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20739

Environmental | 207387 hits | 9:22 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Parts of Delhi are placed on alert and residents are forced to close windows and doors.

20687

Environmental | 206865 hits | 2:49 PM on Saturday | posted by Scape

Desert locusts invaded Gurugram, a satellite city of India's capital New Delhi on Saturday prompting authorities to ask people to keep their windows shut and...

20741

Environmental | 207407 hits | 10:02 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A U.S. environmental group says that country's toilet paper industry is driving boreal deforestation in Canada and fuelling the climate crisis. But the Forest Products Association of Canada says the report contains numerous false claims and accusations.&n

20669

Environmental | 206693 hits | 8:49 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

The current Saharan dust episode is leading to the worst dust storm in the Caribbean in decades.

20687

Environmental | 206867 hits | 9:50 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Ikea is investigating claims that the wood it uses in many of its chairs was supplied by companies accused of illegally deforesting a habitat for endangered lynx and brown bears in Ukraine’s Carpathian mountains.

20727

Environmental | 207271 hits | 6:36 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Jimmy Red — the heirloom bootleg "whiskey" corn — was almost lost forever, until someone revived it. Now it's thriving and the darling of Southern chefs and distillers.

20726

Environmental | 207256 hits | 8:38 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

A combination of more rain and less human activity in Alberta’s forests due to COVID-19 restrictions has contributed to a slower start to the wildfire season this spring compared to recent years.

20689

Environmental | 206889 hits | 8:29 AM on Tuesday | posted by uwish

A causal role for CO2 “cannot be claimed” for the glacial-to-interglacial warming events because CO2 variations follow rather than lead the temperature changes in paleoclimate records and the 100 ppm total increase over thousands of years produce “about 1

20717

Environmental | 207166 hits | 10:13 PM on Monday | posted by Scape

Trans Mountain says oil is flowing again through its pipeline after as much 190,000 litres of light crude spilled from a pumping facility in Abbotsford, B.C.

20679

Environmental | 206785 hits | 6:18 PM on Monday | posted by Scape

The fire grew from 5 acres to more than 300 acres within a couple of hours, officials say, feeding on stretches of dry grass and threatening homes and structures. https://abcn.ws/3hsvhZo

20737

Environmental | 207365 hits | 11:29 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Tesla has released its environmental impact report for 2019 today, and the report does a lot to address several myths which portray electric vehicles as actually more damaging to the environment than petrol cars.

20740

Environmental | 207395 hits | 11:27 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Poaching of the big cats is on the rise, and a new study links their slaughter to corruption as well as investment from Chinese companies.

20727

Environmental | 207265 hits | 5:46 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Microplastic particles, tiny chunks (by definition, less than 5 millimeters long) of fragmented plastic bottles and microfibers that fray from clothes, all pollutants that get caught up in Earth’s atmospheric systems and deposited in the wilderness.

20730

Environmental | 207304 hits | 7:46 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A dozen conservation and Indigenous groups have written federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asking him to force the Alberta government to reinstate environmental monitoring in the province's oilpatch.

20724

Environmental | 207241 hits | 5:45 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The preliminary results of a necropsy on the whale, whose body was found floating downstream from Montreal Tuesday, show signs of acute trauma, said Université de Montréal veterinary Prof. Stéphane Lair.

20675

Environmental | 206750 hits | 2:11 PM on Wednesday | posted by uwish

“The IPCC stands out, among those who believe that global warming is primarily due to human activity, as a voice of restraint on the issue of extreme weather. My review is in broad agreement with their position: there is little sign things are getting wor

20692

Environmental | 206921 hits | 1:58 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

Australia’s top climate scientist says “we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse” of civilisation, which may now be inevitable because 9 of the 15 known global climate tipping points that regulate the state of the planet have been activate

20730

Environmental | 207300 hits | 8:32 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

On Wednesday, Britain will mark two months without burning any coal to generate power.

20715

Environmental | 207152 hits | 7:27 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The whale's lifeless body was seen Tuesday morning, drifting down the St. Lawrence River near Varennes, about 30 kilometres downstream from the city.

20674

Environmental | 206737 hits | 9:51 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency in a region of Siberia after an estimated 18,000 tonnes of diesel fuel spilled from a power plant storage facility and fouled waterways.

20682

Environmental | 206824 hits | 10:55 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

We’ve seen more extreme rainfall and flooding across North America, and we know climate change is making the air warmer and wetter. But is there really evidence that the two are linked? Yes, there is, a new study from Environment and Climate Change Canada

20673

Environmental | 206730 hits | 8:00 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

After more than a decade in the works, a new carbon capture project in Alberta is now operational with lofty goals of sequestering large amounts of emissions, while also helping to revitalize the oil industry in the central part of the province.

20683

Environmental | 206834 hits | 7:50 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

The official data submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) confirm that the EU Member States, together with the United Kingdom (UK), cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 2.1 % in 2018 compared to 2017. The EEA repor

20741

Environmental | 207410 hits | 10:20 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The unregulated disposal of plastic scraps from the UK and other Western nations appears to have contaminated water and soil

20748

Environmental | 207484 hits | 8:58 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The tipping point has come and gone, according to new analysis.

20735

Environmental | 207346 hits | 6:52 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Dormant 'zombie fires' scattered across the Arctic region -- remnants of record blazes last year -- may be coming to life after an unusually warm and dry spring, scientists warned Wednesday.

20782

Environmental | 207823 hits | 11:31 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Practitioners warn exploitation of endangered animals is tarnishing their name as bear bile is touted as a Covid-19 cure

20737

Environmental | 207369 hits | 6:33 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Human activity could drive extinction and destroy billions of years of evolutionary history, which has produced remarkable creatures such as the punk-haired Mary River turtle, the yellow eyed Aye Aye lemur and the Chinese crocodile, researchers have warne

20748

Environmental | 207475 hits | 10:12 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

A record-breaking heatwave has arrived in the Arctic this month, appearing unusually early and with shocking intensity. Forecasts show that temperatures will remain higher than average next week, and possibly for the rest of the year.

20761

Environmental | 207599 hits | 9:17 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

"If they're feeding, they are feeding and they can be oblivious of boats," warned one researcher. Federal officials consider ship strike to be the species' biggest threat.

20675

Environmental | 206751 hits | 6:50 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

In two new sweeping decisions published on May 20, the provincial regulator said that it was no longer safe for the companies to continue monitoring environmental impacts due to the threat of COVID-19.

20722

Environmental | 207221 hits | 6:13 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Alberta is cancelling blanket environmental protections that have been in place since the 1970s and making it easier to develop open-pit coal mines in some of the province's most ecologically sensitive areas.

20724

Environmental | 207243 hits | 7:37 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

You may have noticed that we’re getting less snow in winter as the climate warms. But how much? A new study provides the best estimate yet of much snow North America has been losing, and shows Eurasia’s snowfall has held steady.

20726

Environmental | 207255 hits | 9:13 PM on Thursday | posted by Freakinoldguy

The figures, compiled by engineers at Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh, make fire the second-largest cause of accidents after blade failure.

20736

Environmental | 207357 hits | 11:13 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Environmentalists call for crackdown on ‘destructive’ vessels after fleet spotted

20725

Environmental | 207246 hits | 9:46 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

As the coronavirus pandemic cripples the US economy, corporate giants are turning to Congress for help. Polluting industries have been among the first in line: Congress has already bailed out airlines, and coal companies have snagged over $30 million in f

20710

Environmental | 207096 hits | 6:46 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

B.C. Premier John Horgan and provincial Energy Minister Bruce Ralston announced plans Wednesday to use $120 million in federal funds to clean up thousands of so-called orphan oil and gas wells.

20721

Environmental | 207209 hits | 6:53 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Visitors to the Padre Island National Seashore in Texas are discovering blue dragons during their trips, and though it may not be the flying, fire-breathing creatures their name may suggest, it's still 'a rare find,' the park says.

20724

Environmental | 207243 hits | 9:18 PM on Saturday | posted by uwish

Record-breaking high and low temperatures were recorded in parts of Canada going into the weekend, including the nearly 28 C recorded in the Squamish area of British Columbia and the -4.2 C recorded in Kitchener, Ont.

20720

Environmental | 207201 hits | 9:43 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

A small flock of shorebirds contaminated with oil after touching down on a northern Alberta tailings pond is expected to be released back into the wild within a week.

20679

Environmental | 206789 hits | 7:36 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

The once mighty northern cod stocks' growth is stalled according to DFO science. Ecosystem conditions including a lack of food are contributing factors. Fish harvesters say in the bigger picture though, the numbers are moving in the right direction.

20673

Environmental | 206731 hits | 6:01 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Electricity generated by renewable sources like solar, wind and hydro has exceeded coal-fired power in the United States for a record 40 straight days, according to a report based on U.S. government data released on Monday. The boost for renewables is

20683

Environmental | 206833 hits | 6:39 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The Asian giant hornet stings through clothing like a red-hot needle and slaughters honeybees by the thousands.

20678

Environmental | 206775 hits | 7:00 AM on Thursday | posted by uwish

Glacier surges of 100s of meters within mere months have been occurring throughout High Mountain Asia (the Karakoram region, especially) for decades, even centuries. It’s the Karakoram “anomaly”, and it’s thought to be “natural”. So why are the regions wh

20730

Environmental | 207302 hits | 6:41 AM on Tuesday | posted by uwish

BBC, which in September 2018 announced its decision to censor any reports by climate skeptics, continues to propagandize for climate alarmists. On March 12, BBC “Science Correspondent” Jonathan Amos published an alarming article entitled “Greenland and An

20751

Environmental | 207511 hits | 7:45 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Changes are coming to the Arctic so fast, scientists haven't even had a chance to understand what's there, the report suggests.

20761

Environmental | 207608 hits | 7:03 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

The health of insect populations globally is far more varied than previous research suggested.

20739

Environmental | 207394 hits | 8:10 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

As the coronavirus pandemic exploded across the world earlier this year, another even more conspicuous plague was tearing through East Africa: locusts. The voracious little beasts are particularly fond of carbohydrates like grains, a staple of subsistence

20698

Environmental | 206979 hits | 4:50 AM on Friday | posted by BeaverFever

It was the biggest oil spill ever in U.S. waters and remains one of the worst environmental disasters in world history.

20752

Environmental | 207517 hits | 9:32 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The mountains northwest of Oslo are some of Europe’s highest, and they are covered with snow throughout the year. Norwegians call them the Jotunheimen, meaning the home of the jötnar—the giants of Norse mythology.

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