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Billionaires are funding a massive treasure hunt in Greenland as ice vanishes
Some of the world's richest men are funding a massive treasure hunt, complete with helicopters and transmitters, on the west coast of Greenland.
Environmental | 123134 hits | 4:58 PM on Monday | posted by Strutz
Some of the world's richest men are funding a massive treasure hunt, complete with helicopters and transmitters, on the west coast of Greenland.
State of emergency in central Newfoundland extended to BotwoodEnvironmental | 123093 hits | 3:13 PM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb
Air quality in the region continues to deteriorate as forest fires in the region fill the air with smoke.2 more found dead as huge California wildfire continues to rage
Two people were found dead within the burn zone of a huge Northern California wildfire, raising the death toll to four in the state's largest blaze of the year, authorities said Tuesday.
Environmental | 123017 hits | 6:32 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Two people were found dead within the burn zone of a huge Northern California wildfire, raising the death toll to four in the state's largest blaze of the year, authorities said Tuesday. Sinkhole 25 metres wide prompts investigation near Chilean copper mineEnvironmental | 123188 hits | 6:17 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Hole believed to be about 200m deep appeared close to Tierra Amarilla town, Copiapo provinceHyperion: Visitors to the world's tallest tree face fines
Hyperion, certified by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living tree, is officially off-limits to visitors. California's Redwood National Park issued a statement last week that anyone who is caught near the tree can face up to six months in ja
Environmental | 123027 hits | 1:40 PM on Monday | posted by Strutz
Hyperion, certified by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living tree, is officially off-limits to visitors. California's Redwood National Park issued a statement last week that anyone who is caught near the tree can face up to six months in jaMore human remains found at Lake Mead
Human remains were found Monday at a beach at Lake Mead in Nevada, the National Park Service said.
Environmental | 123099 hits | 12:36 AM on Wednesday | posted by Scape
Human remains were found Monday at a beach at Lake Mead in Nevada, the National Park Service said. Which endangered species should we save' Humans face tough choices about what lives — and what diesEnvironmental | 123045 hits | 6:11 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Given the option of saving the iconic monarch butterfly or a giant slug, what would you choose? As more species are pushed to the brink of extinction, humans will have to decide the winners and losers of the animal kingdom.France firefighters battle 'the fire of the century' in hot, dry, windy weather
Rémi Lassoureille and his fellow firefighters have been working around the clock to put out two huge fires in Gironde. But their work is far from over, as the flames continue to ravage southwestern France.
Environmental | 123096 hits | 6:37 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Rémi Lassoureille and his fellow firefighters have been working around the clock to put out two huge fires in Gironde. But their work is far from over, as the flames continue to ravage southwestern France. Trudeau announces expanded oceans protection planEnvironmental | 123129 hits | 6:36 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new details of the federal government's $3.5-billion plan to protect the oceans and boost coast guard facilities on the world's longest national coastline. Leading space science expert predicts a 'direct hit' on Earth from a solar stormEnvironmental | 123040 hits | 6:23 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Five days ago, a giant sunspot and filaments on the solar surface had astronomers worried about possible Earth-directed solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that could lead to blackouts.
Finally, on Friday, it was reported that a massive sola Canadian village entirely destroyed by wildfire in 2021 evacuated due to wildfireEnvironmental | 123233 hits | 4:08 PM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
The village of Lytton and Lytton First Nation are under evacuation orders as a fire spreads nearby Worst Italian drought in 70 years and extreme heat trigger state of emergency, drop crop yieldsEnvironmental | 122943 hits | 6:15 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Analyst estimates the drought has caused €3-billion of damage to Italian crops, with yields for maize and wheat already down 30 per cent Historic 2022 wildfire season has Yukon well past 25-year average for area burnedEnvironmental | 124918 hits | 6:11 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Yukon is experiencing a historic number of fires in the territory, with total burned areas surpassing the 25-year average.Florida once again has giant calamitous snails that spew parasitic brain worms
This is the third time the state has tried to eliminate the giant snails.
Environmental | 126220 hits | 5:56 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
This is the third time the state has tried to eliminate the giant snails. Sales tax on seeds works against lower carbon footprint, expert and home growers sayEnvironmental | 126347 hits | 7:03 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Canada’s tax regime, which does not levy sales taxes on food no matter how far it has travelled before landing on Canadian store shelves, does impose sales taxes on seeds that people use to grow food in their own backyards. Some home growers say that co Endangered B.C. orcas going hungryEnvironmental | 125927 hits | 7:16 PM on Saturday | posted by Strutz
Researchers in British Columbia say the province's endangered southern resident orcas have not been getting enough food for years, with some of the worst bouts of hunger occurring since 2018. Deadly rabbit disease found in Ontario for the 1st timeEnvironmental | 126394 hits | 7:08 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Two pet rabbits have died after becoming infected with a highly contagious virus that is newly detected in Ontario, sparking concern among vets and pet owners. Guilbeault touts Indigenous-led conservation as futureEnvironmental | 126296 hits | 3:36 PM on Saturday | posted by Strutz
Tanya Ball began her career as a social worker for the Kaska Dene First Nation. Now she runs a land guardian program, working to monitor and protect a vast stretch of the band's northern British Columbia wilderness. Imperial Oil to extract lithium from historic Alberta oil fieldEnvironmental | 126383 hits | 11:24 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The companies plan to draw lithium from under Imperial's Leduc oil field using E3's proprietary technology. U.S. Supreme Court rejects Bayer bid to nix Roundup weedkiller suitsEnvironmental | 125918 hits | 6:52 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Surrey farmers petition to protect ‘vital’ farmland from sale by federal governmentEnvironmental | 125977 hits | 7:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Government will ban some single-use plastics over the next 18 monthsEnvironmental | 126480 hits | 6:52 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Canadians will need to find alternatives for plastic straws and grocery bags by the end of the year as the federal government bans companies from importing or making plastic bags and takeout containers by the end of this year. Canada’s single-use plastics ban a ‘first step’ in waste reduction. What’s next'Environmental | 125961 hits | 6:42 PM on Monday | posted by Scape
Rebuild or retreat' B.C. communities face tough choices after catastrophic floodsEnvironmental | 126246 hits | 2:15 PM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb
One B.C. city has made the hard decision to uproot a neighbourhood because it's at high risk of flooding again and again. Now, others are being forced to consider what's called "managed retreat" after the catastrophic flooding in November that destroyed h Bangladesh officials say fire exacerbated by mislabelled chemicalsEnvironmental | 126384 hits | 6:51 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Officials say hydrogen peroxide containers were mislabelled, exacerbating a blaze that killed dozens. City investigating after pack of coyotes attacks human and dog in southwest EdmontonEnvironmental | 125986 hits | 6:24 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Free-roaming felines are causing problems in Iceland. Some towns are considering a cat curfewEnvironmental | 126296 hits | 7:01 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Cats loom large in Iceland's folklore and culture, but some towns and cities are now trying to get the feline population under control. Without intervention, 'superpigs' could soon invade Alberta cities, researcher warnsEnvironmental | 126481 hits | 6:21 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Recent wild boar sightings are a reminder that the elusive animals remain a threat to rural and urban habitats. Researcher Ryan Brook says Edmonton and Saskatoon will likely be among the first Canadian cities to contend with urban wild boars. Couple's win forces Smiths Falls to revisit approach to 'naturalized' lawnsEnvironmental | 126423 hits | 6:14 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A Smiths Falls, Ont., couple say they're pleased the town has rescinded an order to uproot their "naturalized" lawn, but fear the battle isn't over yet.U.S. wildfires: Critical fire condition warnings issued
Warnings of critical fire conditions blanketed much of the U.S. Southwest on Saturday as crews in northern New Mexico worked to stop the growth of the nation's largest active wildfire.
Environmental | 126392 hits | 5:28 PM on Saturday | posted by Strutz
Warnings of critical fire conditions blanketed much of the U.S. Southwest on Saturday as crews in northern New Mexico worked to stop the growth of the nation's largest active wildfire. Why are kangaroos being spotted in India'Environmental | 126396 hits | 7:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The sighting has raised alarms over networks that smuggle exotic animals to India. Marineland bans lawyer, filmmaker and scientist among others from entering parkEnvironmental | 126396 hits | 12:13 PM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb
Marineland has banned a number of people from its premises, some of whom have never visited the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction, days before the facility was set to open for the season. Summer blackouts could hit these US states, regulators warn | NewsNationEnvironmental | 126261 hits | 6:17 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The regulatory body found that large swathes of the U.S. and parts of Canada are at an elevated or high risk of energy shortfalls during the summer's hottest months. Nunavut Impact Review Board rejects proposed Baffinland expansionEnvironmental | 126327 hits | 7:06 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The Nunavut Impact Review board has recommended Baffinland's Phase 2 expansion not be be allowed to proceed, citing "the potential to result in significant adverse ecosystemic effects." Plastic found inside Arctic char has Nunavut hunters fearing for local food sourcesEnvironmental | 187953 hits | 7:02 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A hunter in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, says it's 'very scary' finding plastic inside the bellies of a fish that Inuit rely on as a source of food. A recent study, published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth Environment, says plastic pollution in the Arctic co Proposed cattle feedlot threatens popular but fragile Alberta lake, residents sayEnvironmental | 193092 hits | 6:23 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
EDMONTON — Thousands of Alberta cottagers and homeowners are waiting anxiously to see if a provincial regulator will allow a large cattle feedlot to be Tesla is already using cobalt-free LFP batteries in half of its new cars producedEnvironmental | 193153 hits | 5:44 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Tesla confirmed that nearly half of all its vehicles produced last quarter are already using cobalt-free iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries.
The information also gives us an interesting insight into Tesla’s mix of models, which is generally quite opaque. Walmart eliminates plastic bags in CanadaEnvironmental | 192769 hits | 10:22 AM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb
100s of homes evacuated as fast-moving wildfire tears through northern ArizonaEnvironmental | 193118 hits | 9:04 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
At least two dozen structures have been destroyed in a fast-moving wildfire in rural northern Arizona that ballooned to nearly 25 square kilometres Tuesday, Coconino County Sheriff Jim Driscoll said. Illegal Canadian trash keeps ending up overseas. And the federal government won't say who's shipping itEnvironmental | 193201 hits | 5:59 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The federal government has privately sanctioned several Canadian recycling companies for shipping illegal, unsorted household trash to developing countries, but is keeping the list of names of those caught violating environmental and international laws se Bird flu spreads to bald eagles as outbreak sweeps across USEnvironmental | 193304 hits | 5:52 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Avian sickness responsible for millions of deaths in commercial poultry farms in worst outbreak since 2015 Wildfire burns in northwestern B.C. day after fire ban introducedEnvironmental | 193164 hits | 8:52 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A helicopter and multiple crews were needed to bring a grass fire under control near the village of Kitwanga on Saturday. Hunters fear expedition's sunken truck is contaminating hunting grounds near Taloyoak, NunavutEnvironmental | 193050 hits | 8:35 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Leaders of a hunters and trappers association in Taloyoak, Nunavut, fear an Arctic expedition truck that sank in one of their prime hunting grounds is contaminating animals that are known to migrate through the area — including beluga whales, narwhals, B.C. flood survivor warns others to check insurance amid increase in climate disastersEnvironmental | 193068 hits | 8:38 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
Pam Velt thought she was fully insured. But after the November 2021 floods wiped out her property in the Nicola Valley, she was shocked at the payout amount from her overland flood insurance.Dead shark in Cornwall had meningitis in 'world's first' case
Scientists say there is not enough evidence to link the disease to pollution.
Environmental | 193142 hits | 7:43 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Scientists say there is not enough evidence to link the disease to pollution. Royal Bank defends funding B.C.'s Coastal GasLink pipeline despite environmental concernsEnvironmental | 193109 hits | 5:47 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Royal Bank of Canada's chief executive defended the bank's funding of the Coastal GasLink pipeline Thursday and called for incentives to help the shift to a net-zero economy, as investors and Indigenous groups denounced its support of fossil fuels. Feral pigs may outsmart Alberta's new bounty hunters, boar expert warnsEnvironmental | 193277 hits | 7:01 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
An open hunt intended to eradicate Alberta’s wild boar population may instead make the feral swine more elusive to bounty hunters, a researcher warns. Edmonton study finds link between air pollution and substance use disorderEnvironmental | 193115 hits | 9:59 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
A recently published study that analyzed air quality and tens of thousands of emergency department visits in Edmonton found a link between polluted air and increased hospital admissions for substance use disorders. Alberta launches program to control wild boar population: ‘Taking action to get rid of this menace’Environmental | 192781 hits | 7:34 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Calgary researchers say there may be a link between fracking and premature birthsEnvironmental | 193070 hits | 5:57 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
A University of Calgary study says there may be a link between the density of certain oil and gas operations and increased health risks for nearby pregnant women and their babies.Back to Canada News
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