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Thousands of cars were idled as climate activists scaled bridge during rush hourEnvironmental | 206299 hits | 11:35 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Jacques Cartier Bridge was reopened to traffic and three protesters from Extinction Rebellion were arrested, according to the Sûreté du Québec. Province seeks help sniffing out wild pigs Social SharingEnvironmental | 208038 hits | 1:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ontarians are being urged to keep an eye out for wild pigs as the animals continue to wreak havoc across the province. Hundreds of spawning salmon killed in Squamish river; BC Hydro admits responsibilityEnvironmental | 207054 hits | 11:25 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Clint Goyette has spent a lot of time on the rivers around Squamish, B.C., over the last two decades as a fishing guide, but even he was shocked to see hundreds of dead fish lying in pools along the Cheakamus River recently.Extinction Rebellion: Climate protesters spray fake blood at Treasury
The activists drove up to the British Treasury in a fire engine and sprayed red paint through the hose onto the building, though at one point they lost control of the hose.
Environmental | 206996 hits | 10:14 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The activists drove up to the British Treasury in a fire engine and sprayed red paint through the hose onto the building, though at one point they lost control of the hose. 'There is no climate emergency,' hundreds of scientists, engineers tell U.N.Environmental | 206985 hits | 10:04 AM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier speaks at UN sustainability forumEnvironmental | 208373 hits | 12:20 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
'I've said it once, and I'll say it again, we can't eat money, or drink oil' Environmental | 208701 hits | 11:27 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Do the policies that Ottawa and the provinces put into place, or intend to implement, over the past four years, get our emissions down to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030? Not completely. Psychologist says he's worried about the mental wellbeing of climate change activist Greta Thunberg | Daily Mail OnlineEnvironmental | 208130 hits | 9:34 PM on Wednesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
A leading psychologist has stressed concern about the mental wellbeing of Greta Thunberg - as the teenager tackles international politics to demand action on climate change.How Climate Change Pseudoscience Became Publicly Accepted
Commentary Political and corporate leaders gathered for the climate week in New York City have urged significant action ...
Environmental | 208328 hits | 12:47 PM on Wednesday | posted by uwish
Commentary Political and corporate leaders gathered for the climate week in New York City have urged significant action ... Canadian architects commit to fighting climate change with new declarationEnvironmental | 207906 hits | 10:02 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As students take to the streets around the world to demand action on climate change, Canadian architects are also engaged in the fight against this global issue. Today, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s (RAIC) Committee on Regenerative Environ Feds scrapped 100 years of data on climate changeEnvironmental | 208189 hits | 12:12 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canadians already suspicious of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax are likely be even more suspicious given a report by Ottawa-based Blacklock's Reporter that Environment Canada omitted a century's worth of observed weather data in developing its Feral hogs headed for US from CanadaEnvironmental | 207339 hits | 1:14 PM on Thursday | posted by Robair
Extinction Rebellion vows to blockade Britain's leading port of Dover
Extinction Rebellion plans to 'block two of the primary exit roads' at the Port of Dover on Saturday September 21, eight days after protestors aim to shutdown Heathrow with drones.
Environmental | 208031 hits | 1:48 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Extinction Rebellion plans to 'block two of the primary exit roads' at the Port of Dover on Saturday September 21, eight days after protestors aim to shutdown Heathrow with drones. Environmental activist Tzeporah Berman receives $2M climate awardEnvironmental | 207008 hits | 2:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Berman co-founded Stand.earth, the organization behind numerous environmental campaigns, including those targeting expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline Edmonton city council declares state of climate emergencyEnvironmental | 208430 hits | 10:42 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Councillor Aaron Paquette put forward a motion to include Edmonton in the growing number of cities declaring a climate emergency. The motion passed. Marriott banning little shampoo bottles by 2020Environmental | 208116 hits | 6:46 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
Marriott International, the world's largest hotel chain, said Wednesday it will eliminate small plastic bottles of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel from its hotel rooms worldwide by December 2020. They'll be replaced with larger bottles or wall-mounted dTesla sued by Walmart over solar panel fires
The supermarket chain alleges that Tesla was negligent in the way the solar panels were installed.
Environmental | 208074 hits | 4:32 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The supermarket chain alleges that Tesla was negligent in the way the solar panels were installed.Mother arrested and taken to police cell after putting out wrong colour bin bags
A mother was arrested and taken to a police cell after being accused of putting her rubbish out in the wrong colour bin bags.
Environmental | 207935 hits | 9:34 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A mother was arrested and taken to a police cell after being accused of putting her rubbish out in the wrong colour bin bags. Fight climate change by eating meat, Ottawa farmers sayEnvironmental | 207954 hits | 1:24 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Farmers say people can still take a bite out of climate change while eating red meat, pushing back against global headlines calling for major changes to the world's farming and eating habits. Norway's first battery-powered plane ends up in a LAKE after crash-landing
The Alpha Electro G2 plane ended up nose-down and partly submerged at the end of a lake near Arendal in southern Norway, on Wednesday.
Environmental | 207966 hits | 12:28 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Alpha Electro G2 plane ended up nose-down and partly submerged at the end of a lake near Arendal in southern Norway, on Wednesday. Environmental | 207075 hits | 12:06 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A new paper shows that these firms are lobbying for environmental regulations in a calculated bet that their competitors will be worse offNew Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy
Environmental | 206875 hits | 5:09 AM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Don't blame wind power for Britain's huge power cuts, warn scientists
Energy chiefs at Renewable UK revealed on Friday afternoon that wind turbines had been generating 50 per cent of Great Britain's electricity earlier in the day, setting a new record.
Environmental | 206994 hits | 12:29 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Energy chiefs at Renewable UK revealed on Friday afternoon that wind turbines had been generating 50 per cent of Great Britain's electricity earlier in the day, setting a new record.Gators have taste for Florida Man, according to science
Gator bites have become more common as the gator population has boomed. A lot of the time, the gators aren't sure what they're biting and back off, study finds.
Environmental | 206992 hits | 3:03 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Gator bites have become more common as the gator population has boomed. A lot of the time, the gators aren't sure what they're biting and back off, study finds.Eco-activists targeting fossil fuel firm barricade offices of green energy company by mistake
Climate change activists chained themselves to the wrong building in the City of London after failing to realise the fossil fuel company they wanted to disrupt had moved address last year.
Environmental | 208188 hits | 12:07 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Climate change activists chained themselves to the wrong building in the City of London after failing to realise the fossil fuel company they wanted to disrupt had moved address last year.Vietnam seizes 125 kg of rhino horns, seven tiger carcasses
Trade in rhino horns is illegal in Vietnam.
Environmental | 208364 hits | 11:57 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Trade in rhino horns is illegal in Vietnam.Environmental | 208775 hits | 11:44 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The teen activist is ridiculed by some French MPs ahead of her speech to parliament. Killer collapse - The southern resident orcas of B.C. are strugglingEnvironmental | 208120 hits | 8:54 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The last year has seen one bad news story after another when it comes to the southern resident orcas, including a mother whale who carried her dead newborn around for 17 days in what some scientists described as a “tour of grief.” Researchers are becoming 12,000 L of oil spilled into ocean off Newfoundland, causing oil rig shutdownEnvironmental | 208068 hits | 8:51 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Production was stopped on Wednesday evening after thousands of litres of oil leaked from a storage container aboard the Hibernia oil platform off the coast of St. John's.We have 18 months to save world, Prince Charles warns Commonwealth leaders
The Prince of Wales has warned global leaders they have 18 critical months to solve climate change and restore the balance of nature, ensuring the survival of the human race.
Environmental | 207936 hits | 2:24 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Prince of Wales has warned global leaders they have 18 critical months to solve climate change and restore the balance of nature, ensuring the survival of the human race. Victoria's plastic bag ban quashed by B.C. courtEnvironmental | 208426 hits | 1:11 PM on Friday | posted by Freakinoldguy
In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that because Victoria's primary aim in enacting the ban was environment, it required approval by the Minister of Environment — something it failed to receive.Scientists discover radiation leak '100,000 times normal level' from Russian nuclear sub wreck
Scientists have identified a radiation leak on the wreck of a Russian nuclear submarine that sank in Arctic waters in 1989.
Environmental | 208111 hits | 12:15 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Scientists have identified a radiation leak on the wreck of a Russian nuclear submarine that sank in Arctic waters in 1989.Metal drinking straw warning after death of woman impaled through eye
Metal straws should be used with caution, a coroner has said, after a retired jockey died when she fell onto one which impaled her eye and caused a traumatic brain injury.
Environmental | 207000 hits | 12:12 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Metal straws should be used with caution, a coroner has said, after a retired jockey died when she fell onto one which impaled her eye and caused a traumatic brain injury.Best way to fight climate change' Plant a trillion trees
The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a trillion of them, maybe more, according to a new study. And there's enough room, Swiss scientists say.
Environmental | 207175 hits | 8:17 AM on Friday | posted by Robair
The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a trillion of them, maybe more, according to a new study. And there's enough room, Swiss scientists say. National park reserve in southern Interior moves step closer to becoming realityEnvironmental | 207068 hits | 6:31 PM on Tuesday | posted by Strutz
A next step in preserving one of Canada's most ecologically diverse regions has been reached between two British Columbia First Nations and the federal and provincial governments. P.E.I. becomes the first province to ban plastic bagsEnvironmental | 207141 hits | 6:26 PM on Tuesday | posted by Strutz
Prince Edward Island has become the first province to introduce a ban on single-use plastic bags.Glastonbury 2019 clean-up begins as rubbish is strewn across festival site
Work is underway to clear up tonnes of rubbish left behind by 200,000 revellers at Glastonbury Festival in Somerset despite organisers making the environment the theme of this year's event.
Environmental | 207586 hits | 8:09 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Work is underway to clear up tonnes of rubbish left behind by 200,000 revellers at Glastonbury Festival in Somerset despite organisers making the environment the theme of this year's event. Federal government's carbon tax is constitutional, Ontario's top court rulesEnvironmental | 206821 hits | 1:08 PM on Friday | posted by BeaverFever
China needs nearly $440 billion to clean up rural environment: report
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will need to spend 3 trillion yuan ($440 billion) over three years to improve village sanitation and clean up its heavily polluted rural environment, the official People’s Daily reported on Saturday, citing government officials.
Environmental | 208077 hits | 10:29 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will need to spend 3 trillion yuan ($440 billion) over three years to improve village sanitation and clean up its heavily polluted rural environment, the official People’s Daily reported on Saturday, citing government officials. These N.L. women have plastic-free periods. Why aren't more doing the same'Environmental | 207747 hits | 2:51 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Some women are taking the anti-plastic movement further than straws and bags by making their menstrual cycles plastic-free, and are urging more people to talk openly about their periods, their products, and their waste.Environmental | 208263 hits | 12:14 AM on Sunday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Researchers from Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig found that the top 10 rivers accounted for 88 to 95 per cent of the total global load. Conservationists raise alarm over wild fish found on B.C. salmon farmsEnvironmental | 207932 hits | 1:20 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A conservation charity says it’s concerned by what it calls a “growing trend” of wild fish killed by the salmon farming industry on British Columbia’s coast. Women in Siberian coal town beg Trudeau to let them come to Canada as environmental refugeesEnvironmental | 207826 hits | 4:23 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Fed up residents of a polluted city in central Russia are making an emotional plea to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, begging to be admitted to Canada as environmental refugees. Ottawa passes legislation that bans whale and dolphin captivity in CanadaEnvironmental | 206841 hits | 7:35 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The federal bill grandfathers in those that are already being kept at two facilities in the country, including the Vancouver Aquarium, which has one dolphin. Ottawa moves to ban single-use plastics as part of waste-reduction effortsEnvironmental | 206896 hits | 4:04 AM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever
Government to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021Environmental | 206906 hits | 6:24 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Trudeau government will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, CBC News has learned. Plastic straws, cotton swabs, drink stirrers, plates, cutlery and balloon sticks are just some of the single-use plastics that will be banned in Canada. Environmental | 206925 hits | 2:40 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
And so, many scientists who have the facts and know the truth remain silent Maxing out on electric vehicle rebates: How one man is trying to save big on a little carEnvironmental | 206716 hits | 8:56 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Keishin Tamaki figures if he maxes out all the rebates, he could wind up paying just $4,000 for his new EV — but there are several catches with his plan. Environmental | 208173 hits | 11:19 AM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century. Medicine Hat pulls plug on money-losing, $13-million solar power projectEnvironmental | 208259 hits | 2:55 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The southern Alberta city of Medicine Hat is pulling the plug on a $13-million concentrated solar power facility after operating it for about five years.Back to Canada News
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