Tag Archives: Environment
Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences
VANCOUVER - The federal government is offering to buy Pacific salmon commercial fishing licences from those looking to get out of the declining industry as it tries to protect the fish that remain. Fi...
Dec 14, 2022
Fusion breakthrough a 'marvel' of global scientific collaboration, including Canada
WASHINGTON - The fusion ignition breakthrough that has experts hailing a new dawn in the search for clean energy took a lot of help from around the world - including Canada. Researchers at the Univers...
Dec 14, 2022
First Nations, governments working to establish Indigenous protected area in Manitoba
MONTREAL - Four First Nations in Manitoba are working with the provincial and federal governments to establish a new Indigenous protected area. The groups announced Wednesday at the COP15 global biodi...
Dec 14, 2022
'Issue of fairness': Developing countries walk out of biodiversity talks over funding
MONTREAL - Representatives from developing countries have walked out of a global conference on conserving the world's biodiversity over concerns that talks about how those efforts should be funded are...
Dec 14, 2022
Focus turns to financing in final week of global biodiversity conference
MONTREAL - Negotiators at a global conference on saving the world's biodiversity were sharpening their focus on how to pay for it Tuesday, as environment ministers from around the globe converged in M...
Dec 13, 2022
'Extreme shifts:' New report details effects of changing Arctic climate
YELLOWKNIFE - A new report details how widespread changes in the Arctic, from warming air temperatures to sea-ice loss, have affected animals, plants and people living there. The National Oceanic and ...
Dec 13, 2022
New UN project office focused on sustainable cities to open in Montreal
Montreal has been chosen as the site of a new United Nations office that will oversee a program focused on developing green, resilient and sustainable cities. UN-Habitat, the international body's prog...
Dec 12, 2022
All numerical targets including '30x30' pledge remain unsettled in COP15 negotiations
MONTREAL - Many key goals in a proposed agreement on protecting the planet's biodiversity remain unsettled as debate continues over who will pay for the ambitious pledges, delegates at a UN meeting in...
Dec 12, 2022
Canada, other G7 nations launch sustainable mining alliance at COP15 nature meeting
MONTREAL - Canada and other G7 countries have formed a new alliance to compel mining companies to adopt more environmentally sustainable and socially responsible standards, as the Western world ramps ...
Dec 12, 2022
Climate change affecting Christmas tree farms across Canada, expert say
The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms across Canada, with one forestry expert and the head of the Canadian Christmas Tree Association saying the sector that's already...
Dec 11, 2022