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Another beluga whale dies at Marineland, Ontario says water quality is 'acceptable'
TORONTO - Three weeks after the death of another beluga whale at Marineland, the Ontario government is speaking publicly about its ongoing investigation of the park, saying water troubles are under co...
Nov 08, 2024
Storm tracker group confirms rare tornado touchdown on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
When Lynn Smith set out for a routine trip from her home in Halfmoon Bay to Sechelt on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast on Monday, she turned on her camera to send a video to a cousin who lives in th...
Nov 07, 2024
Alberta forestry minister says wolverine, lynx trapping limits lifted to gather data
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta Forestry Minister Todd Loewen says the decision to lift limits on trapping and harvesting for animals like wolverines is being done to get more data on how many the...
Nov 07, 2024
Environment commissioner says Canada on track to miss 2030 emissions targets
OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says the country is still not on track to meet its commitments under the Paris climate agreement. Ottawa has promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to b...
Nov 07, 2024 Ottawa has promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to be 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 but thus far they have only fallen seven per cent below 2005 levels. (The Canadian Press)
Washington voters uphold landmark climate law against challenge from conservatives
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Voters in Washington state on Tuesday upheld a groundbreaking law that is forcing companies to cut carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for programs that include ha...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican US Rep. John Curtis wins Mitt Romney's open Senate seat in Utah
PROVO, Utah (AP) - U.S. Rep. John Curtis will succeed Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate after the Republican breezed to victory over his Democratic opponent in deeply red Utah. Curtis defeated Democrat C...
Nov 05, 2024
Emissions cap puts methane in spotlight; industry says low-hanging fruit already gone
CALGARY - Oil and gas producers who have already made progress on lowering their methane emissions over the last decade say further large-scale reductions will be tougher to deliver. The federal gover...
Nov 05, 2024
Oil, gas companies told to cut emissions by one-third under planned cap
OTTAWA - Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations being published today by Environment Minist...
Nov 04, 2024 Upstream oil and gas operations, including production and refining, contributed about 31 per cent of Canada's total emissions in 2022. (650 CKOM file photo)
B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - Heavy rain isn't unusual for the community of Deep Cove in North Vancouver, but when Ashifa Saferali saw an e-bike floating down the middle of the street she knew this storm wa...
Nov 02, 2024
B.C. groups lose bid to stop Alaskan fishery's sustainable certification
A coalition of Canadian environmental groups has lost its latest bid to prevent Alaska's salmon fishery from being labelled as sustainable by an international certification body. The groups - includin...
Oct 30, 2024
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