Category Archives: Environment
N.B. party leaders promise action to stop use of industrial herbicide
FREDERICTON — The Liberals and Greens promised to eliminate the use of industrial herbicide on public land across the province Monday, as New Brunswick's election campaign entered its final two weeks. Liberal Leader Kevin Vickers said he would end...
Mark Carney joins alternative asset manager Brookfield Asset Management
TORONTO — Mark Carney will lead a team at Brookfield Asset Management focused on investing in positive environmental, social and governance changes, the alternative asset manager said Wednesday. The former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank o...
More storms, more rain: St. John’s planning for impacts of climate change
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — St. John's is making changes to city infrastructure in preparation for a wetter, warmer future with more intense storms. A report on climate models for the coastal Newfoundland and Labrador capital was presented at city hal...
Canadians join lawsuit to overturn opening Alaska wilderness to energy drilling
Canadian environmentalists and First Nations have joined a U.S. lawsuit that seeks to overturn a U.S. decision that opens an Alaska wilderness for oil and gas exploration. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Alaska, alleges the activity will da...
Climate change rears ugly head as Republicans rally re-election effort
WASHINGTON — Climate change, an issue that has taken a back seat to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis in the United States, is roaring back to the forefront just as Donald Trump's Republicans begin their sprint to th...
Advocates hope Ottawa expands, renews electric car rebate program
OTTAWA — Electric car advocates are pushing Ottawa to put more money into its zero-emission vehicle rebate program, as the popular program is on track to run out of cash more than a year ahead of schedule. Transport Canada data obtained by
‘Symbolic gesture’: Critics say spending on Alberta wilderness area inadequate
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it will upgrade facilities in the province's west-central backcountry where increased use has left behind garbage, damaged sites and human waste. Critics say the $1 million to be spent on outhouses, trail imp...
Federal government to join assessment of Teck coal mine expansion in B.C.
OTTAWA — The federal government will join an environmental assessment of a major expansion to a proposed southern British Columbia coal mine. "The potential for adverse effects ... may not be mitigated through project design, the application of st...
Judicial review sought after Crown land removed from list of pending protected areas
HALIFAX — The lawyer for a retired biologist and an environmental group is seeking judicial review of Nova Scotia's decision to remove a section of Crown land along the province's Eastern Shore from a list of pending protected areas. Jamie Simpson...
Canada’s federal energy regulator names Indigenous advisory committee
OTTAWA — Canada's energy regulator has named a new advisory committee that aims to change how it interacts with Indigenous Peoples in Canada. The Indigenous advisory committee, which includes eight First Nations and Metis individual...
