Category Archives: Environment
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.
Discussions to resolve B.C. pipeline blockade have reached a pivotal point: Miller
OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says all parties are at a "critical junction" in the discussions toward a resolution on the blockade set up at the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline in British Columbia. Miller adds that it is...
Appeal Court reserves injunction decision in Fairy Creek old-growth logging protests
VANCOUVER — A panel of three judges in British Columbia's Court of Appeal reserved its decision Tuesday on the future of an injunction against old-growth logging protests on southern Vancouver Island after a two-day hearing. While the judges didn't set...
One body found in B.C. highway landslide, more missing: RCMP
RCMP say the body of a woman has been recovered from a landslide across Highway 99 near Lillooet, B.C., following historic rainfall as a search continues for others who may be buried in the debris. Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said Tuesday
Joly, Freeland, Ng and Mendicino to take part in summit with Trudeau in D.C.
WASHINGTON — The "Team Canada" approach that got the federal Liberal government through the raucous renegotiation of NAFTA three years ago will be back on full display this week in the U.S. capital. Four cabinet ministers — two of them in
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls on Ottawa to pay $180M cost of Iqaluit water crisis
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wants the Liberal government to pay the cost of fixing Iqaluit's ongoing water emergency. The 8,000 people who live in Nunavut's capital haven't been able to drink their tap water since Oct. 12
New minister says natural resources must evolve to include renewables, biofuels
OTTAWA — In a country intent on helping to slow global warming without destroying its economy, Canada's latest natural resources minister says his department can no longer be thought of mainly as the ministry for fossil fuels. But Jonathan Wilkinson al...
‘A meaningful statement’: Calgary council declares state of climate emergency
Calgary is the latest Canadian city to declare a climate emergency but there was concern during debate that the move could be seen as an attack on the energy sector. By a 13-2 margin, council Monday voted to accept a recommendation
