Category Archives: Environment
EXPLAINER: Why and when are companies criminally charged?
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers representing former president Donald Trump's company say they believe the Manhattan district attorney plans to ask a state grand jury to indict the Trump Organization in an investigation that involves fringe benefits paid to emp...
Senate passes net-zero bill, set to debate budget bill before rising for summer
OTTAWA — The Senate has passed a government bill to mandate the country reach net-zero emissions by 2050, doing so hours before the upper chamber rises for the summer and a possible fall election. Bill C-12 sets targets for achieving an
Senate passes net-zero bill and budget bill before rising for summer break
OTTAWA — The Senate has passed a government bill to mandate the country reach net-zero emissions by 2050, doing so hours before the upper chamber was to rise for the summer and before a possible fall election. Bill C-12 sets targets
Manitoba Hydro wants a 3.5 per cent rate hike to deal with large debt load
WINNIPEG — Manitobans could see their hydroelectric bills rise by 3.5 per cent in October. Manitoba Hydro President Jay Grewal told a legislature committee the Crown-owned utility needs the increase to help pay down debt from large capital projects in ...
Ottawa to close about 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries to conserve stocks
VANCOUVER — The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the "verge of collapse." The Fisheries Department said in a news ...
Police kill man near California pot farms evacuated by fire
WEED, Calif. (AP) — Officers shot and killed a man who pulled a gun as they tried to keep him out of a complex of marijuana farms in an area of far Northern California where thousands of people were ordered
Groups sue Biden admin over planned expansion of nuke work
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Watchdog groups sued the Biden administration Tuesday over its plans to produce plutonium cores for the U.S. nuclear stockpile, arguing federal agencies have failed to conduct a detailed environmental review of potential impacts a...
Report calls for public takeover of old oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup
Most of Alberta's energy wells no longer hold enough oil and gas to pay for their cleanup and the public should take them over to ensure their remaining revenue funds remediation, a new report concludes. "It is a radical idea," said
Liberals say by 2035 all new cars, light-duty trucks sold in Canada will be electric
OTTAWA — The Liberal government announced Tuesday it's speeding up its goal for when it wants to see every new light-duty vehicle sold in Canada to be electric. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said that by 2035, all new cars and light-duty
Ottawa adds another Alberta coal project to federal environmental assessment list
Environmental groups and First Nations say they are pleased the federal government is adding another proposed coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains to the list of projects it will review. "This decision should be applauded by all who believe environme...
