Firefighters are being extra cautious when they work to cut people free from wrecked vehicles these days because of the dangers found in electric cars. Electric vehicles have high-voltage cables that run through them and a high-powered battery. Piercing either one could cause serious injury or even death, according to Tesla’s emergency first responder guide. “That’s the…

Just before midnight on July 10, 2016, Master Cpl. Daniel Boyd of the Canadian military police spotted something suspicious. He was on duty at Canadian Forces Base North Bay, about 350 kilometers north of Toronto. In the darkness, two men in a van driving near the edge of the base made a U-turn and headed deeper…

As Australia battles wildfires that have razed more than 40,000 square kilometres across five states, volunteers are trying to save wild animals caught in the inferno. Australia’s bushland is home to a range of Indigenous fauna, including kangaroos, koalas, wallabies, possums, wombats and echidnas. Officials fear 30 per cent of one koala colony on the country’s…

Think algae is just that stinky gunk that litters some lakeshores? It’s so much more, according to Steve Martin and his team at Pond Technologies. “I’m the guy who has the crazy idea that we can grow algae off of the industrial emissions and help to save the world,” Martin said, as he was standing inside…

Just before Christmas, two Australian firefighters died battling a blaze spurred by record high temperatures that have swept the country — just as the government was celebrating rising coal exports. For people trying to take action against climate change in 2020, it is easy to be dispirited by the fact that rich countries such as Australia, Canada and…

Somewhere in west Texas, amid one of the most productive oilfields in the continent, a Canadian company is building a plant that it hopes will eventually suck from the air a million tonnes of carbon that is pumped out of the ground all around it. Carbon Engineering’s groundbreaking plant is one of many projects hoping…