Tag Archives: Environment
Carbon price rises by $10, adds 2.2 cents to a litre of gas amid pressure for a break
OTTAWA - The higher price of crude oil is to blame for surging prices at the pump, Canada's natural resources minister argued as he pushed back against Prairie premiers who had called on the Liberal g...
Apr 01, 2022
Watching the "gals": First Nations guardians for caribou cows helps B.C. herd triple
A British Columbia caribou herd has tripled its size in less than decade as other such herds in Canada struggle to even survive. The reason? A combination of predator control, habitat protection and t...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. using Defense Production Act to kick-start domestic critical minerals production
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden brandished one of the biggest weapons in his economic arsenal Thursday in hopes of turning the United States into a leading producer of electric-vehicle batteries and ...
Mar 31, 2022
B.C. landslide caused 100-metre-high tsunami, set off earthquake scale: study
VANCOUVER - A retreating glacier in a remote British Columbia valley caused a massive landslide that crested a 100-metre-tall tsunami, wiped out kilometres of salmon habitat and was detected as far aw...
Mar 30, 2022
PANP to hold online information session on Lake Trout population after sharp decline
After a sharp decline in the Lake Trout population in Kingsmere Lake was reported in 2021 by the Prince Albert National Park (PANP), they are inviting the public to join an online information session ...
Mar 30, 2022
Feds looking to protect carbon price with legislation or compensation contracts
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to "future proof" the carbon price against political decisions to cancel or lower it down the road. That could include legislation to enshrine the carbon pri...
Mar 30, 2022
Federal emissions reduction plan still undercounts forestry, environmentalists say
The federal government's new emissions reduction plan continues to undercount emissions from forestry, an environmental group says, throwing doubt on Canada's ability to reach its goal of carbon neutr...
Mar 30, 2022
Conservatives support 2030 emissions-reduction target set by Harper, not Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canada's Conservatives continue to reject the target the Liberal government set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as the party searches for a new leader who will decide its appro...
Mar 29, 2022
City ran out of room to pile snow
This year's snow season was so bad that the city not only had issues with clearing the snow, they ran out of places to put it. Public Works director Wes Hicks said that official amount is hard to obta...
Mar 29, 2022
A brief history of Canada's climate plans
OTTAWA - Canada has had at least 11 different climate plans and nine emissions targets since 1988. Here's a snapshot of some of them. 1988: Canada hosts a conference in Toronto called Changing Atmosph...
Mar 29, 2022