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Scientists discover China has been secretly emitting banned ozone-depleting gasEnvironmental | 206719 hits | 5:15 AM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Expert says Toronto's rat problem is getting worseEnvironmental | 208458 hits | 8:50 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A video posted to social media has shed light on Toronto’s rat problem — an issue one expert says is getting progressively worse. Vancouver Aquarium suing city, park board over cetacean banEnvironmental | 207919 hits | 12:51 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Suit launched over the 2017 cetacean ban for breach of contract and claiming it lost millions of dollars in revenue. Growing wildfire prompts evacuation of High Level, Alta.Environmental | 208582 hits | 6:27 PM on Monday | posted by Strutz
Approximately 4,000 residents of High Level, Alta., are being evacuated due to the threat of an encroaching wildfire. Wild pigs causing 'ecological disaster' as they spread rapidly across Canada, survey saysEnvironmental | 208172 hits | 9:40 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Wild pigs are now Canada's most prolific invasive mammal, according to what the University of Saskatchewan calls the first-ever published survey of their distribution in Canada — and they're causing an "ecological disaster."CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415 parts per million for the first time in human history
Environmental | 207695 hits | 12:15 PM on Monday | posted by xerxes
State of emergency declared, evacuations ordered amid central B.C. wildfireEnvironmental | 208037 hits | 8:15 AM on Sunday | posted by Strutz
An out-of-control wildfire in central British Columbia has prompted a local state of emergency and several evacuations. Three-year-old attacked by coyote in White RockEnvironmental | 207906 hits | 4:43 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
After the attack, the coyote was found and killed by the B.C. Conservation Service later that evening. Vancouver's otter-koi saga continues, as fish return to scene of crimeEnvironmental | 208168 hits | 4:41 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Three adult ornamental koi and 344 juvenile koi are being released back into the pond at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, where an otter went on a feeding frenzy in November.Climate change: UK 'can cut emissions to nearly zero' by 2050
It could be done at no added cost from previous estimates, and reduce GDP by just 1-2%, a report says.
Environmental | 207023 hits | 10:59 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
It could be done at no added cost from previous estimates, and reduce GDP by just 1-2%, a report says. 'Flushable' wipes' Environment group asks Competition Bureau to probe claimEnvironmental | 206998 hits | 9:11 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Friends of the Earth Canada wants the Competition Bureau to investigate a recent study it says proves there is no such thing as a "flushable" wipe. Canada banning oil, gas and mining from marine-protected areasEnvironmental | 208070 hits | 11:51 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson today is announcing a total ban on oil and gas work, as well as mining, waste-dumping and bottom-trawling, in all of Canada's marine protected areas. Montreal 'going to war' against single-use plastic and styrofoam food containersEnvironmental | 208179 hits | 11:46 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Mayor Valérie Plante says a bylaw banning styrofoam and plastics will be passed by 2020, but the ban will be phased in gradually to give businesses time to adapt. Coyote co-existence policies mean pets are never safe, group of homeowners sayEnvironmental | 208115 hits | 1:33 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As coyotes increasingly take up residence in cities and towns across Canada, both provinces and municipalities have adopted "living with coyotes' policies. A group in Collingwood, Ont., is demanding action, saying governments are failing to protect their PM's use of jet for family vacation emitted as much CO2 as average Canadian per yearEnvironmental | 207939 hits | 9:58 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The use of a military jet for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s two-week family vacation on the Aga Khan’s private island pumped about as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as the average emitted per capita in Canada each year.Electric vehicles emit more CO2 than diesel ones, German study shows
Electric vehicles in Germany account for more CO2 emissions than diesel ones, according to a study by German scientists. When CO2 emissions linked to...
Environmental | 208223 hits | 4:09 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Electric vehicles in Germany account for more CO2 emissions than diesel ones, according to a study by German scientists. When CO2 emissions linked to... Meat and the environment: Do Canadians know what's at stake'Environmental | 208089 hits | 11:37 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the the impact of meat-eating on the environment and provide a primer on electronic waste.Police RAVE with eco-warriors chanting 'we love you' in Oxford Circus
Actress Emma Thompson was among climate change protestors who called in hundreds of samba-playing reinforcements after police descended on Oxford Circus to make arrests.
Environmental | 208012 hits | 2:48 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Actress Emma Thompson was among climate change protestors who called in hundreds of samba-playing reinforcements after police descended on Oxford Circus to make arrests. Projects will help Nova Scotia prepare for rising sea levels, stormsEnvironmental | 208531 hits | 11:05 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The province and Ottawa will share $114 million in costs of improving over 64 kilometres of dikes and their aboiteaux - sluices under the dikes that allow water out at low tide. Environmental | 207125 hits | 12:23 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement or Vhemt (pronounced vehement) believes in “refraining” from reproduction in order to allow the environment to return to good health. The Liberals manipulate a climate report to justify handouts to LoblawsEnvironmental | 207039 hits | 12:16 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Bring on what promises to be a steady blizzard of climate announcements Climate change: 'Magic bullet' carbon solution takes big stepEnvironmental | 206788 hits | 6:56 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
New CO2 removal technology gains significant investment from fossil fuel companies, but greens have doubts.Emissions up as car buyers switch from diesel to gasoline
Switching fuels is endangering efforts to reach EU emissions targets.
Environmental | 206958 hits | 4:09 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Switching fuels is endangering efforts to reach EU emissions targets.Senate blocks Green New Deal
The Senate on Tuesday blocked the Green New Deal, a progressive climate change resolution that Republicans view as prime fodder heading into the 2020 presidential election. The Senate voted 0-57 on taking up the resolution, with 43 Democrats voting presen
Environmental | 207994 hits | 6:53 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Senate on Tuesday blocked the Green New Deal, a progressive climate change resolution that Republicans view as prime fodder heading into the 2020 presidential election. The Senate voted 0-57 on taking up the resolution, with 43 Democrats voting presenFrench farmers say wind turbines and solar panels have killed hundreds of their cows
French cattle farmers in Cotes-d'Armor, Brittany, claim hundreds of cows have been killed by electricity from solar panels and wind turbines. They say it has come through the ground.
Environmental | 208206 hits | 3:42 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
French cattle farmers in Cotes-d'Armor, Brittany, claim hundreds of cows have been killed by electricity from solar panels and wind turbines. They say it has come through the ground. 'Just bag after bag after bag': 40 kg of plastic found in dead whale's stomachEnvironmental | 208019 hits | 6:31 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
When a dead whale was discovered on a beach in the Philippines on Saturday, government veterinarians mistook it for a pregnant female because of its swollen belly. What is killing Sable Island's horses'Environmental | 208553 hits | 9:31 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Researchers are conducting necropsies on Sable Island's unique feral horse population to learn what causes them to die. PM's use of jet for family vacation emitted as much CO2 as average Canadian per year | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 208015 hits | 9:39 PM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy
The use of a military jet for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s two-week family vacation on the Aga Khan’s private island pumped about as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as the average emitted per capita in Canada each year. Canadians want to see electric vehicles become mainstream over gasoline, poll findsEnvironmental | 208174 hits | 7:26 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
British Columbians lead the country when it comes to wanting more electric cars on the road as opposed to gas vehicles, according to a new poll. Environment is a deadly mess, but 'there is every reason to be hopeful,' UN saysEnvironmental | 208188 hits | 6:45 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The UN's sixth Global Environment Outlook paints a dire picture of a planet where environmental problems interact with each other to make things even more dangerous for people. But it says changes in the way the world eats, buys things, gets its energy an Court documents reveal Monsanto's efforts to fight glyphosate's 'severe stigma'Environmental | 208058 hits | 7:31 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A review by CBC/Radio-Canada of internal Monsanto documents disclosed in a court case last year reveals the many efforts the company took to fight a UN agency assessment that glyphosate, the principal ingredient in its Roundup, was probably carcinogenic t Single-use plastics could be banned in OntarioEnvironmental | 209303 hits | 9:04 AM on Sunday | posted by Strutz
Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills. Tiny endangered snails in Banff have their only habitat partly destroyed by swimmerEnvironmental | 207229 hits | 5:15 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The only place in the entire world where this snail is found is in the Sulphur Mountain hot springs. The park wardens are reportedly searching for the swimmerCarbon Dioxide: The Newest Form of Renewable Energy'
Move over wind farms. Step aside acres of solar panels. There’s a new renewable energy source coming down the pike, and it has the potential to put the others out of business.
And, ironically, it’s the climate alarmists’ biggest demon. It’s carbon diox
Environmental | 207295 hits | 8:26 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Move over wind farms. Step aside acres of solar panels. There’s a new renewable energy source coming down the pike, and it has the potential to put the others out of business.
And, ironically, it’s the climate alarmists’ biggest demon. It’s carbon diox Alberta Energy Regulator suspends fracking well linked to Monday earthquakeEnvironmental | 207148 hits | 7:26 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The Alberta Energy Regulator has ordered a company to suspend fracking operations at a well site linked to an earthquake that was felt in the communities of Red Deer and Sylvan Lake. The last great tree: a majestic relic of Canada's vanishing rainforestEnvironmental | 207072 hits | 6:58 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Spared by the loggers’ chainsaws a Douglas fir perhaps 1,000 years old stands in splendid isolation on Vancouver IslandEndangered orangutans 'doomed to extinction' as Chinese-built hydro dam set to rip through habitat
Environmental | 206858 hits | 6:50 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Normally ice-bound this time of year, the Bering Sea is mostly open waterEnvironmental | 207043 hits | 6:13 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Open water has replaced sea ice in much of the Bering Sea off Alaska's west coast, leaving villages vulnerable to powerful winter storms and adding challenges for hunters in Alaska seeking marine mammals, an expert said Monday. Huge, rare fish washes ashore in Southern CaliforniaEnvironmental | 207711 hits | 7:07 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A huge, disk-shaped sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, a recently identified rare species thought to live in the Southern Hemisphere.California's San Bernardino County slams the brakes on big solar projects
California's largest county has banned the construction of large solar and wind farms on more than 1 million acres of private land, bending to the will of residents who say they don’t want renewable energy projects industrializing their rural desert commu
Environmental | 206909 hits | 9:54 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
California's largest county has banned the construction of large solar and wind farms on more than 1 million acres of private land, bending to the will of residents who say they don’t want renewable energy projects industrializing their rural desert commu Renewable energy policies actually workEnvironmental | 208213 hits | 6:05 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Countries where emissions dropped push conservation and switching power sources. Environmental | 208070 hits | 12:41 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
New study says carbon dioxide is released during crop irrigation with lake water. Evidence of human role in global warming hits strongest statistical benchmark: studyEnvironmental | 208269 hits | 5:16 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
"Humanity cannot afford to ignore such clear signals," the U.S.-led team wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change of satellite measurements of rising temperatures over the past 40 years.Coral Reefs in West Hawaii Showing Signs of Recovery
Nearly four years after the worst bleaching event in the state’s history, coral reefs in West Hawaiʽi are stabilizing and poised to recover, according to scientists from The Nature Conservancy.
Environmental | 208095 hits | 2:39 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Nearly four years after the worst bleaching event in the state’s history, coral reefs in West Hawaiʽi are stabilizing and poised to recover, according to scientists from The Nature Conservancy.Environmental | 208238 hits | 12:41 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent plenty of air time explaining "farting cows," as she defended her so-called Green New Deal on the premiere of Showtime’s “Desus & Mero.” Despite trash complaints, Canada will continue with global recycling programEnvironmental | 207977 hits | 6:56 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Canada will not sign on to an amendment to an international treaty that could bar three dozen countries from shipping any kind of garbage, even recyclables, to the developing world. 'It's like a doctor telling you, you have cancer:' Alberta farmers fight a growing battleEnvironmental | 207918 hits | 5:50 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
John Guelly is blunt about how tough it was five years ago to be hit with the news that clubroot had found its way into his canola crop. 'You can smell crude in the air':Environmental | 207992 hits | 11:47 AM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy
CN Rail is working to clean up an oil leak after nearly 40 train cars carrying crude oil derailed near a western Manitoba village early Saturday morning.Startup will store energy by forcing compressed air in a defunct zinc mine
An energy storage startup called Hydrostor is planning to build an Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) project in Australia, using an out-of-operation underground zinc mine as a container for the compressed air.
Environmental | 207864 hits | 7:22 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
An energy storage startup called Hydrostor is planning to build an Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) project in Australia, using an out-of-operation underground zinc mine as a container for the compressed air.Back to Canada News
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