Category Archives: Environment
Underground fuel spill found next to Iqaluit’s water treatment plant
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit says an old underground spill is likely responsible for fuel that is contaminating the city's tap water. City officials say in a news release that they found signs of a historic spill next to
Jim Carr out of cabinet, no more special envoy to Prairies for Liberal government
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cut his special representative for the Prairies from cabinet, signalling the Liberal government will take a different approach to its relationship with the West. That appeared to get off to a rocky start on Tuesda...
Environment, energy files get new ministers in cabinet shakeup ahead of COP26 summit
OTTAWA — Environmental groups say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending a signal that combating climate change will fall to more than just one department in his government. Jonathan Wilkinson is being shuffled from environment to natural resources i...
Environment, energy files get new ministers in cabinet shakeup ahead of COP26 summit
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending a signal that combating climate change and transforming Canada's economy will fall to more than just one department in his government, say environmental groups. Jonathan Wilkinson was shuffled from envi...
Federal Court rejects Manitoba’s argument against carbon price backstop
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has lost a two-year-long court battle against the federal government's carbon pricing plan. A Federal Court judge has rejected Manitoba's argument that Ottawa should not have imposed an escalating minimum price on car...
Wildlife agencies to cancel Trump endangered species rules
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday plans to cancel two environmental rollbacks under former President Donald Trump that limited habitat protections for imperiled plants and wildlife.
Majority in US concerned about climate: AP-NORC/EPIC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden heads to a vital U.N. climate summit at a time when a majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate as a problem of high importance to them, an increase from just a few years
Australian prime minister will take net zero target to COP26
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 but will not increase its goal for 2030 at an upcoming U.N. climate summit in Scotland, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday.
VP: Brazil to seek zero deforestation by 2028, up from 2030
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's government will accelerate its timeline by two to three years to completely eliminate illegal deforestation, Vice President Hamilton Mourão told foreign press reporters on Monday.
Trudeau headed to Europe as G20 leaders meet in person for first time since pandemic
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flying to Europe later this week touting Canada's climate plan and post-pandemic recovery progress at leaders' summits in Italy and Scotland. Trudeau's six-day trip — the first since September's election return...
