B.C. Climate News: Flooding evacuations in Cache Creek | Alberta braces for more wildfires | Vietnam records highest-ever temperature of 44.1 C:

Breadcrumb Trail Links News National Local News Here’s your weekly roundup of climate change news for the week of May 8 to May 14, 2023. The village of Cache Creek, shown in a handout photo, is maintaining a state of…

No flying or less meat? The sacrifices Europeans will – and won’t – make to help the climate – Euronews

Two-thirds of Germans are willing to make personal sacrifices to protect the planet from climate change, according to a new survey. The poll, carried out by YouGov on behalf of newspaper Welt am Sonntag, revealed what people in the country…

Colonialism Created Food Insecurity in Haiti, Now Climate Change Compounds It – Truthout

As the planet faces more climate-driven disasters, we must prioritize the safety and wellbeing of populations most vulnerable to their effects. Extreme heat, droughts, floods and storms are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide while human industry, resource extraction, consumption…

‘Help us fight’: California farmers ask for more aid after deadly storms

As a series of deadly storms whipped through California’s wine country, liquefying fields and turning vineyards into wading pools, thousands of farm workers in the region were forced to stay home. Though the power has been long since restored and…

‘Not much time left’: Salt Lake City’s mayor on the Great Lake drying up

Erin Mendenhall was once an environmental activist, campaigning for clean air. Now, in a fitting but grim twist, she is the mayor of a fast-growing US city that faces being enveloped by a huge toxic cloud of dust. Mendenhall, who…

Climate Change is Driving Millions to the Precipice of a ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’ – InsideClimate News

Photography by Larry C. Price This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. TORICHA, Kenya—If there’s a ring around the sun, it will rain. If the gude bird sings in descending notes, the skies will open. If vultures…

To Cut Neighbors’ Fuel Costs ‘Baker Ed’ Revived Tradition of a Village Oven – Baking People’s Pies for Free

A baker in the English town of Guisborough, pop. 17k or thereabouts, is reviving an ancient tradition to help his neighbors endure high energy costs. Thousands of years ago, societies built one oven in town where everyone went to bake their bread, and now Ed Hamilton-Trewhitt from Brickyard Bakery is offering to bake Christmas cakes […]

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New Rooftop CO2 Ventilators Funnel Fumes into Fertilizer that Makes Spinach Grow 4x Bigger in Roof Gardens

New carbon dioxide ventilators could turn fumes into fertilizer to bring vegetable patches to high rise rooftops, suggests a new study. It wasn’t just suggested, the study included an experiment that found spinach by the new air vents grew four-times larger than the other plants. The breakthrough is a promising development for healthier city life, […]

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WBUR: ‘Eating Local’ Has No Impact On Climate Change

A search of Google news today turned up a story by Boston’s NPR affiliate, WBUR, that explains “eating local”, meaning moving to the increased consumption of locally grown food, at best has a limited impact on carbon dioxide emissions, and…

Jim Stiles: Vermont must adapt to climate change while also cutting emissions – vtdigger.org

This commentary is by Jim Stiles of St. Albans, who is mostly retired, but still works part time distributing local food products in northwestern Vermont, helps to craft weatherization policy, conducts small-scale research on high-quality compost, and is assisting in…