Category Archives: Environment
Ottawa making good on pledge to unilaterally protect Quebec caribou: minister
MONTREAL — Ottawa is moving forward with plans to unilaterally protect Quebec caribou after the province failed to meet a deadline to provide an acceptable proposal, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Thursday. Guilbeault had given Que...
Report: Fire training, equipment lacking at US nuclear dump
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government’s nuclear waste repository in New Mexico has major issues in fire training and firefighting vehicles, with its fleet in disrepair after years of neglect, according to an investigation by the U.S. Energy Depa...
Ottawa feared repeat of 2020 rail blockades before B.C. pipeline arrests last fall
Federal officials feared a repeat of the 2020 rail blockades one month before RCMP enforced an injunction last fall against protests that cut off access to a pipeline construction site in northern British Columbia. There was also concern that people f...
EXPLAINER: How cryptocurrencies work (and how they don’t)
NEW YORK (AP) — The first and most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, launched more than a decade ago. Yet for all the relentless buzz, relatively few are well versed in cryptocurrencies or the blockchain, the technology on which they're built.
This Earth Day, Biden faces ‘headwinds’ on climate agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — One year ago, Joe Biden marked his first Earth Day as president by convening world leaders for a virtual summit on global warming that even Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping attended. Biden used the
Gov. Whitmer wants federal aid to keep nuclear plant open
Michigan's Democratic governor wants a nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan to stay open and she's asking the federal government to pay for it. But the owner
Manitoba could see some overland flooding as another wet weather system moves in
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s infrastructure minister says there have been unique challenges with flood forecasting and the spring melt as the province prepares to be hit by another wet weather system. Doyle Piwnuik says it's not clear yet exactly where the u...
Report: Oregon has $5.3b invested in fossil fuel companies
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon State Treasury has at least $5.3 billion invested in fossil fuel companies, a coalition of environmental groups said in a report Wednesday that blamed the state for adding to global warming and urged divestment.
Power plan paused by NJ governor in minority area is back
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey sewage treatment plant in a predominantly minority neighborhood is pressing forward with its plan to build a gas-fired power plant, three months after the state's governor paused the proposal to make sure it
Climate change investments now reduce future costs, report finds
Spending money now to avoid the worst effects of climate change later will literally pay for itself, according to a new analysis. "Investing now can pay off later," said Sean Cleary, head of the Institute for Sustainable Development at Queen's Universi...
