Category Archives: Environment
US: Ukraine war ‘screams’ need to reject Russian energy
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday that Russia's war on Ukraine “screams” that the world needs to stop importing oil and gas from Russia and instead move toward other forms of energy.
US House committee wants answers on Alaska gas leak
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Members of a U.S. House committee are seeking answers about a natural gas release at a ConocoPhillips Alaska drill site on Alaska's North Slope.
Federal government emissions dropping but reporting incomplete, audit concludes
OTTAWA — Direct greenhouse gas emissions from federal departments are down almost 41 per cent in the last 17 years, hitting a target for 2025 well ahead of schedule. But in an audit of Ottawa's "greening government" strategy, environment commissioner J...
Appeals court nixes $1.1 billion timber award against Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned a $1.1 billion verdict against the state over its forest management practices, the latest development in a decades-long dispute over the best use of vast tracts of forestland
Drilling moratorium on Georges Bank off southern Nova Scotia extended until 2032
HALIFAX — The moratorium on oil and gas exploration on Georges Bank off southern Nova Scotia is being extended until the end of 2032. Federal and provincial law allows for the moratorium in the rich fishing ground to be prolonged in
New investing orders should make it simpler to deploy funds: Infrastructure Bank CEO
OTTAWA — The head of a federal infrastructure agency says a new set of investing orders from the Liberal government should make it simpler to deploy more funding in the coming months. The recent federal budget added to the Canada Infrastructure
About 6M Californians ordered to cut water use amid drought
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California's gigantic water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of requiring about 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as an extended drought plagues the state following another dry
Millions must cut water use in drought-stricken California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California's gigantic water supplier took the unprecedented step Tuesday of requiring about 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as drought continues to plague the state.
Newark resident: Power plant ‘Not just, not right, not fair’
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Residents of a pollution-choked neighborhood in New Jersey's largest city said Tuesday they are tired of their community being used as a dumping ground for projects that foul their air yet exclude them from the economic
Canada’s hydrogen plans ‘feasible’ despite auditor concerns, says minister
EDMONTON — The federal natural resources minister said Tuesday that concerns from the auditor general’s office about government plans to move to a more hydrogen-powered economy don’t mean the goals aren’t achievable. But Jonathan Wilkinson acknowledged...