Category Archives: Environment
Judge: US can’t delay challenge to public land coal sales
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. judge has rejected the Biden administration's attempt to delay a lawsuit from several states and environmentalists who are seeking to end lease sales for coal mining on federal lands.
Fed chief Powell: Climate policy is for elected officials
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank can help assess risks to banks from climate change but that addressing the broader issue is up to private companies and elected officials, underlining that U.S. central...
Putin chafes at US, criticizes response to Capitol attack
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday set a tough tone for his upcoming summit with U.S. President Joe Biden, accusing Washington of trying to contain Russia and citing its response to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on
Danish lawmakers give go-ahead to built Copenhagen island
COPENHAGEN (AP) — Denmark’s Parliament on Friday voted in favor of building a 20-billion-kroner ($3.3 billion) artificial island in Copenhagen that will house at least 35,000 people who will be connected to downtown by a harbor tunnel and a subway
UK Treasury chief optimistic on tax deal targeting big tech
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief says he’s optimistic finance ministers from the world’s richest countries will agree on plans to help low-income countries combat COVID-19, slow global warming and confront tax avoidance during two days of meeting...
Does Canada need another pipeline, feds ask days after Biden cancels Keystone XL
OTTAWA — Federal officials were asking themselves how many pipelines does Canada really need in the days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL. The query was posed in a briefing note from Natural Resources Canada and released to The
Granholm joins Manchin in West Virginia to tout clean energy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joined a key member of the U.S. Senate in West Virginia on Thursday to promote the role that the once-booming coal-producing state will play in the development of clean energy.
Energy regulator orders Trans Mountain to stop tree clearing work on project
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project was issued Thursday by the Canada Energy Regulator, the agency that enforces safety and environmental guidelines for pipeline p...
US agency: Fatal tour bus crash shows safety shortcomings
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tour bus crash that threw more than a dozen people onto a remote Utah highway in 2019, killing four Chinese tourists, highlights a lack of safety standards for bus roofs and windows, U.S. investigators
Ontario’s updated blue box program to be phased in starting in 2023
TORONTO — Ontario has finalized its plans to expand the list of items accepted in blue boxes as it moves to standardize recycling programs across the province. Environment Minister Jeff Yurek announced the government has concluded consultations and wil...
