Category Archives: Environment
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.
Ottawa files court brief supporting Enbridge Inc. in Line 5 dispute with Michigan
WASHINGTON — The federal government has officially weighed in on the latest legal fray over the cross-border Line 5 pipeline. The latest batch of court documents includes an "amicus brief" from Ottawa that argues against shutting down the line while t...
Ottawa files court brief supporting Enbridge Inc. in Line 5 dispute with Michigan
WASHINGTON — The federal government is once again urging a Michigan judge to keep Line 5 operating while it works with the United States on negotiating an end to the impasse over the controversial cross-border pipeline. Gordon Giffin, the former U.S.
Biden extends Trump-era solar tariffs, but loosens some
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday extended tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump on most solar panels imported from China and other countries. But in a nod to his efforts to combat climate change and boost clean
US backs rare flower habitat amid Nevada lithium mine fight
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed designating critical habitat for a Nevada wildflower it plans to list as endangered amid a conflict over a mine to produce lithium batteries for electric vehicles critical to
Art Cooley, co-founder of Environmental Defense Fund, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Art Cooley, a longtime activist who co-founded the Environmental Defense Fund more than 50 years ago, has died. Cooley, 87, helped launch the group, now one of the world's leading environmental organizations, from his living room on
Polish, Czech governments sign deal on lignite mine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic said on Thursday they have signed an agreement settling a long-running dispute over a lignite mine on the border of the two countries.
Race is on to save the Great Salt Lake: Will it be enough?
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The largest natural lake west of the Mississippi is shrinking past its lowest levels in recorded history, raising fears about toxic dust, ecological collapse and economic consequences. But the Great Salt Lake may have some
