Category Archives: Environment
Long-term Statistics Canada research shows cities across country losing green space
Joni Mitchell was right — they really are paving paradise and putting up parking lots. Statistics Canada's first survey of urban green space shows that, just as the singer-songwriter warned, cities across the country are getting greyer and browner. "...
EPA restores rule to limit power-plant mercury emissions
WASHINGTON (AP) — In yet another reversal of a Trump-era action, the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it will resume enforcement of a rule that limits power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants.
HUD prioritizes environment, economic equity in bloc grants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Housing and Urban Development has laid out new guidelines for the disbursal of $2 billion in disaster-relief block grants, with an emphasis on climate-change mitigation and equity for underserved communities.
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...
