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Environmental | 128 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

Environmental | 128 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.

Environmental | 222 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.

Environmental | 198 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.

Environmental | 256 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.

Environmental | 271 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.

Environmental | 308 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.

Environmental | 317 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.

Environmental | 267 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.

Environmental | 200 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.

Environmental | 138 hits | 1:08 PM on Friday | posted by BeaverFever

The federal government’s carbon pricing scheme is constitutionally sound and has the critical purpose of fighting climate change, Ontario’s top court ruled in a split decision on Friday.

Environmental | 225 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.

Environmental | 162 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 | 334 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.

Environmental | 147 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.

Environmental | 142 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.

Environmental | 114 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.

Environmental | 242 hits | 4:04 AM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government on Monday will lay out plans to regulate plastic waste as part of a national blueprint to reduce the amount of hard-to-recycle consumer packaging that has swamped city waste programs and is polluting Cana

Environmental | 172 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 | 182 hits | 2:40 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

And so, many scientists who have the facts and know the truth remain silent

Environmental | 141 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 | 139 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.

Environmental | 308 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.

Environmental | 175 hits | 5:15 AM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy

Scientists found that between 40 and 60 per cent of the total global CFC-11 emissions originated from eastern China

Environmental | 171 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.

Environmental | 178 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.

Environmental | 182 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.

Environmental | 378 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."

Environmental | 352 hits | 12:15 PM on Monday | posted by xerxes

For the first time in human history — not recorded history, but since humans have existed on Earth — carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has topped 415 parts per million, reaching 415.26 parts per million, according to sensors at the Mauna Loa Observatory, a

Environmental | 228 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.

Environmental | 162 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.

Environmental | 172 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.

Environmental | 321 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.

Environmental | 286 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.

Environmental | 219 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.

Environmental | 232 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.

Environmental | 274 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

Environmental | 249 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.

Environmental | 364 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...

Environmental | 353 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.

Environmental | 262 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.

Environmental | 280 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 | 240 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.

Environmental | 237 hits | 12:16 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Bring on what promises to be a steady blizzard of climate announcements

Environmental | 204 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.

Environmental | 218 hits | 4:09 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Switching fuels is endangering efforts to reach EU emissions targets.

Environmental | 185 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 presen

Environmental | 233 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.

Environmental | 314 hits | 9:45 PM on Friday | posted by Freakinoldguy

A recent New York Times story details how hundreds of cities across the country are abandoning recycling efforts. People are finally admitting what many market economists said several decades ago: mandated recycling makes neither economic nor

Environmental | 184 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.

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