Every January, along with the new year come scads of predictions about what lies ahead.  This year, device fatigue is rampant, savvy consumers aren’t swayed by novelty and the so-called “techlash” against big tech companies like Facebook and Google is in full force. And with climate change and increasing natural disasters, people are starting to question the carbon footprint of…

As wildfires that have already claimed the lives of at least 26 people and billions more animals continue to rage across Australia, health experts say the toxic smoke is also a big cause for concern.  Wildfire smoke poses two major threats to health: lung aggravation and toxicity. When materials such as plastics burn, hard metals…

Canada’s two newest astronauts, Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and Joshua Kutryk, graduate today from NASA’s astronaut basic training, making them officially eligible for space flight — and to possibly become the first Canadians on the moon. Canadian Space Agency astronauts Sidey-Gibbons, who is from Calgary, and Kutryk, who is from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., have spent two years in…

Hello, people! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. (Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.) This week: E-bikes, not electric cars, may hold the key to greener transit Wildfires aren’t the only thing heating up Australia Algae:…

Oilsands producer Cenovus Energy says it’s aiming to achieve “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — and reclaim hundreds of decommissioned wells sites — as part of new sustainability targets announced Thursday. The move comes amid growing scrutiny of Canada’s oilpatch and its environmental legacy, from green organizations and also investors. Calgary-based Cenovus says its plan…

NASA is opening an independent investigation with Boeing over a software glitch that prevented its unmanned astronaut capsule from reaching the International Space Station in December, the agency said on Tuesday. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner astronaut capsule had a successful launch for its first unmanned test mission, but what has been described as an automated timer…