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'New salmon run:' Planes now fly in fish as Yukon chinook declineEnvironmental | 206671 hits | 7:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Salmon no longer collect in the nets along the Teslin River where the Tlingit people have harvested them for thousands of years. Now, they come from the sky. Alberta to audit coal mines to ensure there's money for cleanupEnvironmental | 207710 hits | 6:33 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The Alberta Energy Regulator is planning to audit nine coal mines to make sure there are enough resources to clean up after the mines close.Florida regulators OK plan to increase toxins in water
Environmental | 206571 hits | 7:12 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Leonardo DiCaprio hops from helicopter to gas guzzling private jet in Saint Tropez
Eco warrior enthusiast Leonardo DiCaprio is back to doing what he does best: Fighting for the environment while simultaneously contributing to its demise.
Environmental | 207656 hits | 12:15 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Eco warrior enthusiast Leonardo DiCaprio is back to doing what he does best: Fighting for the environment while simultaneously contributing to its demise.Reaction captures carbon, generates electricity, makes a cleaning product
The capture of CO2 from smokestacks could make an important contribution to limiting climate change, but there are two obstacles. One is that you have to store that CO2 somewhere (like underground reservoirs). The other is that the capture process require
Environmental | 207676 hits | 10:52 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The capture of CO2 from smokestacks could make an important contribution to limiting climate change, but there are two obstacles. One is that you have to store that CO2 somewhere (like underground reservoirs). The other is that the capture process require Wildlife conservationists urge Alberta to abandon proposed caribou restoration planEnvironmental | 207753 hits | 6:10 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Conservation groups across the country are calling into question both the ethics and the effectiveness of a proposal to recover woodland caribou in Alberta. Turtle hunt underway for invasive red-eared slider near Christina LakeEnvironmental | 207034 hits | 3:38 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
For the past few weeks, wildlife lovers near Christina Lake have been trying to catch a red-eared slider near Christina Lake. Red-eared sliders are not indigenous to the region; they grow to be over a foot long and can do serious damage to local painted t Bird Studies Canada concerned about dead seabirds in Pacific NorthwestEnvironmental | 206703 hits | 3:23 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Bird Studies Canada, which monitors sea bird mortality, says there have been about half a dozen reports of dead Rhinoceros Auklets around the Victoria area and Washington State. Invasive green crab targeted by new ecotourism campaignEnvironmental | 207084 hits | 7:54 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Starting this month, tourists to Nova Scotia will have the opportunity to accompany Parks Canada staff on a crab hunting excursion at Kejimkujik National Park, to help control an invasive species.'Healing' detected in Antarctic ozone hole
Researchers say they have found the first clear evidence that the thinning in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to heal.
Environmental | 206617 hits | 5:27 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Researchers say they have found the first clear evidence that the thinning in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to heal.Brexit spells end to EU leadership in climate diplomacy
Britain's exit dashes the European Union's leadership ambitions on efforts to slow climate change, leaving the bloc on the sidelines while others endorse the global pact it championed to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental | 206889 hits | 7:40 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Britain's exit dashes the European Union's leadership ambitions on efforts to slow climate change, leaving the bloc on the sidelines while others endorse the global pact it championed to curb greenhouse gas emissions. 'Moose riders' charged under the Wildlife ActEnvironmental | 206749 hits | 6:18 PM on Thursday | posted by BeaverFever
Paving roads with pig manure
Pig manure has a high-oil content, and can be blended with rock to create a cheap, renewable alternative to asphalt, and reduce stinky pig waste.
Environmental | 208091 hits | 9:37 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Pig manure has a high-oil content, and can be blended with rock to create a cheap, renewable alternative to asphalt, and reduce stinky pig waste. Microbeads listed as 'toxic substance' en route to banEnvironmental | 207912 hits | 7:04 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The federal government has officially listed microbeads as a toxic substance, giving it the ability to ban the plastic beads used in cleansers.Marine rescue teams search for entangled blue whale off California coast
Marine mammal rescue teams were hoping on Tuesday to renew their attempt to disentangle a blue whale found enmeshed in fishing line off the Southern California coast a day after initial efforts to free the giant creature failed.
Environmental | 207940 hits | 1:32 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Marine mammal rescue teams were hoping on Tuesday to renew their attempt to disentangle a blue whale found enmeshed in fishing line off the Southern California coast a day after initial efforts to free the giant creature failed.Why Rains Do Not End Drought And What The Government Needs To Do Urgently
NEW DELHI -- It is still not certain whether the monsoons will be as "good" this year as early forecasts suggest, but at least the rains are here and are making their way across India, bringing long-awaited and direly needed succor to millions in 13 droug
Environmental | 207790 hits | 9:39 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
NEW DELHI -- It is still not certain whether the monsoons will be as "good" this year as early forecasts suggest, but at least the rains are here and are making their way across India, bringing long-awaited and direly needed succor to millions in 13 droug Massive rooftop solar array south of Edmonton nearly complete | Globalnews.caEnvironmental | 207908 hits | 8:51 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta utility provider ENMAX is billing it as "Canada's largest rooftop solar array" and according to the company, the installation that will produce renewable electricity in the City of Leduc, will soon be complete. Energy group report links 6.5 million deaths worldwide each year to air pollutionEnvironmental | 207824 hits | 11:19 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Each year about 6.5 million deaths worldwide are linked to air pollution, a number that could grow in coming decades unless the energy sector steps up its efforts to slash emissions, the International Energy Agency warned Monday. Grolar or pizzly' Nope, just a blond grizzly bearEnvironmental | 207868 hits | 12:49 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
DNA analysis has confirmed that an odd-looking bear shot and killed by a hunter in Arviat, Nunavut last month wasn’t the offspring of a polar bear and a grizzly bear — it was a blond grizzly. Sea star die-off leads to kelp 'clearcut' in Howe Sound, scientists findEnvironmental | 207666 hits | 5:58 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The massive die-off of sea stars in B.C.'s Howe Sound has had a domino effect on other creatures, resulting in the virtual clearcut of kelp forests in the area, scientists have found.Men Film Themselves Apparently Dumping Chemical Waste To Keep Their Jobs
Environmental | 206702 hits | 12:27 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Waukesha, Wis., plan to tap into Lake Michigan called 'wrong decision'Environmental | 207677 hits | 8:14 AM on Wednesday | posted by andyt
Leamington, Ont., Mayor John Paterson is irate after a group of eight U.S. governors voted Tuesday to allow a small Wisconsin town to draw its drinking water from Lake Michigan. Bankrupt energy firms add to Alberta's abandoned well problemsEnvironmental | 206849 hits | 9:07 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Albertans cannot say no if a company wants to drill an oil or gas well on their land. Nor can they compel the company to clean it up. The result is 150,000 inactive or abandoned wells in Alberta, a number that will only go up. Ottawa moves to get dirty mowers off Canadian lawns | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 207071 hits | 7:02 PM on Friday | posted by Alta_redneck
OTTAWA -- The federal government wants dirty gas-guzzling mowers to get off everybody's lawn. Proposed new regulations for off-road, small spark-ignition engines have been posted in the Canada Gazette for public comment. The new rules are designed to cut Shell donating controversial Arctic exploration permits to governmentEnvironmental | 206694 hits | 6:43 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Shell Canada is donating its controversial Arctic energy exploration permits to clear the way for creating Canada's third national marine protected area. The 30 legally-questionable permits are being given to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, which will iCollaroy Beach 'loses 50 metres' after Australia storm
Exclusive seafront homes in Sydney, Australia are in danger of collapsing after two nights of deadly high tides wash away up to 50m of beach.
Environmental | 206758 hits | 11:58 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Exclusive seafront homes in Sydney, Australia are in danger of collapsing after two nights of deadly high tides wash away up to 50m of beach. Holy Carp! Invasive fish species found in St. Lawrence | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 206740 hits | 6:52 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Wildlife officials are activating an emergency plan after two fishermen hauled a massive Asian grass carp out of the St. Lawrence River. Human Rights Watch takes Canada to task for unsafe water in Ontario reservesEnvironmental | 206743 hits | 6:26 AM on Tuesday | posted by shockedcanadian
Climate accord 'irrelevant,' and CO2 cuts could impoverish the world: Scientist
The IEA projects governments should spend trillions on the fight to cut carbon. One scientist, however, tells CNBC: "Not so fast."
Environmental | 206929 hits | 9:35 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The IEA projects governments should spend trillions on the fight to cut carbon. One scientist, however, tells CNBC: "Not so fast." Geothermal energy research in Alberta making strides with new technologyEnvironmental | 206786 hits | 6:50 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Researchers in the province are looking to cash in on the wealth of geothermal energy we have in Alberta. As we get closer and closer to the NDP's deadline to be off coal-fired electricity by 2030, this could be a big part of the solution. Emissions detected from space reveal big pollutersEnvironmental | 207018 hits | 9:06 AM on Friday | posted by Robair
Polluters can no longer hide their emissions of sulfur dioxide by failing to report them — Canadian researchers have found a way to detect that kind of pollution using satellites. Billions expected to be spent on green energy in Alberta, SaskatchewanEnvironmental | 206690 hits | 12:18 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
With up to $50 billion to be spent on renewable energy projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan over the next 14 years, suppliers want details on how the money will be spent and which projects they can bid on. Toxic splash' Russian rocket stage to come down in Canada's Arctic watersEnvironmental | 206992 hits | 6:59 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
An international aviation authority has issued a notice warning that debris from a Russian rocket launch is slated to fall Saturday into Baffin Bay. Environmentalists are outraged. Environmental | 207908 hits | 1:03 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The consortium says its proposed B.C. terminal would supply ‘the world’s cleanest LNG’ despite warnings that the project would undermine Canada’s climate commitmentsHas climate change been disproved' Large Hadron boffins cast shock DOUBT on global warming
MANKIND'S burning of fossil fuels may not be the primary cause of global warming, according to the shock results of a new study by scientists behind the Large Hadron Collider (LCH).
Environmental | 208462 hits | 11:01 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
MANKIND'S burning of fossil fuels may not be the primary cause of global warming, according to the shock results of a new study by scientists behind the Large Hadron Collider (LCH). Most coral dead in central section of Great Barrier Reef, surveys reveal | Environment | The GuardianEnvironmental | 208148 hits | 9:29 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
As mass bleaching sweeps the world heritage site, scientists also find an average of 35% of coral dead or dying in the northern and central sections of the reefPeacock spiders: scientist finds seven new species of 'fairly cute' creatures
Sydney biologist has a Facebook page dedicated to the colourful arachnids, which he says behave more like cats and dogs
Environmental | 208107 hits | 9:27 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Sydney biologist has a Facebook page dedicated to the colourful arachnids, which he says behave more like cats and dogs Mercury contamination at Grassy Narrows First Nation can be cleaned up, scientists tell government, againEnvironmental | 207896 hits | 6:51 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
It is feasible to clean up some of the decades-old mercury contamination in Ontario's English-Wabigoon River system near Grassy Narrows First Nation, according to new research by three experts in the field. Environmental | 207779 hits | 6:50 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A group of international experts on climate change is urging the federal cabinet to reject a consortium’s plans to export liquefied natural gas from Lelu Island, warning that the B.C. project would belch out emissions rivalling a large plant in Alberta’s Greenpeace brokers deal to stop some cod fishing expansion | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 207524 hits | 6:00 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Greenpeace says it has brokered an agreement between two major fishing groups and a number of major fish processors and retailers to prevent fishing for cod in a part of the Arctic Ocean where it has not been sourced from previously. Ontario gov't ignored chance to cut $1.5B in hydro bills: documentsEnvironmental | 207517 hits | 5:31 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Newly unearthed documents suggest Ontario’s Liberal government could have saved hydro customers $1.5 billion by terminating an agreement with Samsung, but decided against it. A third of birds in North America threatened with extinctionEnvironmental | 206869 hits | 5:00 PM on Wednesday | posted by andyt
A billion birds have disappeared from North America since 1970, and a third of bird species across the continent are threatened with extinction, a new report says. Ontario to spend $7-billion on sweeping climate change planEnvironmental | 207155 hits | 10:05 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ontario’s $7-billion bid to slash carbon footprint will affect every aspect of life in province while disrupting auto and energy sectors 'Out of control' wildfire forces mandatory evacuations in MD of GreenviewEnvironmental | 206680 hits | 7:02 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
An out of control wildfire burning about 10 kilometres north of Fox Creek has forced mandatory evacuations in the MD of Greenview. Work completed on barrier to keep "Asian carp" from Great LakesEnvironmental | 206737 hits | 9:36 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Earthen barrier in Ft. Wayne to block invasive asian carp from entering Great Lakes. Environmental officials are celebrating the completion of a nearly 2-mile-long, 80-foot-wide earthen berm designed to keep Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes.US carbon emissions drop, now 12% below 2005 levels
US carbon emissions were down slightly in 2015, continuing a period in which economic growth has been accompanied by relatively flat emissions. Compared to 2005, however, the current numbers represent a 12 percent drop. The Energy Information Agency (EIA)
Environmental | 206638 hits | 11:32 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
US carbon emissions were down slightly in 2015, continuing a period in which economic growth has been accompanied by relatively flat emissions. Compared to 2005, however, the current numbers represent a 12 percent drop. The Energy Information Agency (EIA) CN Rail trestle bridge in flames at Mayerthorpe, Alta.Environmental | 207642 hits | 2:42 PM on Tuesday | posted by Delwin
Study: Lots Of CO2 Is Literally Making The Earth Greener
The study is the largest of its kind and was written by 32 scientists from 24 colleges and universities in eight countries. It used three long-term satellite records of plant area and 10 different global ecosystem models to measure increasing plant growth
Environmental | 208217 hits | 1:44 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The study is the largest of its kind and was written by 32 scientists from 24 colleges and universities in eight countries. It used three long-term satellite records of plant area and 10 different global ecosystem models to measure increasing plant growth Catherine McKenna praises Alberta, says Leap Manifesto 'not helpful'Environmental | 207627 hits | 6:58 AM on Thursday | posted by andyt
Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna is defending Alberta's record on the environment and calls the Leap Manifesto unhelpful in the debate over energy and the environment. Environmental | 208129 hits | 9:01 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
A team of marine scientists from the University of Victoria and the Georgia Institute of Technology have returned from nearly a month of scuba diving on coral reefs in the middle of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. What they saw will haunt them for a long tiBack to Canada News
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