The devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic Maui town of Lahaina in Hawaii was still making headlines when the Northwest Territories issued an evacuation order for Yellowknife and British Columbia declared a provincewide state of emergency.
to become more proactive in both mitigating and preparing for the impacts of climate change.
An Aug. 14 pivotal ruling from the Montana First Judicial District Court sided with a group of youth who claimed that the State of Montana violated their right to a healthy environment. A similar case brought by seven youth against the Ontario government after the province reduced its greenhouse gas reduction targets has also been heralded as groundbreaking.
As the number of such court cases grow, governments and corporations will need to do more to both protect their citizens from the impacts of climate change, and to aggressively decarbonize energy systems. I wouldn't be surprised if the Alberta government is next to be taken to court by youth after Premier Danielle Smith's outrageous economic and environmentalWhile attention is currently turned to the evacuation of Yellowknife, it's sobering to remind ourselves that they are not alone. The village of Lytton, burnt to the ground just two years ago, has been
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