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Environmental | 78 hits | 8:43 AM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb

Every winter, millions of Canadians head down to the Caribbean. This year, however, tourists may have noticed something not-so-pleasant awaiting them on the beach: stinky, brown sargassum. What is it, and should you be concerned?

Environmental | 106 hits | 4:55 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape

The federal government is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges.

Environmental | 147 hits | 7:05 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The United Nations opened its first conference on water security in almost half a century on Wednesday, with a plea to governments to better manage one of humanity's shared resources.

Environmental | 216 hits | 6:57 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

The federal government is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a Court of Appeal of Alberta opinion that declared the 2019 IAA to be unconstitutional.

Environmental | 220 hits | 6:07 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

The plastic rocks are turning up in an important and protected area where green turtles lay their eggs.

Environmental | 161 hits | 7:17 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

Tropical cyclone Freddy has devastated parts of Africa, hitting the continent twice within a month while killing more than 200 people in Malawi and Mozambiqu...

Environmental | 188 hits | 6:11 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Research finds waste flushed down toilets and sent to sewage plants probably responsible for significant source of water pollution

Environmental | 217 hits | 6:46 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

The United Nations announced Thursday it signed an agreement to purchase a very large vessel that can transfer more than 1 million barrels of crude now stranded in a rusting tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen.

Environmental | 170 hits | 12:51 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz

The British Columbia government says it is introducing new approaches to manage timber resources that will protect more old-growth trees from logging, while supporting innovations to better care for the forests.

Environmental | 123 hits | 11:01 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Research by Global Canopy also finds many companies are not monitoring set commitments

Environmental | 208 hits | 6:18 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The Alberta Energy Regulator has issued an environmental protection order to Imperial Oil to address incidents of contamination at its Kearl project in the Athabasca oilsands region.

Environmental | 298 hits | 6:02 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Floating, rock-like masses formed of fat, grease and trash like wet wipes and diapers â€” researchers found more than 100 of these "fatbergs" along Toronto's waterfront last summer.

Environmental | 159 hits | 5:49 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

After more than a decade of work, the blueprints for a network of marine protected areas covering 30,000-square-kilometers off of Vancouver Island have been announced.

Environmental | 230 hits | 7:28 PM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb

Dozens of raging wildfires in Chile claimed at least thirteen lives and torched some 14,000 hectares, authorities reported on Friday, as a summer heatwave sweeps across the country.

Environmental | 105 hits | 7:35 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Hundreds of thousands of tiny white plastic beads have washed up across beaches in France and Spain.

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Environmental | 33073 hits | 6:00 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A coal company in British Columbia and a First Nation have struck a rare deal to give the community the power to veto a proposed mining project, which could set a precedent for how natural resources projects are developed in Canada.

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Environmental | 32947 hits | 7:51 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion, tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime.

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Environmental | 33668 hits | 7:29 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The City of Hamilton has discovered even more sewage has been flowing directly into the Hamilton Harbour since 1996. The news was announced Monday, seven weeks after the city said it had discovered roughly 337 million litres of wastewater had spilled into

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Environmental | 33668 hits | 6:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

One police officer has been killed and a second has been critically injured in an avalanche near Kaslo in southeast B.C., the Nelson Police Board says.

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Environmental | 33676 hits | 6:38 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Parks Canada says starting this year, personal vehicles will no longer be permitted at popular tourist destination Moraine Lake in Alberta.

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Environmental | 33594 hits | 5:52 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

The vaccine targets a disease known to weaken colonies by attacking bee larvae.

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Environmental | 38499 hits | 2:56 PM on Sunday | posted by Scape

The British arm of the Extinction Rebellion environmental group said on Sunday it would take a break from acts of public disruption in order to bring more people on board its campaign for urgent action to counter climate change.

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Environmental | 38583 hits | 4:30 PM on Saturday | posted by Strutz

A group of researchers at the University of British Columbia got to work locating, measuring and then evaluating a number of these overpasses to see how different dimensions impact how effective an overpass is at encouraging wildlife to cross.

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Environmental | 44324 hits | 6:07 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Plastic prohibition is nearly upon us. On Saturday, the government of Canada announced the next steps being taken to outlaw single-use plastics: a nationwide ban on disposable cutlery, stir sticks, straws, checkout bags, and other hard-to-recycle foods

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Environmental | 44359 hits | 5:54 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Negotiators in Montreal have finalized an agreement to halt and reverse the destruction of nature by 2030, as the COP15 talks enter their final official day.

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Environmental | 44403 hits | 11:33 AM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb

As delegates from around the world negotiate a plan to save the world's biodiversity from the brink, Indigenous representatives say their expertise on nature is well established and they shouldn't have to ask for permission to join the table with other co

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Environmental | 69530 hits | 6:12 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Residents of northern Vancouver Island may have been jolted awake Tuesday morning after two earthquakes were detected in the early morning hours.

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Environmental | 69523 hits | 11:58 AM on Tuesday | posted by Strutz

Canadians appear to be slowly cutting back on their use of plastic straws and grocery bags ahead of a national ban on such items that will take effect next month, new statistics show.

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Environmental | 69508 hits | 10:22 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

While the risk for humans is low, authorities warn that safety measures should be taken near birds.

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Environmental | 69580 hits | 7:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, has started to erupt, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities said Monday.

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Environmental | 69782 hits | 12:26 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, has started to erupt, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities said Monday.

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Environmental | 69803 hits | 5:17 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Canada's first climate adaptation strategy, to be unveiled today, will commit the federal government to new construction guidelines and standards in areas prone to flooding and wildfires.

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Environmental | 69587 hits | 12:24 PM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb

Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters â€” but does not boost efforts to tackle the emissions causing them.

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Environmental | 69532 hits | 6:44 PM on Friday | posted by Scape

A dangerous lake-effect snowstorm paralyzed parts of western and northern New York on Friday, with 0.91 meters of snow already on the ground in some places b...

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Environmental | 91166 hits | 1:51 AM on Tuesday | posted by Scape

A state of local emergency declared on the Sunshine Coast because of drought includes an order for breweries, water bottlers and non-medical cannabis growers to shut down water use starting at 11:59 p.m. PT on Tuesday.

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Environmental | 91034 hits | 5:51 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say worldâ€™s leading scientists

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Environmental | 91073 hits | 9:33 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

The Chetamon Mountain wildfire in Jasper National Park will continue to burn in a controlled manner to help revitalize ecological growth, Parks Canada says.

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Environmental | 96691 hits | 7:46 PM on Monday | posted by Scape

This is the year scientists predict the hole in the ozone layer will close.

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Environmental | 96691 hits | 6:23 PM on Sunday | posted by Strutz

Driscoll's and Naturipe Farms are testing commercial production of berries in Ontario and Quebec. While there may be unexpected benefits for some growing regions, the shift reinforces the vast challenges ahead as the world adapts to climate chan

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Environmental | 96685 hits | 9:26 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

La NiÃ±a has formed for the third consecutive year in the Pacific. Simon King explains what this might mean for global weather patterns.

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Environmental | 96698 hits | 6:44 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Government scientists are asking for the publicâ€™s help to solve that mystery after 11 of the iconic and endangered fish were recently found dead in the Nechako in central B.C.

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Environmental | 96706 hits | 9:34 AM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb

A farmer in B.C.'s far north has successfully grown nearly 200 bananas in his greenhouse.

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Environmental | 96798 hits | 9:34 AM on Saturday | posted by Strutz

An oyster processor in Baynes Sound is filling a void created during the pandemic and generating new revenue from shells it used to send to the landfill.

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Environmental | 96732 hits | 9:26 AM on Friday | posted by Strutz

Eleven endangered white sturgeon were found in the span of a single week on the Nechako River in central B.C., but scientists have yet to figure out what killed the fish.

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Environmental | 96811 hits | 5:53 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Officials continue work to restore power to many residents and businesses in Jasper, Alta., as a wildfire continues to burn just north of the town.

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Environmental | 96757 hits | 6:30 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

When summer started, invasive European water chestnut was all over the Welland River in Ontario's Niagara Region. A team spent the summer yanking it by hand.

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Environmental | 96774 hits | 5:47 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A United Nations body that monitors some of the world's greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country's largest national park, including plans to release treated oilsands tailings into its wat

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Environmental | 96783 hits | 6:35 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

The German government on Friday issued a statement confirming the agreement will be signed Aug. 23 in Stephenville, where a Newfoundland based company plans to build a zero-emission plant that will use wind energy to produce hydrogen for export.

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Environmental | 96943 hits | 10:55 AM on Sunday | posted by Strutz

The U.S. Coast Guard and other American agencies are responding to a sunken vessel leaking fuel in Haro Strait, between Vancouver Island and San Juan Island.

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Environmental | 96748 hits | 6:51 PM on Saturday | posted by Scape

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be visiting Canada from Aug. 21 to 23, and the two heads of government will sign the hydrogen accord during a stop in Stephenville, N.L.

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