Category Archives: Environment
Fish farms to be phase in ‘migratory bottleneck’ for wild salmon by July 2022
The federal government says it's phasing out fish farms along a key wild salmon migration route in British Columbia waters within the next 18 months. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says 19 fish farms in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River ...
B.C. behind on climate goals, sets new 2025 emissions target to stay on track
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is setting a new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 after determining it is further from reaching its goals than previously forecasted. The new emissions target requires greenhouse gases in B...
The net-zero zone: A Canada without emissions requires massive effort
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson appears ready to deal with opposition parties to secure the votes he needs to get his net-zero legislation through Parliament next year. The proposed legislation would bind Canada to hitting five-year em...
Federal long-term plan to increase hydrogen use focuses on regional hubs
The federal government has introduced a plan to greatly increase the use of hydrogen as a low-carbon fuel to help meet Canada's climate targets."We are announcing a big first step for hydrogen in Canada," said Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan....
Builders laud green grants, but warn that Liberal climate plan could hike home costs
The Liberal government’s new $15-billion climate action plan includes welcome incentives for green renovations, the Canadian Home Builders’ Association said Monday. But the CHBA also warned that regulators must be careful not to raise housing costs too...
Ottawa announces $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next decade
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Canadian government says it will spend $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next ten years. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan made the funding announcement Monday at a tree nursery in St. John’s, saying
Wildfires take over from industry as major source of cancer-causing air toxins: study
Wildfires have taken over from industry as a major source of a group of cancer-causing chemical toxins in the air, Environment Canada says. The first national assessment of polycyclic aromatic compounds in more than 25 years has found that air has
Ship that sank 52 years ago off B.C.’s coast now polluting marine park
VANCOUVER — A cargo ship that sank off the west coast of Vancouver Island more than 50 years ago is now polluting the waters of a popular marine park. The Canadian Coast Guard says a fuel-like sheen was investigated in September
‘It can no longer be free to pollute:’ Updated climate plan includes carbon tax hikes
OTTAWA — The federal government has released a $15-billion plan to meet its climate change commitments that includes steady increases to its carbon tax in each of the next 10 years."It can no longer be free to pollute anywhere in
Senate Democrats speak out in defence of Canada’s plan to ban single-use plastics
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A prominent group of Senate Democrats is speaking out in defence of Canada's plan to ban single-use plastics. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy are among those expressing s...
