(NASA/Getty Images)Citing climate change, galloping deforestation, mass extinctions on land and in the water, and runaway population growth, the World Scientists' Warning to Humanity aims to serve as a sobering wake-up call. Rampant deforestation is one of the issues of particular concern in the World Scientists' Warning to Humanity. Canada and the U.K. plan to press the rest of the world to start shutting down coal-fired power plants. (Martin Meissner/The Associated Press)Only about 10 per cent of Canada's energy comes from coal plants, and the federal government has already pledged to phase out "unabated" coal use by 2030. What remains to be seen is whether a sudden decline in the construction and permitting of new coal plants last year is the beginning of a trend.

Source: CBC News November 13, 2017 18:22 UTC