HSS Highlights
Dec 4th, 2025
Impacts of climate change hitting harder in NL in recent years
Oil, gas, and coal extraction and usage are directly leading to more environmental disasters in the province, experts say

Joel Finnis (Geography) explains how oil, gas and coal extraction and usage are directly leading to more environmental disasters in NL.
"When you see things like the incredibly dry summer we’ve had this year, five days with temperatures above 30 degrees recorded at the St. John’s Airport, whereas the previous maximum number was two in a given summer, you really start to feel that something has changed."