Category Archives: Environment
Biden order to boost mining may not have quick payoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is turning to a Cold War-era law to boost production of lithium and other minerals used to power electric vehicles, but experts say the move by itself is unlikely to ensure the robust domestic
IAEA: Japan making progress on Fukushima water release plan
BERLIN (AP) — The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said Friday that Japan is making “significant progress” on its plans to release treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant next year.
Indigenous leaders say safe drinking water settlement with federal gov’t is unfair
OTTAWA — The federal government has set aside about $1.5 billion to compensate Indigenous people who have been without clean drinking water, the result of a class-action lawsuit initiated by First Nations communities. But while the government called th...
Fraser Valley officials advocate for federal funding to upgrade dikes after floods
OTTAWA — The mayor of Abbotsford, B.C., says expecting local governments to shoulder the cost of infrastructure upgrades to protect their communities from flooding has been a "monumental mistake." Henry Braun made the comment to a Senate standing commi...
B.C. announces $19 million in funding to Forests Ministry to fight climate change
VANCOUVER — Both sides on the issue of old-growth logging in British Columbia are so polarized they "can't see the forest for the trees," Forests Minister Katrine Conroy said Thursday. Conroy told those attending the BC Council of Forest Industries co...
Big US energy transmission projects inch closer to approval
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal government has finished another environmental review of a proposed transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from rural New Mexico to big cities in the West and similar reviews are planned for two...
Feds enshrining right to healthy environment but no clarity on what that means
OTTAWA — More than five years after being told it should enshrine the right to a healthy environment in its environmental protection act, the federal government is moving to do it. But it wants another two years to figure out exactly
B.C. raises forest revenue sharing amounts for First Nations in reconciliation move
VICTORIA — First Nations in British Columbia will receive a $63 million increase in forestry income this year as part of a new revenue-sharing model that Indigenous leaders say is an encouraging step toward an expected higher share in the
Energy Dept OKs expanded LNG exports from Texas, Louisiana
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department on Wednesday authorized additional exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from planned terminals in Texas and Louisiana. The orders allow
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to visit counterpart Mary Ng in Ottawa
WASHINGTON — U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel north of the border next week to meet with her Canadian counterpart, Mary Ng. Tai's office says the ambassador will hold two days of meetings May 5-6 with Ng, Canada's international trad...