Category Archives: Environment
Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades
BERLIN (AP) — Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world's oceans, according to a review of hundreds of academic
Greenpeace boss Morgan to become Germany’s new climate envoy
BERLIN (AP) — Jennifer Morgan, who heads the environmental group Greenpeace International, is to become Germany's new climate envoy, officials said Tuesday. She will be taking on
B.C. premier backs COVID-19 health restrictions, will not bend to horn honking
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says British Columbia won't be pressured by "honking horns" to lift the province's COVID-19 public health restrictions. "People want to put COVID behind them. I get that," Horgan told a news conference Tuesday after the ...
Pipeline’s safeguards not working in Louisiana diesel spill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons (1.6 million liters) of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to
Biden plan to spend $725M to clean up abandoned coal mines
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Nearly $725 million in federal funding is available this fiscal year to 22 states and the Navajo Nation for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines and cleanup of acid mine drainage, the U.S. Department of the
Advocates thrilled as court orders Health Canada to reassess glyphosate decision
OTTAWA — A popular weed killer is back under review after the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that Health Canada didn't follow its own rules for regulating pesticides and herbicides. It is the latest twist in ongoing debates around the world
B.C. government rejects proposal for gold and copper mine for third time
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says a proposed copper and gold mine on a First Nation's territory will not be given an environmental assessment certificate, citing potential risks to water quality and fish. In a news release, the governmen...
StatCan to release COVID-tinged census figure, experts warn against reading too deep
OTTAWA — For the last 40 years, Doug Norris has pored over detailed demographic data gleaned from every census, but even he admits what's coming will be unlike anything he has seen before. Statistics Canada is scheduled to provide the first
New Brunswick maple syrup producers seek more Crown land to expand production
FREDERICTON — Maple syrup producers in New Brunswick are pushing the provincial government to respond to their request for more Crown land on which to expand production and meet a growing global demand for their products. Producers have been waiting tw...
US military faces crisis in Hawaii after leak poisons water
HONOLULU (AP) — A giant U.S. government fuel storage installation hidden inside a mountain ridge overlooking Pearl Harbor has provided fuel to military ships and planes crisscrossing the Pacific Ocean since World War II.