Category Archives: Environment
Green groups greet climate deal with hope, frustration after last-minute compromise
A last-minute deal reached at the United Nations climate talks Saturday drew a mix of discouragement and determination from environmental groups and politicians in Canada. Almost 200 countries accepted the contentious climate compromise aimed at preser...
The Latest: EU executive says COP26 agreement a good start
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The latest on the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow: BRUSSELS — The head of the European
Good COP, bad COP? Takeaways from the new UN climate deal
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — After two years of preparation and 13 days of tough talks, did negotiators at the U.N. climate meeting in Glasgow save the planet?
COP26 to accelerate climate action already underway in Canada, experts say
The delegates are trickling home and Glasgow's streets are clearing of protesters. Now, experts say, the real work begins of putting meat and bone to the pledges and commitments made by world leaders to keep global warming below catastrophic levels. "T...
Quebec builds fences around caribou as experts decry lack of habitat protection
MONTREAL — The Quebec government’s decision to fence in another endangered caribou herd and to kill any wolves that approach the animals is worrying environmentalists, who say the province is again delaying a long-promised plan to re-establish the spec...
The Latest: Charities offer to kick-start climate aid fund
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The latest on the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow: GLASGOW, Scotland --- Several charities are offering
The Latest: Charities offer to kick-start climate aid fund
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The latest on the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow: GLASGOW, Scotland --- Several charities are offering
Closing time: Climate diplomats decide wording and the world
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Thump, thump, thump. In the frantic last hours of U.N. climate talks in Scotland, a senior diplomat from Luxembourg came sprinting down a hallway inside the summit venue, his hair flying as he whooshed by clutching
Canada, U.S. call to end fossil fuel subsidies as COP26 draft called ‘weasel words’
OTTAWA — Canada's environment minister fended off accusations Friday that UN climate negotiators are resorting to "weasel words" on addressing fossil fuel subsidies. As United Nations negotiators wrestled over a final text in the closing hours of the G...
Canada’s new foreign affairs minister meets in D.C. with U.S. counterpart Blinken
WASHINGTON — Canada won't shy away from defending its national interests when North America's three leaders sit down together next week, Mélanie Joly said Friday as she wrapped up her first stateside visit as the new foreign affairs minister. Joly sai...
