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Environmental | 39 hits | 9:16 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Norilsk Nickel’s multibillion-dollar fine is unlikely to survive a challenge in Russian courts but Vladimir Putin’s government is eager to be seen as proactive.

Environmental | 168 hits | 9:15 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

The government says the money will help with clean energy projects among other more pressing climate-related issues for the community, like its eroding shoreline.

Environmental | 177 hits | 6:32 PM on Tuesday | posted by Scape

A newly-discovered comet dubbed NEOWISE will be visible this week to the naked eye. It's the first visible comet of 2020.

Environmental | 130 hits | 7:35 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

In a desperate economic moment, Alberta is abruptly reshaping a decades-old balance in the Rockies and Foothills, chasing opportunity in the volatile market of coal exports, at the risk of the very land that defines the province and its people.

Environmental | 134 hits | 6:56 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Glacier scientists are investigating the appearance of pink ice at Italy's Presena Glacier, an Alpine region known for skiing and outdoor sports. Research suggests the algae could contribute to increased glacial melt.

Environmental | 180 hits | 8:36 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Researchers studying the quantity of microplastics in the ocean in Atlantic Canada say some of the major sources of the puny pieces of plastic come from fishing gear and single-use plastics.

Environmental | 132 hits | 8:35 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

The arrival of pelicans in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, was a surprise, but it's a sign of healthy pelican colonies in general, and in particular of the colony near Fort Smith, N.W.T.

Environmental | 239 hits | 11:21 AM on Sunday | posted by Strutz

Herds of invasive white-tailed deer continue to migrate north in Alberta's boreal forest — bolstered by milder winters and human development that cuts through the vast wilderness, a new study suggests.

Environmental | 321 hits | 7:05 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A House committee tasked with managing the global climate crisis this week unveiled an ambitious, detailed policy-package proposal. It brings the United States to net-zero emissions, protects vulnerable communities, and helps limit global warming to an in

Environmental | 276 hits | 6:03 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The “green energy” deal which came into effect on Wednesday is valued at over $60 million and is touted by the City of Sydney Council as the biggest green energy deal of its kind by a council in Australia. Under the deal, all the city of Sydney operati

Environmental | 256 hits | 4:29 PM on Tuesday | posted by Strutz

As Canada Day approaches, experts say we have no one but ourselves to blame for the proliferation of Canada geese, so ultimately, it's up to us to find a way to live in peace with the species.

Environmental | 255 hits | 4:23 PM on Tuesday | posted by Strutz

The beaver is transforming the Arctic landscape in a way that could be exacerbating global warming.

Environmental | 159 hits | 7:44 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The first time Sonja Wild saw a dolphin using an empty seashell to scoop an unwitting fish into its mouth, she got so excited she almost forgot to photograph it.

Environmental | 253 hits | 9:22 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Parts of Delhi are placed on alert and residents are forced to close windows and doors.

Environmental | 380 hits | 2:49 PM on Saturday | posted by Scape

Desert locusts invaded Gurugram, a satellite city of India's capital New Delhi on Saturday prompting authorities to ask people to keep their windows shut and...

Environmental | 228 hits | 10:02 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A U.S. environmental group says that country's toilet paper industry is driving boreal deforestation in Canada and fuelling the climate crisis. But the Forest Products Association of Canada says the report contains numerous false claims and accusations.&n

Environmental | 191 hits | 8:49 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

The current Saharan dust episode is leading to the worst dust storm in the Caribbean in decades.

Environmental | 267 hits | 9:50 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Ikea is investigating claims that the wood it uses in many of its chairs was supplied by companies accused of illegally deforesting a habitat for endangered lynx and brown bears in Ukraine’s Carpathian mountains.

Environmental | 243 hits | 6:36 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Jimmy Red — the heirloom bootleg "whiskey" corn — was almost lost forever, until someone revived it. Now it's thriving and the darling of Southern chefs and distillers.

Environmental | 209 hits | 8:38 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

A combination of more rain and less human activity in Alberta’s forests due to COVID-19 restrictions has contributed to a slower start to the wildfire season this spring compared to recent years.

Environmental | 206 hits | 8:29 AM on Tuesday | posted by uwish

A causal role for CO2 “cannot be claimed” for the glacial-to-interglacial warming events because CO2 variations follow rather than lead the temperature changes in paleoclimate records and the 100 ppm total increase over thousands of years produce “about 1

Environmental | 197 hits | 10:13 PM on Monday | posted by Scape

Trans Mountain says oil is flowing again through its pipeline after as much 190,000 litres of light crude spilled from a pumping facility in Abbotsford, B.C.

Environmental | 233 hits | 6:18 PM on Monday | posted by Scape

The fire grew from 5 acres to more than 300 acres within a couple of hours, officials say, feeding on stretches of dry grass and threatening homes and structures. https://abcn.ws/3hsvhZo

Environmental | 335 hits | 11:29 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Tesla has released its environmental impact report for 2019 today, and the report does a lot to address several myths which portray electric vehicles as actually more damaging to the environment than petrol cars.

Environmental | 338 hits | 11:27 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Poaching of the big cats is on the rise, and a new study links their slaughter to corruption as well as investment from Chinese companies.

Environmental | 298 hits | 5:46 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Microplastic particles, tiny chunks (by definition, less than 5 millimeters long) of fragmented plastic bottles and microfibers that fray from clothes, all pollutants that get caught up in Earth’s atmospheric systems and deposited in the wilderness.

Environmental | 176 hits | 7:46 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A dozen conservation and Indigenous groups have written federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asking him to force the Alberta government to reinstate environmental monitoring in the province's oilpatch.

Environmental | 177 hits | 5:45 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The preliminary results of a necropsy on the whale, whose body was found floating downstream from Montreal Tuesday, show signs of acute trauma, said Université de Montréal veterinary Prof. Stéphane Lair.

Environmental | 276 hits | 2:11 PM on Wednesday | posted by uwish

“The IPCC stands out, among those who believe that global warming is primarily due to human activity, as a voice of restraint on the issue of extreme weather. My review is in broad agreement with their position: there is little sign things are getting wor

Environmental | 277 hits | 1:58 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

Australia’s top climate scientist says “we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse” of civilisation, which may now be inevitable because 9 of the 15 known global climate tipping points that regulate the state of the planet have been activate

Environmental | 290 hits | 8:32 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

On Wednesday, Britain will mark two months without burning any coal to generate power.

Environmental | 173 hits | 7:27 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The whale's lifeless body was seen Tuesday morning, drifting down the St. Lawrence River near Varennes, about 30 kilometres downstream from the city.

Environmental | 202 hits | 9:51 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency in a region of Siberia after an estimated 18,000 tonnes of diesel fuel spilled from a power plant storage facility and fouled waterways.

Environmental | 199 hits | 10:55 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

We’ve seen more extreme rainfall and flooding across North America, and we know climate change is making the air warmer and wetter. But is there really evidence that the two are linked? Yes, there is, a new study from Environment and Climate Change Canada

Environmental | 164 hits | 8:00 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

After more than a decade in the works, a new carbon capture project in Alberta is now operational with lofty goals of sequestering large amounts of emissions, while also helping to revitalize the oil industry in the central part of the province.

Environmental | 269 hits | 7:50 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

The official data submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) confirm that the EU Member States, together with the United Kingdom (UK), cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 2.1 % in 2018 compared to 2017. The EEA repor

Environmental | 273 hits | 10:20 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The unregulated disposal of plastic scraps from the UK and other Western nations appears to have contaminated water and soil

Environmental | 336 hits | 8:58 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The tipping point has come and gone, according to new analysis.

Environmental | 147 hits | 6:52 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Dormant 'zombie fires' scattered across the Arctic region -- remnants of record blazes last year -- may be coming to life after an unusually warm and dry spring, scientists warned Wednesday.

Environmental | 254 hits | 11:31 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Practitioners warn exploitation of endangered animals is tarnishing their name as bear bile is touted as a Covid-19 cure

Environmental | 143 hits | 6:33 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Human activity could drive extinction and destroy billions of years of evolutionary history, which has produced remarkable creatures such as the punk-haired Mary River turtle, the yellow eyed Aye Aye lemur and the Chinese crocodile, researchers have warne

Environmental | 182 hits | 10:12 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

A record-breaking heatwave has arrived in the Arctic this month, appearing unusually early and with shocking intensity. Forecasts show that temperatures will remain higher than average next week, and possibly for the rest of the year.

Environmental | 188 hits | 9:17 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

"If they're feeding, they are feeding and they can be oblivious of boats," warned one researcher. Federal officials consider ship strike to be the species' biggest threat.

Environmental | 183 hits | 6:50 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

In two new sweeping decisions published on May 20, the provincial regulator said that it was no longer safe for the companies to continue monitoring environmental impacts due to the threat of COVID-19.

Environmental | 187 hits | 6:13 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Alberta is cancelling blanket environmental protections that have been in place since the 1970s and making it easier to develop open-pit coal mines in some of the province's most ecologically sensitive areas.

Environmental | 195 hits | 7:37 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

You may have noticed that we’re getting less snow in winter as the climate warms. But how much? A new study provides the best estimate yet of much snow North America has been losing, and shows Eurasia’s snowfall has held steady.

Environmental | 209 hits | 9:13 PM on Thursday | posted by Freakinoldguy

The figures, compiled by engineers at Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh, make fire the second-largest cause of accidents after blade failure.

Environmental | 328 hits | 11:13 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Environmentalists call for crackdown on ‘destructive’ vessels after fleet spotted

Environmental | 313 hits | 9:46 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

As the coronavirus pandemic cripples the US economy, corporate giants are turning to Congress for help. Polluting industries have been among the first in line: Congress has already bailed out airlines, and coal companies have snagged over $30 million in f

Environmental | 127 hits | 6:46 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

B.C. Premier John Horgan and provincial Energy Minister Bruce Ralston announced plans Wednesday to use $120 million in federal funds to clean up thousands of so-called orphan oil and gas wells.

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