Category Archives: Environment
EPA details push to tighten rules for lead in drinking water
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration took steps Thursday aimed at reducing lead in drinking water, announcing plans to release $2.9 billion in infrastructure bill funds next year for lead pipe removal and impose stricter rules to limit exposure t...
Awash in illegal pot farms, Oregon plans millions for relief
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Theft of water during a drought. Exploitation of immigrant laborers. Intimidation of residents by armed criminals. A Democratic state senator from southern Oregon
N.L. says renewable energy plan provides ‘pathway’ for oil development, net-zero goal
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government says its new renewable energy plan unveiled Thursday allows for more oil development without straying from the provincial goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Energy Mi...
Serbia suspends lithium mine plans after protests
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Local authorities in western Serbia on Thursday suspended a plan that would allow mining giant Rio Tinto to operate a lithium mine, following protests by environmentalists that shook the country’s populist leadership.
Cars, couches, propane and fuel tanks among debris from record flooding in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Unprecedented flooding in southwestern British Columbia has left hard-hit communities dealing with the disposal of debris like drywall, insulation, silt-soaked mattresses, couches and kitchen cupboards damaged by water that gutted ho...
Mining the future: Canada’s high hopes to become a global critical mineral powerhouse
OTTAWA — Getting the world to net-zero emissions by 2050 will require the production of critical minerals and metals to grow sixfold over the next 30 years, the International Energy Agency declared in a report earlier this year — and
Texas pipeline company charged in California oil spill
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries were indicted Wednesday for a crude spill that fouled Southern California waters and beaches in October, an event prosecutors say was caused in part by failing to properly act
Amid drought, California advances big new reservoir project
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Amid a severe drought, California regulators on Wednesday advanced what could be the state's first major new water storage project in years despite warnings it would hasten the extinction of an endangered salmon species while ...
NYC moves to stop new buildings from using natural gas
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is poised to bar most new buildings from using natural gas within a few years, after lawmakers voted Wednesday to make the United States' most populous city a showcase for a climate-change-fighting policy
Main B.C. highway to reopen to essential traffic by Monday after storms
VANCOUVER — A key highway link between British Columbia's Lower Mainland and the rest of the province will reopen to essential traffic by the end of the day on Monday, five weeks after it was heavily damaged by severe rainstorms. Transportation