Tag Archives: Environment
Report shows fossil fuel production out of step with government climate commitments
EDMONTON - Governments around the world expect to produce twice as much fossil fuels as their climate commitments would allow, a new international report has found. "When you add up (predictions) for ...
Oct 20, 2021
Alberta country stars band together on song opposing Rocky Mountain coal mining
EDMONTON - When Alberta country singer Corb Lund wrote a song 12 years ago about a rancher determined to defend the landscape he loves against encroaching development, it was just a campfire yarn. "It...
Oct 20, 2021
RBC report says $2 trillion needed to reach 2050 target of net-zero economy
OTTAWA - A new report says the country will need roughly $2 trillion to put the economy on a path to net-zero emissions in 30 years, including government spending on things like skills training and ba...
Oct 20, 2021
Coal report on Albertans' views to be delayed one month, says panel chairman
EDMONTON - A report detailing how Albertans feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rockies will be delayed by a month, says the head of the committee preparing the document. Ron Wallace said the repor...
Oct 19, 2021
Nunavut companies to ship plastic water bottles to Southern Canada for recycling
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A group of companies in Nunavut has teamed up to help recycle thousands of plastic water bottles that have been shipped to Iqaluit during the capital city's water crisis. Iqaluit's ...
Oct 19, 2021
Two Quebec companies unveil all-electric ambulance with eye to global market
MONTREAL - Quebec expects to have its first all-electric ambulances hit the road next year, which provincial Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said Monday will position the province as a leader in el...
Oct 18, 2021
Group delivers water to people without cars after fuel contaminates pipes in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - When staff at Iqaluit's Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre heard the news last week that water from the city's distribution pipes wasn't safe to drink because of fuel contamination, ...
Oct 18, 2021
Nature groups threaten to take Ottawa to court over Quebec chorus frog protection
MONTREAL - Two environmental groups say they're ready to take the federal government to court if it fails to protect a population of tiny brown frogs they say are threatened by a road expansion projec...
Oct 16, 2021
International Energy Agency forecasts decline in Canadian oil demand coming
OTTAWA - Environment groups in Canada say governments and the oil and gas industry can no longer pretend there is an economic case for expanding oil production after the latest international energy fo...
Oct 16, 2021
Testing shows high concentrations of fuel in tank at Iqaluit's water treatment plant
IQALUIT - The City of Iqaluit says testing shows a high concentration of fuel in a tank that supplies water to the Nunavut capital, but long-term health effects are not a concern. Officials at a news ...
Oct 15, 2021