Category Archives: Environment
Thousands march in Brussels to demand tougher climate action
BRUSSELS (AP) — Dressed as endangered fish or tigers or wearing toy polar bears on their heads, demonstrators marched through Brussels on Sunday to push world leaders to take bolder action to fight climate change at the U.N. climate summit
Climate activist Nakate visits huge German coal mine
LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate on Saturday visited a vast German open-pit coal mine and a village that is to be bulldozed for its expansion, saying the destruction is “really disturbing” and has implications far beyo...
Pope to lawmakers: Climate change requires quick consensus
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday called on lawmakers worldwide to overcome “the narrow confines” of partisan politics to quickly reach consensus on fighting climate change.
Metro Vancouver park renamed to reflect Indigenous history
BELCARRA, B.C. — A Metro Vancouver park has been renamed to include the site's Indigenous name, which officials say will better reflect the area's history. Belcarra Regional Park on the Burrard Inlet in Metro Vancouver will also have the Indigenous nam...
Oil price spike won’t increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister
EDMONTON — The current spike in oil prices is no reason to force industry to spend more on cleaning up Alberta's tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells, says the province's energy minister. Sonya Savage said the province's recently
Letter signed by 200 leaders seeks protection for B.C.’s old-growth forests
VANCOUVER — More than 200 people including scientists, Indigenous leaders, politicians, actors and artists, have signed a letter calling on British Columbia Premier John Horgan to halt old-growth logging, a Vancouver-based environmental group says. Ca...
Impact of forest thinning on wildfires creates divisions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters and numerous studies credit intensive forest thinning projects with helping save communities like those recently threatened near Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada, but dissent from some environmental advocacy gr...
Allowing Rocky Mountain coal lease transfers during debate sends wrong signal: group
EDMONTON — An environmental group says an exchange of coal exploration lease applications in Alberta's Rocky Mountains suggests mining companies expect to be able to go ahead with their plans despite a provincial debate on the industry's future. "They ...
Biden restores Bears Ears, other monuments cut by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday restored two sprawling national monuments in Utah, reversing a decision by President Donald Trump that opened for mining and other development hundreds of thousands of acres of rugged lands sacred to Nati...
B.C. reaches $65M funding deal with First Nation after Supreme Court ruling
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government has signed an agreement with a First Nation to provide $65 million in funding to support land restoration and cultural programs, four months after a court ruled the province had breached the nation's rights. Indigenous R...
