Category Archives: Environment

Ontario government asks public to report pollution online through website

TORONTO — The Ontario government is asking the public to report suspected pollution online in an effort to bolster enforcement, but critics say the move is a token gesture by a regime that has done little to help the environment. The

Brazil police probe environment minister over timber exports

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's Federal Police on Wednesday carried out searches to investigate whether Environment Minister Ricardo Salles and other key figures within the ministry facilitated illegal timber exports to the U.S. and Europe.

Green governor sets bold climate goals for rich German state

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s only state governor from the rising Green party on Wednesday announced ambitious new climate targets that includes boosting new technologies so that “Tesla will soon only see our tail lights.”

Green governor sets bold climate goals for rich German state

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s only state governor from the rising Green party on Wednesday announced ambitious new climate targets that includes boosting new technologies so that “Tesla will soon only see our tail lights.”

Green governor sets bold climate goals for rich German state

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s only state governor from the rising Green party on Wednesday announced ambitious new climate targets that includes boosting new technologies so that “Tesla will soon only see our tail lights.”

Turkey bans polyethylene plastic imports

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has imposed an import ban on ethylene polymer plastic waste as environmental groups sound the alarm on the world’s plastic consumption and lack of effective recycling.

Top US, Russia diplomats spar firmly but politely in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Top diplomats from the United States and Russia sparred politely in Iceland on Wednesday in their first face-to-face encounter, which came as ties between the nations have deteriorated sharply in recent months.

Minister asks Canadians to camp carefully in national parks as season starts

Canada's environment minister has one main bit of advice as the country's second COVID-19 summer is about to begin: Camp carefully. "We all recognize how important nature and green spaces have been to people's ability to weather this COVID storm," Jona...

Noem’s Mount Rushmore lawsuit sparks legal fight with tribe

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's lawsuit against the federal government over a July Fourth fireworks display she wants to put on at Mount Rushmore has reignited legal tensions between her and the Cheyenne River Sioux

Canada has key role to play in U.S. economic recovery, Ng tells free-trade meeting

WASHINGTON — Canada needs to be a central player in American efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Mary Ng said Tuesday as North America's trade emissaries sat down to work out the fine points of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Ng,

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