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Weather killing Edmonton birch trees, researcher saysEnvironmental | 68 hits | 6:36 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A study is looking into why birch trees are dying off in the prairies and British Columbia, but a researcher says they can be salvaged. Hanna fearful of 'ghost town' future as Alberta quits coalEnvironmental | 83 hits | 12:39 PM on Wednesday | posted by Alta_redneck
The town of Hanna has started to feel the impact of Alberta’s collapsing coal industry. On main street, now shuttered businesses are flanked by boarded-up buildings and empty lots. Problem with your hybrid' Burn more gas, Ford tells ownerEnvironmental | 100 hits | 12:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by andyt
Ford Canada has told a Newfoundland and Labrador woman who has had ongoing issues with her hybrid vehicle that she hasn't been using the gas engine enough — which she says defeats the purpose of owning it. City of Vancouver votes to ban natural gas by 2050Environmental | 105 hits | 6:39 PM on Friday | posted by Alta_redneck
Nestle Outbids Township That Wanted Well For Drinking WaterEnvironmental | 124 hits | 10:57 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
A small but fast growing Ontario community looking for a safe drinking water supply has been outbid in its attempt to buy a well by multinational giant Nestle, which acquired the site to ensure "future business growth.'' Humpbacks fight off orcas to save sea lion in maritime battle royaleEnvironmental | 120 hits | 12:44 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
An unusual encounter between four killer whales hunting a sea lion and four humpback whales that intervened might just help rewrite our understanding of animal behaviour. Grizzly bears spotted swimming near Port McNeill seen as 'red flag'Environmental | 119 hits | 8:10 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
A pair of grizzly bears sighted off the north end of Vancouver Island — believed to have 'island hopped' from the mainland — are a "red flag" says University of Victoria associate professor Chris Darimont. Premier Rachel Notley to help open New York climate change symposiumEnvironmental | 102 hits | 11:03 PM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
Grizzly bears spotted swimming near Port McNeill seen as 'red flag'Environmental | 25 hits | 9:24 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
As solar installations multiply, U.S. utility companies fight back
In some of the sunniest areas of the U.S., solar power is becoming a victim of its own success. With so many people leaving the grid, power utilities are now wondering who's going to pay the bill. They're fighting back, trying to make going solar much les
Environmental | 121 hits | 10:51 AM on Saturday | posted by andyt
In some of the sunniest areas of the U.S., solar power is becoming a victim of its own success. With so many people leaving the grid, power utilities are now wondering who's going to pay the bill. They're fighting back, trying to make going solar much les Alberta government sets target of 30% of electricity generated by renewables by 2030Environmental | 100 hits | 9:44 AM on Friday | posted by Alta_redneck
The Alberta government is committing to a plan that will mean wind, hydro and solar will provide 30 per cent of Alberta’s electricity by 2030.US Government could kill 45,000 wild horses
The US government could slaughter 45,000 wild horses to make room for more cattle farms.
Environmental | 103 hits | 1:06 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The US government could slaughter 45,000 wild horses to make room for more cattle farms. Yacht sails through low-ice Arctic sea routesEnvironmental | 97 hits | 12:02 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A project led by adventurer David Hempleman-Adams that aimed to sail the Arctic’s North East and North West passages in a single season has completed its quest. 'We can't replace nature': Oilsands wetland reclamation a mixed successEnvironmental | 92 hits | 7:14 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Faced with reclaiming open-pit mines that were once thriving wetlands, Suncor and Syncrude have been trying to do what's never been done — rebuilding one of the most complex, diverse and delicate ecosystems in the boreal forest.Costa Rica has gone 76 straight days using 100% renewable electricity
If this little country can do it, why can’t others?
Environmental | 110 hits | 10:05 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
If this little country can do it, why can’t others?U.S., China ratify Paris climate deal, setting stage for G20
China and the United States have ratified the Paris agreement to cut climate-warming emissions, marking a major step toward the enactment of the pact as early as the end of the year.
Environmental | 100 hits | 11:27 AM on Saturday | posted by andyt
China and the United States have ratified the Paris agreement to cut climate-warming emissions, marking a major step toward the enactment of the pact as early as the end of the year.Millions of bees dead after South Carolina sprays for Zika mosquitoes
Dorchester County says it provided plenty of warning of impending sprays, but local beekeepers feel differently.
Environmental | 126 hits | 12:51 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Dorchester County says it provided plenty of warning of impending sprays, but local beekeepers feel differently. Nunavut board waives environmental review for cruise ship Crystal SerenityEnvironmental | 119 hits | 7:35 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The Nunavut Impact Review Board is recommending the federal government approve a plan to bring a luxury cruise ship through Nunavut waters without a full environmental review, which has one Arctic researcher on edge. Garbage to gas: Edmonton biofuel plant to enter final stageEnvironmental | 114 hits | 6:44 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
By next year, the same garbage that Edmontonians place curbside should be converted into a component of the gasoline they use to fuel their cars. Calgary Zoo hopes pilot project will mitigate decline in burrowing owlsEnvironmental | 112 hits | 6:29 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The Calgary Zoo hopes a new pilot project will turn the weakest links of an endangered species into love machines. Feds spent $6,662 on photos of Catherine McKenna and her staff during Paris climate change talksEnvironmental | 98 hits | 5:26 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The federal environment department paid a French photojournalist $6,662 to take pictures of its minister, Catherine McKenna, and her staff during the COP21 conference on climate change in Paris last year.Giant Coral Reef in Protected Area Shows New Signs of Life
In 2003, researchers declared Coral Castles dead. Then in 2015, a team of marine biologists was stunned and overjoyed to find Coral Castles, genus Acropora, once again teeming with life.
Environmental | 157 hits | 1:12 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In 2003, researchers declared Coral Castles dead. Then in 2015, a team of marine biologists was stunned and overjoyed to find Coral Castles, genus Acropora, once again teeming with life. Pesticides also harmful to wild bees and butterflies, scientists sayEnvironmental | 137 hits | 10:23 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Neonicotinoids, a widely used class of insecticide, are suspected of harming honeybee populations. But there is growing evidence that they might also have detrimental effects on other important pollinators. Arsenic has changed Giant Mine site in N.W.T. 'indefinitely:' scientist | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 124 hits | 10:23 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A study of lakes near one of Canada's most contaminated industrial sites suggests that the water immediately around Yellowknife's Giant Mine won't return to its natural state for generations -- if ever. Yukon has a new lake, thanks to a retreating glacierEnvironmental | 116 hits | 3:31 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
The area around Kluane Lake continues to change, thanks to the Kaskawulsh glacier. Cultus Bay is now a small lake, separated from Kluane Lake by a wide gravel bar. This July was the hottest month since records beganEnvironmental | 115 hits | 3:29 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA. NASA's five hottest months on record are July 2016, July 2011, July 2015, July 2009 and August 2014. Only July 2015 was during an El Nino. Records go back to 1880. High pesticide levels on oilseed rape crops harm wild bees, scientists prove | Environment | The GuardianEnvironmental | 101 hits | 11:45 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Species that feed most on the bright yellow flowers of the crop treated with controversial neonicotinoids have fallen by as much as 30% Wandering moose inspires 400-mile cross-border trailEnvironmental | 115 hits | 9:12 AM on Tuesday | posted by BeaverFever
NEWCOMB, N.Y. (AP) — The 400-mile trek of a radio-collared moose named Alice is the inspiration for a proposed hiking trail from Ontario's forested Algonquin Park to the heart of New York's Adirondack Mountains. Planners of the A2A — Algonquin to Adironda Endangered turtle found dead in N.L. after eating plasticEnvironmental | 131 hits | 9:06 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
A rescue group says an endangered leatherback turtle that washed up on the shores of Newfoundland died because it ingested a garbage bag. Humanity has officially depleted its renewable resources for the year | InsightEnvironmental | 145 hits | 10:44 AM on Wednesday | posted by andyt
Read 'Humanity has officially depleted its renewable resources for the year' from our blog Insight on Yahoo Finance Canada . Like a teenager blowing all of his or her first paycheque, humanity has officially depleted all of its renewable natural resources New species of stinging wasp discovered in Edmonton Monday | Edmonton JournalEnvironmental | 132 hits | 6:23 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The first European paper wasp was found in Edmonton Monday outside the Royal Alberta Museum. It's an invasive species with a painful sting.Greenpeace sounds alarm over China's long-distance fishing fleet | World news | The Guardian
The government is subsidising an industry that is growing rapidly, fishing in waters as far away as South America and Antarctica
Environmental | 124 hits | 6:22 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The government is subsidising an industry that is growing rapidly, fishing in waters as far away as South America and Antarctica Rio Olympics sailor Lee Parkhill says Toronto Harbour 'almost worse than what I see here'Environmental | 114 hits | 4:55 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Canadian Olympic sailor Lee Parkhill says the water quality isn’t perfect in Rio de Janeiro for the Summer Games, but he hasn’t seen the floating “rubbish” the media are reporting. Climate change could expose Cold War-era Arctic military baseEnvironmental | 109 hits | 4:54 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
The hazardous waste of a Cold War-era military base once thought to be buried forever in the Greenland ice sheet may eventually resurface due to climate change, says a new York University study. All Is Not Well 2 Years After Mount Polley Mine DisasterEnvironmental | 123 hits | 10:26 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
It is still unknown what the long-term effects will be, and numerous local families and businesses have suffered great losses and hardship. Many of us doubt we can be made whole again -- by the mine or the province. 'New salmon run:' Planes now fly in fish as Yukon chinook declineEnvironmental | 112 hits | 7:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Salmon no longer collect in the nets along the Teslin River where the Tlingit people have harvested them for thousands of years. Now, they come from the sky. Alberta to audit coal mines to ensure there's money for cleanupEnvironmental | 125 hits | 6:33 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The Alberta Energy Regulator is planning to audit nine coal mines to make sure there are enough resources to clean up after the mines close.Florida regulators OK plan to increase toxins in water
Environmental | 139 hits | 7:12 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Leonardo DiCaprio hops from helicopter to gas guzzling private jet in Saint Tropez
Eco warrior enthusiast Leonardo DiCaprio is back to doing what he does best: Fighting for the environment while simultaneously contributing to its demise.
Environmental | 168 hits | 12:15 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Eco warrior enthusiast Leonardo DiCaprio is back to doing what he does best: Fighting for the environment while simultaneously contributing to its demise.Reaction captures carbon, generates electricity, makes a cleaning product
The capture of CO2 from smokestacks could make an important contribution to limiting climate change, but there are two obstacles. One is that you have to store that CO2 somewhere (like underground reservoirs). The other is that the capture process require
Environmental | 193 hits | 10:52 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The capture of CO2 from smokestacks could make an important contribution to limiting climate change, but there are two obstacles. One is that you have to store that CO2 somewhere (like underground reservoirs). The other is that the capture process require Wildlife conservationists urge Alberta to abandon proposed caribou restoration planEnvironmental | 161 hits | 6:10 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Conservation groups across the country are calling into question both the ethics and the effectiveness of a proposal to recover woodland caribou in Alberta. Turtle hunt underway for invasive red-eared slider near Christina LakeEnvironmental | 284 hits | 3:38 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
For the past few weeks, wildlife lovers near Christina Lake have been trying to catch a red-eared slider near Christina Lake. Red-eared sliders are not indigenous to the region; they grow to be over a foot long and can do serious damage to local painted t Bird Studies Canada concerned about dead seabirds in Pacific NorthwestEnvironmental | 128 hits | 3:23 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Bird Studies Canada, which monitors sea bird mortality, says there have been about half a dozen reports of dead Rhinoceros Auklets around the Victoria area and Washington State. Invasive green crab targeted by new ecotourism campaignEnvironmental | 279 hits | 7:54 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Starting this month, tourists to Nova Scotia will have the opportunity to accompany Parks Canada staff on a crab hunting excursion at Kejimkujik National Park, to help control an invasive species.'Healing' detected in Antarctic ozone hole
Researchers say they have found the first clear evidence that the thinning in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to heal.
Environmental | 161 hits | 5:27 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Researchers say they have found the first clear evidence that the thinning in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to heal.Brexit spells end to EU leadership in climate diplomacy
Britain's exit dashes the European Union's leadership ambitions on efforts to slow climate change, leaving the bloc on the sidelines while others endorse the global pact it championed to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental | 200 hits | 7:40 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Britain's exit dashes the European Union's leadership ambitions on efforts to slow climate change, leaving the bloc on the sidelines while others endorse the global pact it championed to curb greenhouse gas emissions. 'Moose riders' charged under the Wildlife ActEnvironmental | 176 hits | 6:18 PM on Thursday | posted by BeaverFever
Paving roads with pig manure
Pig manure has a high-oil content, and can be blended with rock to create a cheap, renewable alternative to asphalt, and reduce stinky pig waste.
Environmental | 201 hits | 9:37 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Pig manure has a high-oil content, and can be blended with rock to create a cheap, renewable alternative to asphalt, and reduce stinky pig waste. Microbeads listed as 'toxic substance' en route to banEnvironmental | 161 hits | 7:04 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The federal government has officially listed microbeads as a toxic substance, giving it the ability to ban the plastic beads used in cleansers.Back to Canada News
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