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Dozens Drop out of "Biased" Energy Board Pipeline reviewEnvironmental | 206517 hits | 10:04 AM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
Syncrude Faces Environment Protection Order After Herons Found Dead At Oilsands SiteEnvironmental | 206734 hits | 8:08 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Oilsands giant Syncrude is facing an environmental protection order after the deaths of 30 great blue herons at one of its sites.
The Alberta Energy Regulator has given the company a series of tasks after the discovery of the large shorebirds' carcasse Fishing closures in southern Alberta due to hot weatherEnvironmental | 206684 hits | 7:58 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Certain fishing spots in southern Alberta are temporarily inaccessible due to high water temperatures. The province introduced the closures on Tuesday to safeguard fish populations in rivers and streams that have exceeded temperature thresholds.Anger Rises as E.P.A. Increases Estimate of Toxic Water Spill at Colorado Mine
DURANGO, Colo. — Anger over a spill of toxic water from a mine that turned this community’s river into a yellow-orange ribbon rose on Sunday when the Environmental Protection Agency announced that the spill was three times larger than previously stated —
Environmental | 206913 hits | 7:32 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
DURANGO, Colo. — Anger over a spill of toxic water from a mine that turned this community’s river into a yellow-orange ribbon rose on Sunday when the Environmental Protection Agency announced that the spill was three times larger than previously stated — Stinking seaweed piling high on beaches in tourism-dependent Caribbean
The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect on their visits to the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of decaying seaweed.
Environmental | 206748 hits | 7:31 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect on their visits to the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of decaying seaweed. Oobius agrili, parasitic wasp, introduced to Ontario to fight emerald ash borerEnvironmental | 206901 hits | 7:44 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
There's a tiny new weapon being used in the fight against the destructive emerald ash borer in Ontario. The federal government recently approved the introduction of a foreign breed of parasitic, non-stinging wasp that destroys ash borer eggs from within. 30 blue heron found dead at Syncrude Mildred Lake siteEnvironmental | 206710 hits | 12:03 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
The province is investigating after about 30 blue herons were killed at an oilsands mine in northern Alberta. Salmon on Vancouver Island threatened by heat waveEnvironmental | 206767 hits | 6:57 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
River levels in Southern B.C. are at record lows and water temperatures are at record highs. This is threatening the millions of salmon coming home to spawn and the billion-dollar freshwater fishing industry that depends on healthy rivers. Alaska shoreline cleanup makes small dent in marine garbageEnvironmental | 206658 hits | 1:14 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Hundreds of tonnes of marine debris have been collected from the shores of Alaska and British Columbia as part of an unprecedented cleanup effort that an organizer says barely made a dent in the rubbish that remains on beaches. Second mass stranding sees 14 whales helped back to sea in N.S.Environmental | 206791 hits | 12:47 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Another group of beached whales in Nova Scotia has been helped back out to sea, marking the second time this week that concerned residents joined together to save a stranded pod. Alliance shuts down gas pipeline in Western CanadaEnvironmental | 206713 hits | 11:10 AM on Friday | posted by Delwin
Alliance Pipeline has shut down a natural gas pipeline in Western Canada after poisonous hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas got into the system.Last New Zealand coal plant reaches the end of the line
Yesterday, one of New Zealand's major energy producers announced that it is planning on shuttering the last of the country's coal-fired power stations in 2018. The plant's extended life comes despite the fact that running it has become economically margin
Environmental | 206740 hits | 10:54 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Yesterday, one of New Zealand's major energy producers announced that it is planning on shuttering the last of the country's coal-fired power stations in 2018. The plant's extended life comes despite the fact that running it has become economically margin Walrus move north, leaving Alaska natives with fewer food sourcesEnvironmental | 206730 hits | 10:33 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
In remote communities at the edge of the Bering Sea, it's become increasingly difficult to land a walrus. Alaska Natives and scientists say warmer temperatures are causing the ice used by walrus to recede, pushing animals further north. Capping oil well blowouts within 24 hours too expensive, says OttawaEnvironmental | 206903 hits | 9:23 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The federal government says it is agreeing to an offshore drilling plan that allows up to 21 days to bring in capping technology for a subsea well blowout because requiring a shorter response time would be too expensive for Shell Canada Ltd.Ghost Town Emerges As Drought Makes Nevada's Lake Mead Disappear
Lest anyone forget, the drought in California and across the Southwest is still raging on. And one of the places where its effects can be observed most clearly is Nevada's Lake Mead.
Environmental | 206738 hits | 8:24 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Lest anyone forget, the drought in California and across the Southwest is still raging on. And one of the places where its effects can be observed most clearly is Nevada's Lake Mead.Polar bear diving record linked to melting sea ice
Environmental | 206549 hits | 5:19 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Great Lakes grow neon green with algal bloom, NASA photos showEnvironmental | 206819 hits | 8:34 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair are once again glowing neon green in NASA’s latest satellite images, amid forecasts that this year’s algal bloom would be one of the most severe in recent years. Toxic algae blooming off West Coast endangering marine life and forcing seafood bansEnvironmental | 207003 hits | 7:47 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago, according to surveyors. Local residents race to save pilot whales stranded on Cape Breton shoreEnvironmental | 206746 hits | 4:53 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Local residents rushed to rescue 16 pilot whales this morning that were beached near Judique, Cape Breton, managing to save 10 of them.Barack Obama sets stricter power plant emissions cuts
U.S. President Barack Obama announces even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected.
Environmental | 206760 hits | 6:10 PM on Monday | posted by andyt
U.S. President Barack Obama announces even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected. Notoriously invasive Asian carp found in Toronto | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 207956 hits | 10:35 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Sightings of Asian grass carp in two Toronto ponds have prompted the "biggest response in Canada to date" from Fisheries and Oceans Canada against the invasive species.Whale deaths off Alaska island remain mystery
Researchers may never learn why the carcasses of 18 endangered whales were found floating near Alaska's Kodiak Island, a scientist working on the case said Monday.
Environmental | 207872 hits | 6:36 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Researchers may never learn why the carcasses of 18 endangered whales were found floating near Alaska's Kodiak Island, a scientist working on the case said Monday.Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist
Cecil the lion – the most famous creature in one of Zimbabwe's national parks – was killed by an American hunter who has boasted about shooting a menagerie of animals with his bow and arrow, The Telegraph can reveal.
Environmental | 208335 hits | 6:27 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Cecil the lion – the most famous creature in one of Zimbabwe's national parks – was killed by an American hunter who has boasted about shooting a menagerie of animals with his bow and arrow, The Telegraph can reveal.Three scientists investigating melting Arctic ice may have been assassinated, professor claims
Cambridge Professor Peter Wadhams suspects the deaths of the three scientists were more than just an extraordinary coincidence
Environmental | 207763 hits | 12:10 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Cambridge Professor Peter Wadhams suspects the deaths of the three scientists were more than just an extraordinary coincidence Ontario leading the pack in making salt water drinkableEnvironmental | 207712 hits | 1:01 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ontario has granted more water-related industry patents than any other similarly-sized jurisdiction in the last three decades.Study suggests even more E. coli is in beach sand than water | The Columbus Dispatch
Environmental | 206513 hits | 2:25 PM on Saturday | posted by andyt
Environmentalists drop clothes at UC Berkeley to protest tree cutting in East Bay hills
Environmentalists shed their clothing Saturday morning on campus to rally against what they see as plans to cut down an estimated 450,000 trees in the East Bay hills.
Environmental | 208119 hits | 11:54 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Environmentalists shed their clothing Saturday morning on campus to rally against what they see as plans to cut down an estimated 450,000 trees in the East Bay hills. Bear feeding caught on video in Banff leads to $1,000 fineEnvironmental | 206895 hits | 12:45 PM on Thursday | posted by BeaverFever
Don't feed the wildlife — that's the message Parks Canada is sending out to the public. A video from last year that led to charges was released today to help raise awareness on the issue. Increased Arctic sea ice volume after anomalously low melting in 2013Environmental | 206891 hits | 12:44 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Changes in Arctic sea ice volume affect regional heat and freshwater budgets and patterns of atmospheric circulation at lower latitudes. Despite a well-documented decline in summer Arctic sea ice extent by about 40% since the late 1970s, it has been diffi 'It's changing the form of the landscape:' N.W.T lake falling off cliff due to permafrost meltEnvironmental | 206774 hits | 12:08 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Melting permafrost caused by climate change is causing changes in the northern landscape on a scale not seen since the end of the last ice age, experts say. Water restrictions intensify in Metro Vancouver as hot, dry conditions persistEnvironmental | 206655 hits | 6:59 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Stage 3 water restrictions mean lawn sprinklers and outdoor car washing are banned. Global heat records smashed in first half of 2015Environmental | 206706 hits | 1:02 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Earth dialled the heat up last month, smashing warm temperature records for both the month and the first half of the year. Nexen spill: new pipelines not always safer, investigator saysEnvironmental | 206815 hits | 7:04 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
In the wake of a massive spill from a one-year-old pipeline in Alberta, one veteran investigator says that newer technology doesn't always prevent spills. And that public confidence takes a big hit when it fails. Environmental | 206713 hits | 1:13 PM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
In 2014, the most essential indicators of Earth’s changing climate continued to reflect trends of a warming planet, with several markers such as rising land and ocean temperature, sea levels and greenhouse gases ─ setting new records. These key fi Nexen pipeline leak in Alberta spills 5 million litresEnvironmental | 206616 hits | 9:36 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Polar bears fail to adapt to lack of food in warmer ArcticEnvironmental | 206859 hits | 12:57 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Polar bears are unable to adapt their behaviour to cope with the food losses associated with warmer summers in the Arctic. Electric vehicle batteries are getting cheaper much faster than we expected | Ars TechnicaEnvironmental | 206713 hits | 7:26 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
And automakers are using those economies of scale to jump into stationary storage. B.C. upgrades drought status to max level for Lower Fraser, south coastEnvironmental | 206664 hits | 8:14 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
A record-low snow pack, paltry rainfall, and soaring temperatures have pushed British Columbia's most heavily populated region to the highest alert level on the province's drought scale. Agricultural disaster declared over drought in Parkland County | CTV Edmonton NewsEnvironmental | 206512 hits | 11:10 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Heathrow flights diverted after climate change protesters stage a lie-in demo
A dozen members of direct action group Plane Stupid got on to the northern runway of Britain's busiest airport at 3.30am after cutting a hole in a fence.
Environmental | 206714 hits | 1:35 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A dozen members of direct action group Plane Stupid got on to the northern runway of Britain's busiest airport at 3.30am after cutting a hole in a fence. Research shows southern Okanagan rattlesnake population under pressureEnvironmental | 206677 hits | 1:32 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Rattlesnake country can be a treacherous place, even if you’re a rattlesnake.Massive marine debris removal project to get underway in Alaska
A massive cleanup effort is getting underway in Alaska, with tons of marine debris — some likely sent to sea by the 2011 tsunami in Japan — set to be airlifted from rocky beaches and taken by barge for recycling and disposal in the Pacific Northwest.
Environmental | 206723 hits | 2:21 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
A massive cleanup effort is getting underway in Alaska, with tons of marine debris — some likely sent to sea by the 2011 tsunami in Japan — set to be airlifted from rocky beaches and taken by barge for recycling and disposal in the Pacific Northwest.Mount St. Helens, still steaming, holds the world's newest glacier
SEATTLE Mount St. Helens’ Crater Glacier continues to grow while most others around the world are shrinking.
Environmental | 206817 hits | 1:32 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
SEATTLE Mount St. Helens’ Crater Glacier continues to grow while most others around the world are shrinking.Is a mini ICE AGE on the way' Scientists warn the sun will 'go to sleep' in 2020
The rare phenomenon will lead to a phenomenon known as the 'Maunder minimum' - which has previously been known as a mini ice age when it hit between 1646 and 1715.
Environmental | 206910 hits | 1:43 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The rare phenomenon will lead to a phenomenon known as the 'Maunder minimum' - which has previously been known as a mini ice age when it hit between 1646 and 1715. Grasshoppers latest plague to hit Alberta's bone-dry farmsEnvironmental | 206831 hits | 8:11 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
When Grant Gaschnitz walks through his fields at his farm near High Prairie, swarms of grasshoppers jump out from under his feet. Global trends show seabird populations dropped 70 per cent since 1950sEnvironmental | 206798 hits | 7:01 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
UBC research shows world’s monitored seabird populations have dropped 70 per cent since the 1950s, a stark indication that marine ecosystems are not doing well.
Michelle Paleczny, a UBC master’s student and researcher with the Sea Around Us project, an Climate change is killing off bumblebees: studyEnvironmental | 206566 hits | 12:24 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
U.S. firm sues Canada for $10.5 billion over waterEnvironmental | 208389 hits | 11:29 AM on Thursday | posted by Zipperfish
Catastrophic Chinese floods triggered by air pollution
What atmospheric scientist Jiwen Fan saw on her television in July 2013 appalled her. The worst flooding to hit China in 50 years was happening in Sichuan province, in the same place that had been devastated by a massive earthquake just 5 years earlier. O
Environmental | 206875 hits | 11:14 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
What atmospheric scientist Jiwen Fan saw on her television in July 2013 appalled her. The worst flooding to hit China in 50 years was happening in Sichuan province, in the same place that had been devastated by a massive earthquake just 5 years earlier. OBirds mysteriously disappear from largest colony on Florida's Gulf Coast
Environmental | 206491 hits | 10:41 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
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