addressing climate change means fixing the way we produce energy. But maybe it also means addressing the problems with the way we produce stories.”— writer Rebecca SolnitA question for you, dear reader: When you reflect on the climate communications you hear and see from our federal and provincial governments, does any of it seem like an emergency to you? Nope, me neither. And that’s a problem.