Category Archives: Environment
Alberta coal policy panel accused of bias, U.S. influence in letters to ministers
A group of Albertans is attacking a panel charged with gathering public opinion on coal mining in the province, saying it's biased against industry and influenced by American environmentalists. Members of Citizens Supportive of Crowsnest Coal have wri...
Essential access only on some B.C. highways but major infrastructure to be rebuilt
VANCOUVER — Limited access is slowly being restored to some British Columbia highways, but a state of emergency declared after widespread flooding in the southern region means the province may impose an order to prevent passage except for essential tra...
Evacuation train departed Hope, B.C., bound for Vancouver with 200 passengers
A late-night evacuation passenger train carrying about 200 people stranded for days by British Columbia's mudslides and floods left Hope for Vancouver Wednesday. Jonathan Abecassis, a spokesman for Canadian National, said the emergency evacuation trai...
Coastal GasLink, elected Wet’suwet’en council call for resolution to conflict
BURNS LAKE, B.C. — Coastal GasLink says supplies like water are at risk of running out for more than 500 workers who have been stuck for three days behind blockades near a pipeline work site in northern B.C. The natural gas
A list of Canada-U.S. irritants as Thursday’s trilateral Three Amigos summit nears
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets Thursday with U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, observers say Canada has a lot to complain about. Here are some of the issues that have
Manitoba premier says she will end court fight, negotiate carbon price with Ottawa
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has decided to not appeal a court ruling that said the federal government has a right to impose a carbon price on provinces. Instead, Premier Heather Stefanson is hoping for a more amicable negotiation with Ottawa
US national parks to offer look into green-friendly transit
Americans may soon get a better glimpse into a future of green-friendly transportation by visiting a U.S. national park. Interior Secretary
Ban on lobster fishing to save whales is back, court rules
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a ban on lobster harvesting in hundreds of miles of productive fishing waters off the Maine coast to try to protect rare whales.
California backslides on water conservation amid drought
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A severe drought prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom last summer to ask the state's nearly 40 million residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 15% this year. New data released Tuesday shows few people are doing
Judge keeps Michigan oil pipeline case in federal court
A federal judge retained jurisdiction Tuesday in a dispute over a Canadian oil pipeline that runs through a section of the Great Lakes, rejecting Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's contention that the case belongs in state court.