Category Archives: Environment
EU auditor: Fossil fuels get more tax breaks than renewables
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations often still tax and subsidize their energy sources in contradiction with their committed climate goals, and a majority spend more supporting fossil fuels than renewables.
‘I’m not going anywhere,’ O’Toole says in the face of caucus-led leadership review
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is prepared to fight. He turned to social media late Monday after a group of his MPs submitted a letter to the party's caucus chair to hold a leadership review. In response to what
‘The devil is definitely in the details’: How fuel could have entered Iqaluit’s water
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Iqaluit resident Jenny Ell says she couldn't believe it when she turned on her tap a couple of weeks ago and smelled fuel for the second time in a matter of months. Ell, who is pregnant, said she
US pushes for better tap water but must win over wary public
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Angela Stamps won’t drink water from her faucet, showers less and no longer takes the baths she once found relaxing. She doesn’t cook with tap water and sometimes skips rinsing her produce.
Germany’s climate-focused Greens elect new leadership duo
VIENNA (AP) — Germany’s Greens party elected a new leadership team Saturday that vowed to continue fighting for the party’s core issues, especially combating climate change, as it adjusts to its role in Germany’s new governing coalition.
Alaska court rules against youths in climate change lawsuit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans who claimed long-term effects of
Nord Stream 2 pipeline a sanctions option if Russia invades Ukraine: German envoy
OTTAWA — A controversial gas pipeline that links to Russia beneath the Baltic Sea could be part of a broader package of sanctions should Russia invade Ukraine, says Germany's ambassador to Canada. Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser says her government is not...
Court ruling gives Biden chance for reset on climate policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has an opportunity for a reset on climate policy after a federal judge rejected an administration plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling.
Iqaluit lifts precautionary boil-water advisory, bypass system still being used
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's Health Department has lifted a precautionary boil-water advisory for the city of Iqaluit. The capital's 8,000 people had been under the advisory since Jan. 19 when the city started using a bypass system to pump water
Italian minister: Climate talks include fund governance
MILAN (AP) — Government officials and diplomats from the world’s most climate-polluting nations are grappling with the issue of how to govern the vast funds being pledged to fight global warming, Italy’s climate minister said Friday.