Muskrat inquiry hears more testimony that Nalcor ignored expert advice | CBC News
That was one of the highlights Monday of testimony by Keith Dodson, co-owner of Texas-based Westney Consulting Group, at the Muskrat Falls inquiry as hearings began for a second week in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. #nlpoli
Lawyers for Ecojustice, the petroleum board and the company appeared in the provincial Supreme Court on Monday. #nlpoli
“Not only are the people who live in
the world’s poorest countries most vulnerable to climate change, but
they are also the least equipped to address its increasing impacts,”
said CARE climate change lead Sven Harmeling. “Media must not turn a
blind eye to such crises and the role of climate change.”
Air pollution cost Canadians $36B in 2015 due to premature death and illness | CBC News
Air pollution cost Canadian families an estimated $36 billion in 2015 due to premature death and illness, a new research report says.
The report, Costs of Pollution in Canada, is a compilation of scientific data on all aspects of pollution, from smog to oil spills and fertilizer use.
Climate change ’cause of most under-reported humanitarian crises’
Whole populations were affected by food crises in countries ravaged by by drought and hurricanes such as Ethiopia and Haiti, yet neither crisis generated more than 1,000 global news stories each.
In Madagascar,
more than a million people went hungry as corn, cassava and rice fields
withered under drought and severe El Niño conditions. Almost half the
country’s children have been stunted, but their suffering sparked few
headlines.