Manufacturing will be hardest hit by climate-related disasters

Droughts, floods, and storms could result in a total loss of $139 billion to Canadian gross domestic product (GDP) between 2022 and 2050, which would add up to an average annual GDP loss of 0.2 percent

German industry group sounds alarm over Rhine river levels

Factories may have to throttle production or halt it completely because plunging water levels on the Rhine River are making it harder to transport cargo

Rhine river water levels critical, ships stopping

Shipping companies prepared to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany's biggest river neared a critically low point Saturday

Drought may cut off freight transport on Rhine River

Water levels on the Rhine could reach a critically low point in coming days, making the transport of goods along the river – including coal and gasoline – increasingly difficult

New rules to help prevent destruction of rail infrastructure

The federal government has introduced two new rule sets for railways to help prevent damage to infrastructure from fire and natural disasters

Budget’s supply chain spending falls short, observers say

Ottawa plans to spend more than a half-billion dollars to fix supply chain issues, but experts say it falls far short of the kind of comprehensive strategy needed to address longstanding problems

EPA calling for reduction in truck emissions

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal would require the industry to cut smog-and-soot-forming nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90 percent per truck over current standards by 2031

Climate change increasing cargo risk

Meteorological events, particularly in British Columbia's Lower Mainland recently, highlight the increasing incidence of extreme weather such as unprecedented rainfall, tidal surges and wind microbursts

Over 880,000 Canadian jobs vulnerable in clean energy transition

New analysis warns of devastating consequences if industries and federal and provincial governments don't acknowledge and prepare for change

Climate change forcing modifications to crop storage

Ambient warehousing no longer cool enough to keep food crops