Category Archives: Environment
Protesters slam London banks on climate, fossil fuel support
LONDON (AP) — Protesters took to the streets Friday in London's historic financial district to lobby against the use of fossil fuels ahead of the start of the U.N. climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow.
North America’s first whale sanctuary is taking shape in rural Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — The plan to build North America's first wild refuge for whales retired from marine parks took a big step forward Friday in a remote corner of northeastern Nova Scotia. The Whale Sanctuary Project officially opened its visitor and operations
UK’s Johnson gives G-20 stark warning on climate change
ROME (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Italy for a Group of 20 meeting on Friday with a stark warning: modern civilization could soon lie in ruins like ancient Rome if world leaders don’t act to curb
Company hires contractor in effort to recover overboard containers off B.C.
VANCOUVER — The Canadian Coast Guard says the owner of a ship that lost 109 containers overboard in stormy weather last week has hired a contractor to try to recover the bins loaded with cargo. It says in a statement that
Judge won’t validate water deal for California farm supplier
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has declined to validate a contract granting permanent access to federally controlled water for the nation's largest agricultural water supplier, a move that means the U.S. government is not bound by terms o...
Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West in response to Republican-backed state laws that make it easier to kill the predators.
Report: Dutch govt missing climate targets, must act faster
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government must urgently take more action to rein in emissions of greenhouse gases, an independent advisory body said Thursday, warning that climate targets set by the government are currently “out of sight.”
EU chief calls for leadership at climate ‘moment of truth’
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s chief executive called Thursday for a show of climate leadership ahead of two major international meetings focused on curbing global warming, warning that world leaders face “a moment of truth.”
Canada’s climate plan gets good grade as Trudeau heads to summits in Europe
OTTAWA — A new analysis suggests the Liberal climate plan could meet Canada's greenhouse gas emissions targets for the first time before the end of this decade. The study by Clean Prosperity published Thursday could give some heft to Prime Minister
Rising seas: Delays to safeguarding Chignecto Isthmus worry N.S., N.B. politicians
HALIFAX — Legislators on both sides of the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick boundary say efforts to safeguard their area from a potential climate disaster have dragged on too long. An engineering study commissioned to develop "three viable solutions" to the r...