Damned if you do: the thorny decision to remove hydro dams
Dealing with only one side of an issue – whether it’s migrating fish or electric cars – can generate more problems than it solves…
Firefighters who fought Fort McMurray wildfire suffer persistent lung damage
Risk of asthma is more than doubled, says researcher who used the same parameters as a study on 9-11 first responders…
Canada’s clean energy future must include nuclear
Ignoring its potential as a fast track to adapting away from greenhouse gas-emitting technologies and resources would be a missed opportunity…
My close and unforgettable encounters with wolves
The wolf came within 25 metres and stared at me as if looking through me. It then trotted back into the bush, satisfied that I was neither tasty nor a threat…
Robbing Peter to pay Paul with energy subsidies?
There is no subsidy pot of gold going to oil and gas companies that can be diverted to renewable energy ventures. Instead, green subsidies must come from taxpayers…
ConnecTour Chronicles: Out of the blue, an army on the prowl
The bees came at us like a fleet of enemy fighter planes. ‘They started just hitting me. It was kind of like a cloud of bees’…
Switching to electric vehicles won’t avert climate change
It’s time to get government fingers off the steering wheels of our automotive sector and let people choose the transportation pathway they feel is best for their lives…
Student discovers threatened beetle is actually two separate subspecies
Discovery means the nationally threatened Gibson’s big sand tiger beetle is more at risk than previously thought…
Preventing transmission of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer
Discovery of protein variant may reduce spread of the highly contagious and fatal neurological disease…
The nasty ways insects inflict damage on humans
Only the female mosquito seeks a blood meal. She needs to penetrate the skin of warm-blooded mammals to get her meals…