City officials have launched Toronto’s largest and most significant storm water management program — the Don River and Central Waterfront and Connected Project — which will halt the flow of sewage into Lake Ontario and clean up waterways. The first phase of the five-phase project — the Coxwell Bypass Tunnel — will see a 10.5 kilometre…

One of the great environmental success stories of the last century was the 1987 Montreal Protocol. And according to new research from Australia, we now know it not only saved the ozone layer, but it also saved us from significant climate change. “Without [the Montreal Protocol], we would have had at least a quarter more global…

Teen phenom Billie Eilish is planning an eco-friendly world tour for 2020. Coldplay, no stranger to rocking an arena, is hitting pause on touring as the band searches for a greener way.  Meanwhile, trip-hoppers Massive Attack are prepping a “super-low carbon” gig and teaming up with climate scientists to study the environmental impact of touring in hopes…

As you approach the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest, the usual sights come into focus: cranes, barges, shipping containers, seagulls. But down a busy industrial road toward the water, something surprising appears on the horizon: cows. Thirty-five Dutch Meuse-Rhine-Issel cows, to be exact.  “Because of global warming, the world is sinking and shrinking,” said Peter…

Six human figures with animal characteristics confront an animal called an anoa in a cave painting in Indonesia dating back to nearly 44,000 years. It’s believed to be the oldest record of storytelling in the world. (Indonesia’s National Research Centre for Archaeology/Griffith University/Handout via Reuters) A cave painting found on Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi, depicting…

George Kourounis and his wife Michelle were married atop an erupting Mount Yasur in Vanuatu in 2006.  As they exchanged wedding vows, video captured steam and rock being blown out from the volcano’s lake of lava below — and not that far off in the distance. In light of the recent tragedy in New Zealand, where a…