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Waste crisis looms as thousands of solar panels reach end of life
Thousands of ageing rooftop solar panels represent a toxic time-bomb and major economic waste unless Australia acts swiftly to keep them out of landfill, conservationists and recyclers say.
Environmental | 153 hits | 12:40 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Thousands of ageing rooftop solar panels represent a toxic time-bomb and major economic waste unless Australia acts swiftly to keep them out of landfill, conservationists and recyclers say.
The world's oceans are warming faster than predictedEnvironmental | 101 hits | 12:52 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
The world's oceans are rising in temperature faster than previously believed as they absorb most of the world's growing climate-changing emissions, scientists said Thursday. Artist devises satirical scheme to 'adopt' Alberta's orphaned wellsEnvironmental | 118 hits | 6:29 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Alana Bartol is hoping to find caregivers for hundreds of Alberta orphans, but these charges are not children. They are oil wells across the province abandoned by their owners. Syncrude fined $2.75M in deaths of 31 great blue heronsEnvironmental | 97 hits | 6:02 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Syncrude will pay a fine of $2.75 million after pleading guilty federal and provincial charges in relation to the deaths of 31 great blue herons. I visited what's possibly the world's most polluted city, and realized Americans have no idea how good they have itEnvironmental | 111 hits | 9:08 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
I don't think I understood what it was like to live in a truly polluted city until I went to one.
As an American, I'd never really experienced a place choked with smog. New York, my home, is the 21st most polluted city, according to a recent study by E 80% of B.C., Alberta glaciers will disappear in next 50 years: expert Environmental | 345 hits | 9:06 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Climate change is prompting glaciers in British Columbia, Yukon and Alberta to retreat faster than at any time in history, threatening to raise water levels and create deserts, scientists say. Bear sightings later into winter season could be the new norm, says expertEnvironmental | 364 hits | 6:44 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
B.C. bear expert Lana Ciarniello confirms bears are being sighted later in the season across the country, and she believes this will be the new norm. 'Bears may still be finding enough food on the land and feeding on some of these things,' said conservati More areas of B.C. coastal waters designated killer whale critical habitatEnvironmental | 318 hits | 10:13 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
The classification means that the two new areas coastal waters are now legally protected against habitat-destroying activities. The designation means the two areas of ocean — from Swiftsure Bank at the entrance to the Juan de Fuca Strait north to La Perou Bloody effluent still spewing from B.C. fish processing plantEnvironmental | 299 hits | 8:04 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Tavish Campbell says samples he collected from discharged waste reveal that the PRV virus, which is potentially harmful to wild salmon, is still present. B.C.'s environment ministry says a review of permits at all fish processing facilities is underway. StatCan just exposed how worthless ‘green’ industries are to Canada’s economyEnvironmental | 247 hits | 10:03 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Meanwhile, green energy's marginal and largely meaningless existence will be expensive for both taxpayers and electricity customersNorway Is Entering a New Era of Climate-Conscious Architecture
The European Union has a target of making all new buildings zero-energy by 2020, but in Norway, carbon neutrality isn’t enough.
A consortium in Oslo made up of architects, engineers, environmentalists, and designers is creating energy-positive building
Environmental | 184 hits | 10:26 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The European Union has a target of making all new buildings zero-energy by 2020, but in Norway, carbon neutrality isn’t enough.
A consortium in Oslo made up of architects, engineers, environmentalists, and designers is creating energy-positive buildingNations agree on global climate pact rules, but they are seen as weak
Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming.
Environmental | 131 hits | 6:05 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming. UN’s climate circus lumbers onEnvironmental | 213 hits | 11:10 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The United Nations' annual climate conferences, like the latest in Katowice, Poland, attended by thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats, scientists, special interest groups& and media are a circus and a fraud. 17 fish farms to be phased out under new agreement between B.C. government, First NationsEnvironmental | 286 hits | 3:39 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Seventeen open-pen fish farms in B.C.'s Broughton Archipelago will be phased out by 2023 under a new agreement between First Nations and the provincial government, the premier announced Friday. U.S. Congress OKs killing sea lions to help save salmonEnvironmental | 204 hits | 12:02 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports a bill approved by the House Tuesday changes the Marine Mammal Protection Act to lift some of the restrictions on killing sea lions to protect salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and its tributaries. Arctic breaks records with 5-year heat streakEnvironmental | 259 hits | 12:12 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Arctic air temperatures for the past five years are the hottest they've been since record keeping started in 1900, and that's being blamed for abnormal weather across North America, Europe and Asia. America's south records coldest temperatures since records began | Daily Mail OnlineEnvironmental | 385 hits | 12:23 AM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
A 'Siberian Express' was barreling up from the Southeast to the Midwest and the East Coast bringing 100 record lows across the region, according to forecasters. Years ago, Canada and the U.S. came together to end the acid rain threat. What changed'Environmental | 493 hits | 7:51 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Nobody talks much about acid rain anymore. But the one-time scourge of North American lakes and forests got a mention yesterday at the funeral of former U.S. president George H.W. Bush. Global carbon dioxide emissions rose almost 3% in 2018Environmental | 513 hits | 6:56 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
After several years of little growth, global emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide experienced their largest jump in seven years, discouraging scientists. 'Never seen anything like it': 200 dolphins spotted swimming from ferryEnvironmental | 517 hits | 5:36 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Passengers on a ferry between Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay were treated to an incredible sight on Tuesday. "It was nothing like I had ever seen. Two hundred dolphins just having so much fun, jumping, racing." Half of B.C.'s chinook populations are endangered, scientists sayEnvironmental | 384 hits | 6:19 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada reported Monday that of Canada's 16 chinook populations, eight are endangered, four are threatened and one is considered of special concern. Newly discovered cave in B.C. might be largest ever found in CanadaEnvironmental | 416 hits | 5:59 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia might be the country's largest. It was spotted in the northeastern area of Wells Gray Provincial Park by a helicopter crew conducting a caribou census.Madrid’s ban on polluting vehicles cuts traffic by nearly 32 percent in some areas
Last Friday, Madrid’s tough new vehicle emissions controls went into effect, resulting in a drop in traffic by nearly 32 percent in some parts of the city, reports El País. The new rules impose strict restrictions on which vehicles can enter an area of ju
Environmental | 261 hits | 5:29 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Last Friday, Madrid’s tough new vehicle emissions controls went into effect, resulting in a drop in traffic by nearly 32 percent in some parts of the city, reports El País. The new rules impose strict restrictions on which vehicles can enter an area of juBlackouts, deaths and civil unrest: warning over Scotland's rush to go green
Scotland faces being plunged into darkness for days, possibly resulting in deaths and widespread civil disobedience, due to the country’s over-reliance on green energy, a new report has warned.
Environmental | 235 hits | 9:18 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Scotland faces being plunged into darkness for days, possibly resulting in deaths and widespread civil disobedience, due to the country’s over-reliance on green energy, a new report has warned.Venezuela Is Leaking Oil Everywhere
The once-mighty PDVSA is polluting waterways and farmland, unable to clean up its messes after years of neglect, scant investment and corruption scandals.
Environmental | 352 hits | 10:51 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The once-mighty PDVSA is polluting waterways and farmland, unable to clean up its messes after years of neglect, scant investment and corruption scandals. 'Inaction is not an option': Cost to keep invasive Asian carp out of Great Lakes triplesEnvironmental | 460 hits | 10:38 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Fortifying an Illinois waterway to prevent invasive carp from using it as a path to Lake Michigan could cost nearly three times as much as federal planners previously thought, according to an updated report.GM Kills the Electric Car
If electric cars are such a grand idea, why is GM killing off the Chevy Volt? It’s the one electric car that actually did make some practical sense, at least.
Environmental | 309 hits | 12:25 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
If electric cars are such a grand idea, why is GM killing off the Chevy Volt? It’s the one electric car that actually did make some practical sense, at least. If there is ever a deepwater oil blowout, help could be weeks awayEnvironmental | 330 hits | 7:01 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
It could take weeks to get a disaster-stopping piece of equipment to Newfoundland and Labrador in the event of a subsea oil blowout, according to documents filed by Statoil, now known as Equinor, the company behind the province's first foray into deepwate 50% drop in rainbow trout puts Bow River's 'world-renowned' sport fishery at riskEnvironmental | 161 hits | 6:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The Bow River likely won't be able to support its "world-renowned" recreational fishery in future as the river's rainbow trout population is in drastic decline, according to a new study. Another report reluctantly admits that 'green' energy is a disastrous flopEnvironmental | 222 hits | 12:46 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
This report should be profoundly embarrassing to the government of Justin TrudeauQueensland bushfires: Evacuations amid 'highly unusual' conditions
Hundreds evacuate their homes in Queensland amid "unprecedented" weather conditions, officials say.
Environmental | 122 hits | 12:03 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Hundreds evacuate their homes in Queensland amid "unprecedented" weather conditions, officials say.What’s New in the Latest U.S. Climate Assessment
Global warming is now affecting the United States more than ever, and the risks of future disasters — from flooding along the coasts to crop failures in the Midwest — could pose a profound threat to Americans’ well-being.
Environmental | 105 hits | 6:02 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Global warming is now affecting the United States more than ever, and the risks of future disasters — from flooding along the coasts to crop failures in the Midwest — could pose a profound threat to Americans’ well-being. 'I am superbly worried': West Coast fishermen await decision on restrictions meant to protect orcasEnvironmental | 129 hits | 5:01 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
A year after the Department of Fisheries and Oceans closed off several West Coast sports fishing area to protect orcas, fishermen say they're worried more closures are on the way along the southern Vancouver Island. Race against time to rescue sea lion with band embedded in its neckEnvironmental | 226 hits | 11:00 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
The DFO was contacted by Cowichan Bay locals who believed the sea lion was in distress. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it will launch a rescue of a sea lion with what appears to be a packing strap deeply embedded in its neck in Cowichan Bay. 'Something has changed:' Three bear species found in same northern Manitoba spotEnvironmental | 257 hits | 10:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Doug Clark of the University of Saskatchewan says he's got the first recorded proof of grizzly, black and polar bears all using the same land. "Scientifically, it has never been documented anywhere," he told The Canadian Press. 'Deadly serious': 2 caribou herds shrink by half in latest countEnvironmental | 239 hits | 11:41 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Two caribou herds have seen their numbers decline by 50 per cent. In response, the territorial government is considering tighter restrictions on hunting. Gap in pipe the cause of Newfoundland’s largest-ever oil spill, which is now impossible to clean upEnvironmental | 300 hits | 6:39 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The 250,000-litre spill happened on Friday morning while Husky Energy's SeaRose platform was preparing to restart production during a fierce storm that was, at the time, the most intense in the world. Dead whale found with 115 plastic cups, 2 flip-flops in its stomachEnvironmental | 318 hits | 8:22 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A dead whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including plastic bags and flip-flops, causing concern among environmentalists and government officials in one of the world's largest plastic polluting How B.C. destroys a key natural wildfire defence every yearEnvironmental | 157 hits | 3:03 PM on Saturday | posted by Strutz
Last year, 12,812 hectares of B.C. forest was sprayed with the herbicide glyphosate. It's an annual event — a mass extermination of broadleaf trees mandated by the province. Blue-green algae blooms ease but toxic lake goo here to stay: U of A researcherEnvironmental | 310 hits | 7:46 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Blue-green algae mucking up area lakes waned this year — but don’t let your guard down, the toxic goo is here to stay, warns a University of Alberta researcher. Raw sewage overflowing into Ontario waterways at alarming rate, watchdog saysEnvironmental | 302 hits | 5:59 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Ontario's environmental watchdog says the province is allowing raw sewage to overflow into lakes and rivers at an alarming rate. Unaffected by climate change, Nunavut polar bears found to exceed ‘co-existence threshold'Environmental | 281 hits | 4:04 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
There are too many polar bears in parts of Nunavut and climate change hasn’t yet affected any of them, says a draft management plan from the territorial government. Feds to send $420M directly to Ontario institutions, businesses — skipping Doug Ford's governmentEnvironmental | 362 hits | 12:23 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government plans to disburse money from a climate fund directly to Ontario institutions and businesses after the provincial government cancelled its climate program.UK renewable energy capacity surpasses fossil fuels for first time
Renewable capacity has tripled in past five years, even faster growth than the ‘dash for gas’ of the 1990s
Environmental | 156 hits | 6:07 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Renewable capacity has tripled in past five years, even faster growth than the ‘dash for gas’ of the 1990sA new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at a stroke
A lumpy disc of dark-gray steel covers a bench in the lab space of Boston Metal, an MIT spinout located a half-hour north of its namesake city. It’s the company’s first batch of the high-strength alloy, created using a novel approach to metal processing.
Environmental | 147 hits | 5:18 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
A lumpy disc of dark-gray steel covers a bench in the lab space of Boston Metal, an MIT spinout located a half-hour north of its namesake city. It’s the company’s first batch of the high-strength alloy, created using a novel approach to metal processing.Wind farms are the 'new apex predators' as they kill off three QUARTERS of predatory birds
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru studied lizard and bird populations at three wind turbine sites in the Western Ghats.
Environmental | 397 hits | 11:41 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru studied lizard and bird populations at three wind turbine sites in the Western Ghats. The UN says the Earth’s ozone layer is healing, and should be completely repaired by the 2030sEnvironmental | 346 hits | 9:20 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
At its worst in the late 1990s, about 10 per cent of the upper ozone layer was depleted Not-so-wild world: Canada one of five countries holding remaining majority of wildernessEnvironmental | 375 hits | 7:00 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The Wildlife Conservation Society reported that 70 per cent of the world's wilderness belongs to five countries and of those five, Canada holds the second-largest area following Russia. Unique salmon run on Vancouver Island gets a helping handEnvironmental | 255 hits | 11:06 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
One of B.C.'s most unique and labour-intensive salmon runs in Mill Bay involves moving thousands of fish upstream by hand, one by one. Cleaning up Alberta’s oilpatch could cost $260 billion, regulatory documents warn Environmental | 355 hits | 9:53 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Internal regulatory documents reveal staggering estimate by a top regulatory official. The staggering financial liabilities for the energy industry’s mining waste and graveyard of spent facilities were spelled out by a high-ranking official of the AlbertaBack to Canada News
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