Category Archives: Environment
Denmark to end oil, gas extraction in North Sea
COPENHAGEN — Denmark has decided to end all oil and gas activities in the North Sea by 2050 and has cancelled its latest licensing round, saying the country is "now putting an end to the fossil fuel era.” The Danish Parliament
Report finds no obvious cause of Old Fort landslide in northeastern B.C.
VICTORIA — A report from British Columbia's chief inspector of mines says the cause of a slow-moving landslide that has threatened a tiny B.C. community may never be determined. The steep slope above Old Fort slumped over several days in 2018,
Climate change costs taking increasing chunk off Canada’s GDP growth: study
Climate change costs are already taking an increasing bite out of Canada's economic growth and the country is falling behind other nations when it comes to planning for them, says federally funded research. "Some of these impacts we've already seen are...
‘Canada really sticks out:’ Studies show banks not so green on climate change
International analyses suggest Canadian financiers are oiling the wheels of the fossil fuel industry at a far greater rate than their peers. Bankers say they've made big strides in addressing climate change concerns and promise to reveal how dependent ...
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study
VICTORIA — A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia, south to California and west to Hawaii linked
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study
VICTORIA — A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia, south to California and west to Hawaii linked
Boil-water advisories at First Nations communities to remain past March 2021: feds
OTTAWA — The federal government says it will not meet a marquee pledge by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lift all boil-water advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021. Indigenous Services Canada says at least 22 long-term water advisories...
Judge tosses application to pause Alberta inquiry into funding of oil and gas foes
CALGARY — An environmental law group has lost its bid to pause Alberta's inquiry into where critics of its oil and gas industry get their funding. Ecojustice sought an injunction in the summer to suspend the inquiry until there is a
Conservatives attack Trudeau’s ‘reset’ but they have ideas for their own
OTTAWA — Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre says building up the Canadian economy after the COVID-19 pandemic can't be achieved without a massive overhaul of the tax system and regulatory regime. And he knows you're already yawning as you rea...
Scientists urge permanent protection of Last Ice Area in Canada’s High Arctic
Derek Mueller, a senior researcher at Carleton University, cut his scientific teeth studying mats of microbes on some of Canada's oldest, thickest and most remote sea ice. "They have some very interesting pigments in their cells to fend off harmf...
