Tag Archives: Environment
Federal protection proposed for critically at-risk spotted owls in B.C., groups say
VANCOUVER - Two environmental groups and a British Columbia First Nation say the federal government is recommending an order to protect the critically at-risk northern spotted owl. Just three of the t...
Feb 23, 2023
Judge grants motion by state of Michigan to appeal key decision in Line 5 dispute
WASHINGTON - The U.S. judge presiding over Michigan's bid to shut down the Line 5 pipeline has given her blessing to the state to appeal one of her key findings, breathing new life into a strategy tha...
Feb 23, 2023
B.C. diver finds horseshoe crab: 'I knew immediately it wasn't supposed to be here'
VANCOUVER - A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet came across an animal that an expert says is a long way from home. The unusual find has been identified as a horseshoe cra...
Feb 22, 2023
Trudeau government mum on Japan's invitation to rejoin global timber treaty
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government has yet to respond to a months-old invitation from Tokyo to have Canada rejoin a global environmental organization that regulates the timber trade. A July 2022 ...
Feb 21, 2023
Alberta, Saskatchewan methane emissions almost 4 times more than reported: research
New research using advanced technology suggests heavy oil facilities in Alberta and Saskatchewan are releasing almost four times the amount of a powerful greenhouse gas than they report to government....
Feb 21, 2023
Alberta, Saskatchewan methane emissions almost 4 times more than reported: research
New research using advanced technology suggests heavy oil facilities in Alberta and Saskatchewan are releasing almost four times the amount of a powerful greenhouse gas than they report to government....
Feb 20, 2023
Volunteer's death spurs warnings that B.C.'s avalanche conditions are 'unforgiving'
VANCOUVER - The avalanche deaths of two skiers in British Columbia's central Interior this month have prompted an emotional plea about this season's dangerous conditions from the head of a volunteer s...
Feb 19, 2023
Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.'s coast to protect wild fish
VICTORIA - The plight of British Columbia's endangered wild salmon came first Friday in the decision against renewing licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area off V...
Feb 17, 2023
Bird counts taking place across the globe. What to potentially expect from P.A.'s count
People all across the world will be counting birds over the next couple of days.The 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count officially got underway on Friday and goes until Monday. The goal is to count ...
Feb 17, 2023
Energy transition jobs plan aims to sustain and create jobs, not kill them: feds
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's long-promised plan to transition Canada's labour force to respond to climate change says a clean energy economy will not prompt massive unemployment in the country's ...
Feb 17, 2023