Geography in the NEWS:
1. France makes it illegal to throw away unsold food - should we?
2. Biodiversity: What is a mass extinction and are we causing one?
3. Humans want to mine the moon: Here are the rules.
4. The rush to electric cars may be a mistake.
5. E-Waste - What about a common phone charger
6. Are Electric Vehicles Good? Is there a plan for the waste they create?
7. How do E vehicles perform in the cold?
8. Electric Vehicles promise environmental wins, But could there be an environmental cost?
9. Earth's inner core may have stopped turning and could go into reverse, study suggests
10. Climate change: Invest in technology that removes CO2 - report
11. India's plastic problem: No easy fix for trash mountains that provide profit and pain
12. What is climate change? A really simple guide
13. Islanders with an eye on future generations push P.E.I. candidates for climate change action
14. Pay-as-you-throw fees and 4 more ways to reduce waste
Unit One:
1. Satellites Survey the Planet's Available Water
2. Glaciers in Canada Disappearing Fast
3. Ozone Layer may be restored in Decades
4. Will We Ever Be Able to Predict Earthquakes?
5. Turkey Earthquake Fault Lines Mapped from Space
6. Antarctic Expedition Gets Up an Personal with a Melting Glacier
7. Study reveals global algae blooms are growing, and warming waters may be to blame
8. Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks
9. What is the UN High Seas Treaty and why is it needed?
10. Oceans littered with 171 trillion plastic pieces
12. The epic quest to build a permanent Moon base
13. Grasslands store tons of carbon — and there's a movement to protect them
Unit Two: Sustainability and Natural Resources
1. Human Development Index Data for each Country
2. Sustainability Goals as Set out by the United Nations
3. Rapidly Melting Permafrost... Problem?
4. COP15 - Reach a Deal for the Environment
5. Dealing with the Problem of Plastic
6. Single Use Plastics are now Banned in Canada
7. India overtakes China as the most populous country
8. Japan to release radioactive water into the ocean
9. Oil Giant Predicted Climate Change in the 1970s
10. Pollution Causing Harmful Agal Blooms
11. 2022 the 4th or 5th Warmest in History
12. Federal plastics ban creates unintended consequences for compostable alternatives
13. U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber 'unjustified': B.C. ministers
14. Brazil Sinks Rusting Aircraft Carrier
15. The Race Across Europe to Build Greener Steel Plants
16. Big Oil Walks Back on Climate Pledges after Most Profitable Year.
17. Your Toilet Paper may be cut from and important Canadian Forrest.
18. Giving New Life to Oil Waste
19. State of the oilpatch: Plentiful profits, pricey fuel, and a climate crisis
20. Where do 'forever chemicals' in drinking water come from?
21. Federal, Alberta governments to study public notice process around oilsands tailings leak
22. UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster
23. Guilbeault calls for stronger links with Alberta on oilsands tailings ponds issues
24. N.W.T. diamond mine reports spill of 450 million litres of wastewater
25. UN warns against 'vampiric' global water use
26. Ending sewage dumping will mean higher water bills - report
27. Ottawa says it's making Canada's largest ever investment in protecting fresh water
28. Canada is sitting on a critical minerals motherlode. But is it ready for the new gold rush?
29. Climate change: Fossil fuel emissions from electricity set to fall
30. The plan to make a giant hot water bottle underground
31. Nearly 6 million litres of water from oilsands sediment pond released into Athabasca River
32. India to have more people than China by mid-2023, UN says
33. Life on the Great Garbage Patch in the Pacific.
34. Accelerating melt of ice sheets now 'unmistakable'
35. This is how much sea level rise has sped up, UN agency reports
36. Kids with climate anxiety better strap in, because it's going to be a bumpy ride
37. Dead wildlife found at oilsands tailings pond in northern Alberta
38. Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists
39. Climate change: Satellite maps warming impact on global glaciers
40. Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic?
41. Winnipeg councillors consider retrofits for city buildings to cut greenhouse gas emissions
43. Renewable energy projects worth billions stuck on hold
44. Australia government approves first new coal mine since elected
45. Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time
46. Lithium, coined the "new oil," is shifting global markets.
47. The heat may come, but backyard pools won't be refilled in northeastern Spain this summer
48. The growing pressure to deal with the growing crisis of mining pollution.
49. Raw Sewage Spills in England.
50. What Does a 1.5˚C Temperature Rise in Temperature Mean for Canada?
51. Global Warming Set to Break Key 1.5˚ Limit For First Time
52. Demand for battery minerals is increasing — how can we keep up?
53. 'Come get me': Premier defends Sask. coal power supply past 2030 despite federal law
54. "Forever" chemicals found in Canadian's Blood Samples
55. Denmark is getting off fossil fuels. Are there lessons there for Canada?
56. Rise in extreme wildfires linked directly to emissions from oil companies in new study
57. El Niño is on our doorstep, but not all are created equal. Wheat does it mean for Canada?
58. What microplastics are doing to seabirds could tell us about their effect on humans
59. G20 countries are fuelling 'modern slavery,' report says
60. Sinking boats and dumping Concrete to save fish
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