September 9, 2024

South America’s rivers hit record lows as Brazil drought impact spreads

By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott – Reuters ASUNCION, Sept 9 (Reuters) – South America’s Paraguay […]
September 8, 2024

The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change

By James Dinneen – NewScientist Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east […]
September 7, 2024

The Brutal Economics of Reaching Net Zero

By J.B. MacKinnon – Bloomberg Last year, at the 28th annual United Nations Climate […]
August 31, 2024

‘Closer than people think’: Woolly mammoth ‘de-extinction’ is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next

By Sascha Pare – LiveScience For about seven minutes in 2003, scientists reversed extinction. […]
August 30, 2024
Planet earth

Mass extinction

From Business Today ‘Happening again’: Mass extinction happened when Earth’s rotation slowed dramatically, […]
August 27, 2024

Tropical Atlantic mixing rewrites climate pattern rules

From Phys Org The churning of the upper ocean in the tropics of […]
August 27, 2024

‘Powerful solar flares’ heading for Earth will make people ‘feel unwell’, says boffin

By Leigh Mcmanus – Star News Meteorologist Mikhail Leus said that the flares […]
August 18, 2024

The 9 Oldest, Tallest, and Biggest Trees in the World

By Meaghan Weeden – One Tree Planted Trees are some of the most […]
August 18, 2024

New research shows unprecedented atmospheric changes during May’s geomagnetic superstorm

From Virginia Tech On May 11, a gorgeous aurora surprised stargazers across the southern […]
August 9, 2024

B.C. landslide surge roars down Fraser River into Lower Mainland

By Dirk Meissner – CBC A landslide last week in Farwell Canyon, south […]
August 9, 2024

China auto market hits milestone as EVs, hybrids make up half of July sales

By Reuters Half of all vehicles sold in China in July were either new […]
August 7, 2024

Hurricanes Debby and Beryl Show How Hot Oceans Fuel a Deadly Storm Season

By Jack Wittels, Rachael Dottle and Brian K Sullivan – Bloomberg Weeks before the […]
August 4, 2024

Electric Cable Companies Are Making a Killing From Green Energy

By Will Mathis and Eamon Farhat – Bloomberg Advances in technology—including renewable power and electric ­vehicles—face […]
July 22, 2024

The Myth of Plastic Recycling

By George Rockall-Schmidt You consume on average a credit card’s worth of plastic […]
July 21, 2024

Combustion Going Bust: Global Phase-outs of Gasoline Cars

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista As of 2024, 60 countries and territories around […]
July 20, 2024

Scientists achieve breakthrough with plastic that completely decomposes in 2 months: ‘A new type of bioplastic’

By Rick Kazmer -T he Cool Down A plastic alternative being developed in Denmark, made from barley starch […]
July 9, 2024

2024 Hurricane Season Predicted to be Particularly Active

By Anna Fleck – Statista The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has […]
July 3, 2024

AMOC collapse — a coming climate catastrophe – Richard Mills

2024.06.29 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large system of water […]
June 26, 2024

AMOC Collapse is Closer than Expected: The Consequences

By Simone Fant – From Renewable Matter The Atlantic Current circulation is getting closer […]
June 23, 2024

Early-summer heat dome bakes Eastern Canada and the US – Richard Mills

2024.06.21 Thursday marks the first day of summer, but depending on where you […]
June 23, 2024

The exponential growth of solar power will change the world

From The Economist To call solar power’s rise exponential is not hyperbole, but […]
June 21, 2024

Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins

By Gloria Dickie – Reuters Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as […]
June 16, 2024

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

By Michael Copley – npr Just for a minute, think about how much of […]
June 3, 2024

Graphite One could benefit from tariff hike on Chinese EVs, battery parts – Richard Mills

2024.05.29 North American graphite producers got a boost earlier this month, with President […]
June 3, 2024

Graphite One CEO and President, Anthony Huston, Invited by President Biden to White House Investment and Job Creation Session; White House Sets 25% Tariff on Chinese Graphite

May 15, 2024 CEO to President Biden:  “Projects like Graphite One’s are important […]
June 2, 2024

Germany’s Scholz Lauds VW’s Move Into Cheap EVs As ‘Very Good’

By Petra Sorge – Bloomberg German Chancellor Olaf Scholz praised the move by Volkswagen […]
June 2, 2024

High-capacity iron-based cathodes for EV batteries are now a reality

From Mining.com Researchers at Canada’s McGill University published a couple of studies that […]
June 2, 2024

Gravity between Mars and Earth drives climate and currents

By Dave Adalian – Earth Sky
June 1, 2024

Cold, rainy weather likely won’t prevent droughts in Western Canada – Richard Mills

2024.05.30 Cooler temperatures and rain over the past two weeks are a welcome […]
May 28, 2024

The Slowdown in US Electric Vehicle Sales Looks More Like a Blip

By Tom Randall – Bloomberg For every sign of an EV slowdown, another suggests […]
May 28, 2024

China’s Cheap EVs Aren’t a Threat to Tesla, Ford, and GM. Here’s What Is.

By Al Root – Barron’s BYD’s Seagull doesn’t look all that threatening. It’s a […]
May 19, 2024

US runs out of copper – Richard Mills

2024-05-19 AOTH has been warning for 2 years this was going to happen […]
May 18, 2024

Electric Vehicle Subsidies as Complex and Costly as Ever

By David Williams – Real Clear Wire Electric vehicles (EVs) may be the most […]
May 16, 2024

Buying and selling water is a reality in Alberta

By Joel Dryden, Carla Turner – CBC During times of water scarcity, transfers of water […]
May 16, 2024

Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, study says

By Gloria Dickie – Reuters The intense northern hemisphere summer heat that drove wildfires […]
May 13, 2024

This is how climate change is impacting global copper mining

By Aparupa Devnath – India Times Rising demand for copper in clean-energy initiatives […]
May 12, 2024

Sun Fires ‘Solar Storm Train’ at Earth-Three Direct Hits for Weekend

By Jess Thomson – Newsweek A particularly volatile sunspot has sent a series of […]
May 8, 2024

For cities and towns trying to cut out plastic, here’s what’s worked and what hasn’t

By Emily Chung –  CBC News Global plastic consumption has quadrupled in the past […]
May 6, 2024

Worsening Weather Is Igniting a $25 Billion Market

By Sam Potter – Bloomberg As companies and investors come to grips with meteorological […]
April 30, 2024

Stagflation – Richard Mills

2024.04.27 Investors in stocks, bonds and commodities should be aware of the rate […]
April 27, 2024

What are microplastics doing to human health?

By Amina Zafar –  CBC News Plastic serves as a building block for our […]
April 25, 2024

Honda to invest $15B to build four new EV plants in Ontario

By Peter Zimonjic  – CBC News According to a government statement released to […]
April 25, 2024

Battery recycling shatters the myth of electric-vehicle waste

From Mining.com Making a battery for an electric vehicle typically requires mining hundreds […]
April 25, 2024

Don’t be gloomy about EV sales

Fen The Economist There are good reasons to expect demand to pick up. […]
April 23, 2024

As plastic treaty talks open, countries more divided than ever

By Valerie Volcovici – Reuters Countries are under pressure to make progress on a […]
April 23, 2024

Packaging Is the Biggest Driver of Global Plastics Use

By Felix Richter – Statista As our chart shows, global plastics use has increased […]
April 23, 2024

Solar panels are a thing of the past: home wind turbines for less than 200 dollars

By D. García – ECNews Traditional solar panels are being consigned to the past. In their […]
April 22, 2024

Which Countries Export & Import Plastic Waste?

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista This year’s Earth Day, held on April 22, has […]
April 16, 2024

How a US$10 billion mine became a cautionary tale for the energy transition

By Jacob Lorinc –  Bloomberg News When the group of mining executives arrived […]
April 2, 2024

The looming threat from Antarctica

From The Economist The arctic and Antarctic are, fittingly, polar opposites. The first […]
March 24, 2024

Where Water Stress Will Be Highest by 2050

By Martin Armstrong – Statista Water is not only the basis of life for […]
March 23, 2024

Graphite One to build graphite anode manufacturing plant in Ohio, on site previously used to stockpile critical minerals – Richard Mills

2024.03.22 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) plans to invest $435 million to build a […]
March 22, 2024

The plastic industry knowingly pushed recycling myth for decades, new report finds

By Ali Rogin PBS News The world produces an average of 430 million […]
March 20, 2024

Why the Plastic Problem Needs a Legally Binding Global Treaty

By Akshat Rathi – Bloomberg If all goes right, there will be a legally […]
March 19, 2024

Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns

By Laura Millan – Bloomberg All the major indicators of climate change smashed historic […]
March 15, 2024

Plastic pollution: a scourge with far-reaching consequences – Richard Mills

2024.03.14 Every day most of us contribute, several times, to the global plastic […]
March 13, 2024

Our dystopian future is already here – Richard Mills

2024.03.09 Global heat records keep getting smashed, as a combination of global warming […]
February 28, 2024

The Norwegian Illusion

From Goehring & Rozencwajg  Starting mid-point last decade, the investment community became convinced […]
February 23, 2024

A Bunch of New Research Puts This Winter’s Wild Weather In Frightening Context

By HENRY CARNELL – Mother Jones Since the start of 2024, countless scientific studies […]
February 16, 2024

Priority? Licence transfers? Here’s how Alberta’s water system works

By Taylor Lambert – CBC Alberta’s relationship with water has changed over the […]
February 15, 2024

Extreme Weather, Russia & Cyber Attacks Top Fears List

By Anna Fleck – Statista In the run up to the annual Munich […]
February 14, 2024

Shutdown of deep ocean current could cause extreme climate change as soon as 2025 – Richard Mills

2024-02-14 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large system of water […]
February 11, 2024

Drought across British Columbia could worsen this year

From The Weather Network Snow levels are 39 per cent below normal, according […]
February 9, 2024

California’s atmospheric rivers, explained

CBC Video A series of atmospheric rivers caused days of record-breaking rain over […]
February 7, 2024

The Scale of California’s Pineapple Express Phenomenon

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista A second atmospheric river rainstorm in a week is […]
January 24, 2024
Fresh water crisis unfolding

World groundwater levels showing ‘accelerated’ decline – study

By Reuters Groundwater levels across the world have shown widespread and “accelerated” decline […]
January 18, 2024

Scientists reveal how Greenland Ice Sheet has shrunk over past four decades

By Gloria Dickie – Reuters The Greenland Ice Sheet lost 5,091 sq km (1930 […]
January 14, 2024

Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using ‘land bridge’ for Oceania cargo

By Lori Ann LaRocco – CNBC In an advisory to clients, Maersk informed […]
January 12, 2024

Biden administration announces $623 million for new EV chargers across the nation

By Ella Nilsen, CNN fund 47 projects in 22 states and Puerto Rico – […]
January 10, 2024

High-grade results ‘bode well’ for Graphite One feasibility this year

By Blair McBride – Mining.com Graphite One (TSXV: GPH; US-OTC: GPHOF) says results […]
January 9, 2024

With El Nino boost, scientists say 2024 will be much worse than record-setting 2023 – Richard Mills

2024-01-09 If you thought 2023 was hot, just wait. Scientists are warning that […]
January 8, 2024

Scientists Are Already Bracing for Record-Breaking Heat in 2024

By Zahra Hirji, Olivia Rudgard, and Brian Kahn – Bloomberg If history is any guide, the second […]
January 4, 2024

Developing America’s largest graphite deposit coincides with major port expansion at critical juncture of the Bering Strait – Richard Mills

2024.01.04 America’s largest graphite resource, and one of the biggest in the world, says […]
January 3, 2024

Global Shipping’s Chokepoints

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista With more and more shipping companies extending full or […]
January 3, 2024

Saving the Panama Canal Will Take Years and Cost Billions, If It’s Even Possible

By Peter Millard and Michael D McDonald – Bloomberg The vestiges of an ancient forest tell […]
January 2, 2024

2023 Expected to Be Hottest Year on Record

By  Katharina Buchholz – Statista With full December data still outstanding, 2023 has […]
December 28, 2023

How One Company Plans To Disrupt the Single-Use Plastics Industry – interview with Richard Mills

By Streetwise Reports We recently sat down with Rick Mills of Ahead of the Herd to discuss […]
December 23, 2023

China aiming to tap US$23 trillion energy transition market – Richard Mills

2023.12.21 China, the world leader in electric vehicles and battery production, is moving […]
December 21, 2023

British Columbians will no longer be given single-use plastic cutlery and bags

By CBC News British Columbians will no longer be given single-use plastic cutlery […]
December 20, 2023

On average, electric vehicles are less reliable than other cars and trucks, Consumer Reports finds

By Tom Krisher –  The Associated Press Electric vehicles have proved far less reliable, […]
December 20, 2023

The Retreat of Glaciers in the 21st Century

By Anna Fleck – Statista A recent UNESCO study on protected glaciers around the […]
December 18, 2023

Canada to Announce 2035 All-EV Sales Mandate, Reports Say

By Christine Dobby – Bloomberg The Canadian government is poised to pass rules requiring […]
December 17, 2023

Russia Uranium Supplier Warns US Clients to Brace for Ban

By Ari Natter Tenex, a Russian state-owned uranium company, is warning American customers that […]
December 16, 2023

Billionaire Miner Friedland Warns of a Copper ‘Train Wreck’ as Supply Stalls

By James Attwood and Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg Copper is poised to follow other commodities upended by […]
December 16, 2023

Billionaire Mining Magnate Friedland Says $15,000-a-Ton Copper Needed to Spur New Mines

By Alix Steel, Dani Burger, and Jacob Lorinc – Bloomberg Copper prices need to nearly double in […]
December 14, 2023

Keeping Chinese parts out of American EV’s – Richard Mills

2023.12.14 In this ‘Under the spotlight’ written interview Rick Mills, editor of the […]
December 8, 2023

A new 66 million-year history of carbon dioxide offers little comfort for today

By Columbia Climate School – Phy.org A massive new review of ancient atmospheric carbon-dioxide […]
December 8, 2023

Jet stream will get faster as climate change continues, study finds

By Louise Lerner – Phys.org A new study in Nature Climate Change takes one of the first […]
December 7, 2023

Researchers used Hurricane Larry to prove ocean microplastics can be swept inland as air pollution

By Kayla Hounsell –  CBC News As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students […]
November 25, 2023

Global EV mandates would require 388 new mines: Fraser Institute

By Nelson Bennett – Mining.com Meeting the 2030 targets for electric vehicle mandates […]
November 23, 2023

Exposing the copper surplus myth – Richard Mills

2023.11.22 Commodity analysts predictions are usually wrong about copper supply, often predicting a […]
November 18, 2023

Positioning in metals for economic recovery – Richard Mills

2023.11.18 “If it bleeds it leads” is a well-worn expression for describing how […]
November 11, 2023

Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago

By Johannes Birkebaek Global warming has increased the speed at which glaciers in Greenland […]
November 8, 2023

EV Market’s Surge Toward $57 Trillion Sparks Global Flashpoints

By Bloomberg Economics The historic transition from the century-long era of the internal […]
October 31, 2023

The dirty truth about why we need mining if we want a cleaner world

By Frank Giustra The mining industry has had its share of abuse over the […]
October 27, 2023

Lifting the Lid on Antarctica: Ancient Landscape Revealed Beneath Antarctica

By Durham University An international research team has unveiled an ancient landscape hidden […]
October 25, 2023

Teck’s Copper Mine Cost Blowout Shows Challenges in Industry

By Jacob Lorinc, Thomas Biesheuvel, and James Attwood Rising costs to build Teck Resources Ltd.’s flagship copper project […]
October 4, 2023

AOTH Copper Road Resources overview with CEO John Timmons – Richard Mills

2023.10.04 Behind Ontario’s mineral wealth is the geological advantage offered by the Mid-Continental […]
October 4, 2023

From Lead to Copper: Replacing America’s Aging Water Infrastructure

By Elements Visual Capitalist Water service lines, crucial for connecting buildings to the […]
September 29, 2023

2023 officially the most costly destructive wildfire season on record in BC

By The Weather Networks According to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS), a total […]