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A letter from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and numerous medical professionals urging the Vancouver City Council to reverse its decision to allow natural gas heating in new buildings, citing severe public health risks and climate impacts.

An open letter from 80 organizations, including the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, urging Canadian political leaders to take urgent climate action and regulate the oil and gas industry following the Jasper wildfire.

The project examines hydrological cycles in the American cordillera, specifically in North America and basins in Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Initial results include a 700-year tree-ring reconstruction showing severe 14th-century droughts in the high Andes that led to social conflict and village abandonment. In Chile, a slight decline in streamflow over the last century is noted, with significant rainfall drops in 1945 linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Additionally, drought risk in the southern Andes was higher between 1920 and 2002 than between 1346 and 1919, threatening agriculture and hydroelectric power.