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- 21/11/4 20:22
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at why some Indigenous leaders are ambivalent about the COP26 climate talks and how the health-care industry can reduce its...
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at why some Indigenous leaders are ambivalent about the COP26 climate talks and how the health-care industry can reduce its...
Right now, neither Canada nor the world appears to be on track to meet its climate targets or goals. So is all lost? Could we still hit the targets? What happens if we don’t? And if so, what’s the point? Here’s a closer...
A moose on the loose in Saskatoon smashed through a window of an elementary school Thursday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's restatement this week of a promise to implement a declining cap on greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil and gas industry — coupled with some of the reaction his comments provoked — suggested reality setting...
In the fight to curb climate change, several major coal-using nations announced steps Thursday to wean themselves — at times slowly — off of the heavily polluting fossil...
Reduced human activity created an unexpected opportunity for scientists to study how wildlife, air quality and noise pollution changed — and even they were surprised by what...
The federal government pledged five years ago to phase out coal-fired power by 2030, which was followed by a Liberal campaign promise to ban the export of thermal coal. But currently, we're still shipping millions of tonnes of it to energy-hungry markets in...
The costs for poorer countries to adapt to the consequences of climate change are around five to 10 times higher than current financial flows, and the gap is widening, a UN report said on Thursday, calling for a dramatic scale-up in financial...
The federal government announced Thursday morning it will cut subsidies that help oil and natural gas companies operate and expand outside the country by the end of next...
Certain invasive species, such as Prussian carp and goldfish, pose significant risks to Alberta's aquatic habitats. Aquarium species like goldfish and koi have become problematic at three locations in Lethbridge, Alta., in recent...
Slowing down the burning of coal should be low-hanging fruit for world leaders, but if the 2021 climate summit wants to seal the fate of coal-fired power plants, recent months have provided a reality check of how difficult the task will be. The world's appetite for burning the black nuggets is not...
There are at least three facilities in Nova Scotia that are turning food waste into energy, including a bio-digester at Courthouse Hill Farms in Hants...