Category Archives: Environment
Alberta auditor general gives qualified thumbs-up to oil well cleanup spending
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is getting mostly check marks from the province's auditor general over how it handled the billion dollars it got from Ottawa to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells and get service contractors back to
Ontario putting $91M toward electric vehicle chargers at rest stops, parks
TORONTO — Ontario is putting $91 million toward installing electric vehicle chargers at highway rest stops, carpool parking lots, parks and hockey arenas. It's the first time the Progressive Conservative government has funded charging stations for elec...
NDP bill to protect Alberta Rockies from coal mining dies in legislature committee
EDMONTON — A private member's bill before the Alberta legislature that would have blocked all coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains died Tuesday after government members voted against it. The bill, sponsored by Opposition New Democrat Leader Ra...
Groups criticize Pacific salmon treaty, urge Alaska to protect B.C.-bound salmon
VANCOUVER — A coalition of Canadian groups is calling on Alaska's governor to stop the state's harvest of Canadian-bound salmon, while it criticizes the international treaty that prevents overfishing of Pacific salmon. Watershed Watch Salmon Society a...
In the room where it happened: How the Liberal-NDP confidence deal was struck
OTTAWA — The Liberals and New Democrats have been dancing around the idea of a deal to work together since the 2019 election first reduced the Trudeau government to a minority. But talk of the agreement revealed Tuesday, which will see
Ukraine war imperils wheat, but farmers in no rush to pivot
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Russia’s war in Ukraine could mean changes for Ed Kessel’s farm along a quiet stretch of western North Dakota. Worldwide, farmers
Energy grants for US tribes aimed at aiding vast power needs
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — More than a dozen tribal communities around the U.S. will share $9 million in federal grant funding for renewable energy projects, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday.
Ottawa can pay half the cost of saving N.S.-N.B. land link from rising seas: LeBlanc
HALIFAX — The federal infrastructure minister says Ottawa will consider paying at least half the cost of protecting the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick against climate-related flooding. Dominic LeBlanc, who is also the MP for the New Br...
As gas prices rise, towns add electric car charging stations
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — A wave of new electric vehicle charging stations across the country is coming as interest in alternatives to gasoline-powered vehicles is on the rise and could heighten further due to a global spike in gasoline
New corporate climate change disclosures proposed by SEC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies would be required to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions they produce and how climate risk affects their business under new rules proposed Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a drive across the
