Category Archives: Environment
Highlights of British Columbia budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year
VICTORIA — Here are highlights from the B.C. budget tabled Tuesday: — The government is earmarking $2.1 billion to fund disaster recovery efforts and future response to the threats from wildfires, floods and heat waves. — The deficit is forecast to be
Biden halts oil, gas leases amid legal fight on climate cost
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is delaying decisions on new oil and gas drilling on federal land and other energy-related actions after a federal court blocked the way officials were calculating the real-world costs of climate change.
Proposal to nix derogatory term targets hundreds of US sites
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials have come up with a list of potential replacement names for hundreds of geographic features in three dozen states that include the word “squaw,” kicking off a public comment period that will run through
Biden putting ‘Buy American’ frame around critical minerals development efforts
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is once again draping the union-friendly, red, white and blue bunting of his Buy American philosophy over a key component of his administrative agenda — one in which Canada dearly wants to play a role. The
B.C. budget includes $2.1B in disaster relief; $5.5B deficit for next fiscal year
VICTORIA — British Columbia has earmarked $2.1 billion to fund disaster recovery efforts and future response to the threats posed by wildfires, floods and heat waves in a budget that forecasts a $5.5-billion deficit. Finance Minister Selina Robinson sa...
Challenges of climate change focus of B.C. government’s budget, says finance minister
VICTORIA — B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson says making sure communities have the resources they need to deal with the effects of climate change will be a focal point of her budget on Tuesday. The province was battered by forces driven
German officials condemn climate protests at roads, port
BERLIN (AP) — German officials condemned protests Monday by climate activists who blocked roads including near the country's biggest port. Members of the group Uprising of the
Florida environmentalist, Janet Reno’s sister dies at 81
STUART, Fla. (AP) — Maggy Hurchalla, an environmentalist who fought to protect Florida's wetlands and was a staunch supporter of her sister Janet Reno, the former U.S. attorney general, has died. She passed away Saturday at age 81.
Ethiopia starts partial power generation from Blue Nile dam
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia has started generating electricity from the controversial mega-dam that is being built on the Blue Nile. The milestone was reached on Sunday
White House spending targets social justice; criteria vague
WINSLOW, Ariz. (AP) — This once-bustling city in northern Arizona has a troubled relationship with rain. Winslow needs it, but just a little can overwhelm a levee system that officials have pleaded with the federal government for years to fix.