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Ex-Harper appointee calls Canada a 'rogue state' on environment | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 81 hits | 4:50 AM on Tuesday | posted by Curtman
A former Harper government appointee used a keynote speech at a Washington event Monday to trample Canadian authorities' message on oil pipelines while describing the country as an environmental "rogue state."Minke route pits whale hunt against tourism
Australian scientists have tracked a minke whale from the Great Barrier Reef deep into the subantarctic for the first time, sharply raising the stakes of Japanese whaling.
Environmental | 82 hits | 11:50 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Australian scientists have tracked a minke whale from the Great Barrier Reef deep into the subantarctic for the first time, sharply raising the stakes of Japanese whaling. Google Earth reveals secret, gigantic Persian Gulf fish trapsEnvironmental | 202 hits | 11:30 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Every year the nations surrounding the Persian Gulf report how much fish they pull from their shores. In 2005, the reported total was 5,260 metric tons. But scientists at the University of British Columbia smelled something fishy, so they turned to a new Proposal to bury nuclear waste in Ontario wins local support | CTV Toronto NewsEnvironmental | 150 hits | 10:00 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A proposal to bury radioactive waste 680 metres below the surface near Lake Huron is getting strong support from communities in Ontario. 'Petcoke' piling up in U.S. Midwest, raising residents' ire, as refineries handle more Canadian oilEnvironmental | 163 hits | 11:08 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The images are startling. Billowing black clouds darken the daytime sky as wind-driven grit pelts homes and cars and forces bewildered residents to take cover.
The onslaught, captured in photos and video footage from Detroit and Chicago this year, was Volcanic Blast Forms New Island Near Japan
A volcanic eruption is creating a tiny new island off the coast of Japan. The Japanese Coast Guard snapped images and video of the eruption taking place, showing the new island being formed. Footage showed heavy smoke, ash and rocks
Environmental | 155 hits | 5:15 PM on Thursday | posted by commanderkai
A volcanic eruption is creating a tiny new island off the coast of Japan. The Japanese Coast Guard snapped images and video of the eruption taking place, showing the new island being formed. Footage showed heavy smoke, ash and rocks Study shows wind turbines killed 600,000 bats last year | Watts Up With That?Environmental | 213 hits | 2:52 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
RealClimate: Global Warming Since 1997 Underestimated by HalfEnvironmental | 202 hits | 8:17 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
RealClimate: A new study by British and Canadian researchers shows that the global temperature rise of the past 15 years has been greatly underestimated. The reason is the data gaps in the weather station network, especially in the Arctic. If you fill the ERCA bans smoking at beaches, conservation areasEnvironmental | 148 hits | 6:33 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
The Essex Region Conservation Authority becomes the first of the 36 conservation authorities in Ontario to approve a total smoking ban at its outdoor conservation areas. Japan backpedals on emissions targets, raises doubts over global climate pactEnvironmental | 123 hits | 6:24 AM on Friday | posted by stemmer
Earlier goal of a 25 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases from the 1990 level was unrealistic, says government spokesmanVast Antarctic iceberg 'could threaten shipping'
Latest images show several kilometres of water between the iceberg, estimated to be about 700 sq km (270 sq miles), and the glacier that spawned the block.
Environmental | 120 hits | 12:30 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Latest images show several kilometres of water between the iceberg, estimated to be about 700 sq km (270 sq miles), and the glacier that spawned the block.Jellyfish taking over oceans, experts warn
Due to changing water temperatures and overfishing, the gelatinous beasts are proliferating faster than ever before. Changing water temperatures and overfishing are behind the surge in population
Environmental | 131 hits | 8:16 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Due to changing water temperatures and overfishing, the gelatinous beasts are proliferating faster than ever before. Changing water temperatures and overfishing are behind the surge in population Lack of national strategy and co-ordination thwarting ocean research, report suggestsEnvironmental | 88 hits | 6:45 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Greenhouse gas levels hit new record highEnvironmental | 156 hits | 9:12 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Accelerating CO2 emissions have propelled greenhouse gas volumes in the atmosphere to a new record high, reports the U.N. climate agency.Earthquake Study Points to Possible Carbon Injection Risks
The oil industry triggered a series of small earthquakes in Texas by injecting carbon dioxide underground to boost well production, a new study says.
Environmental | 117 hits | 6:46 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The oil industry triggered a series of small earthquakes in Texas by injecting carbon dioxide underground to boost well production, a new study says.Arizona Solar Policy Fight Heats Up As Utility Admits To Funding Nonprofits' Campaign Ads
Environmental | 98 hits | 8:10 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Baby Olinguito Found in Colombia
Scientists trekking deep in Colombia‘s La Mesenia Reserve Forest recently spotted a young olinguito, a mammal that was just confirmed as a new species in August. Scientists say it is the first new carnivore found in the Western Hemisphere in more than thr
Environmental | 143 hits | 5:50 PM on Thursday | posted by commanderkai
Scientists trekking deep in Colombia‘s La Mesenia Reserve Forest recently spotted a young olinguito, a mammal that was just confirmed as a new species in August. Scientists say it is the first new carnivore found in the Western Hemisphere in more than thr In Canadian first, wild sea lions freed from marine debrisEnvironmental | 127 hits | 8:54 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The Vancouver Aquarium freed two sea lions trapped in marine debris on the west coast of Vancouver Island last week, marking the first time sea lions have been disentangled in Canada in the wild. Asian carp have reproduced in Great Lakes watershedEnvironmental | 125 hits | 6:56 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
Scientists said Monday they have documented for the first time that an Asian carp species has successfully reproduced within the Great Lakes watershed, an ominous development in the struggle to slam the door on the hungry invaders that could threaten nati Pipeline safety incident rate doubled in past decadeEnvironmental | 130 hits | 12:22 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Pipelines regulated by the federal government — which include some of the longest lines in the country — have experienced a swell in the number of safety-related incidents over the past decade, documents obtained by CBC News suggest. Researchers alarmed by 'puzzling' changes in resident orcasEnvironmental | 193 hits | 8:30 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
A Vancouver Aquarium researcher is sounding the alarm over what he calls "puzzling" changes observed in the killer whale pods that live off the southern British Columbia coast. B.C. shipwreck's oil cleanup makes wavesEnvironmental | 223 hits | 10:53 PM on Monday | posted by Regina
The Canadian Coast Guard has launched what it's calling one of its largest operations ever to clean up a Second World War-era wreck that's leaking oil off the coast of B.C."Methuselah" Tree Grew From 2,000-Year-Old Seed
The date palm plant, which grew from seeds recovered in 1963 from the Masada fortress in Israel, has been confirmed as the world's oldest-sprouted seed.
Environmental | 164 hits | 3:20 PM on Monday | posted by commanderkai
The date palm plant, which grew from seeds recovered in 1963 from the Masada fortress in Israel, has been confirmed as the world's oldest-sprouted seed. Super smog in northern Chinese city of Harbin closes schools, cancels flight and halts buses | CTV NewsEnvironmental | 126 hits | 8:27 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Visibility shrank to less than half a football field and small-particle pollution soared to a record 40 times higher than an international safety standard in one northern Chinese city as the region entered its high-smog season. CN fuel cars derail, explode west of EdmontonEnvironmental | 193 hits | 12:19 PM on Saturday | posted by Canadian_Mind
A CN Rail train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil has derailed and exploded west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gainford. Permanent science gap left by U.S. government shutdownEnvironmental | 113 hits | 9:28 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The 16-day U.S. government shutdown that ended today will have lasting effects on the state of global science, CBC science columnist Torah Kachur reports. Thousands of experiments were put on ice during the shutdown, an innumerable amount of data was not Declining moose populations in some areas of Ontario puzzles biologists | Toronto StarEnvironmental | 152 hits | 11:09 AM on Wednesday | posted by saturn_656
The decline of moose populations in certain parts of Ontario reflects a growing concern across some other parts of North America. Sardine fishery collapse affects economy, ecologyEnvironmental | 150 hits | 10:00 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Ontario Liberals quietly loosened environmental rules, watchdog warnsEnvironmental | 166 hits | 7:41 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Ontario’s cabinet can now turn over public land to the exclusive control of private, multinational corporations, turning northern development into the “wild west,” Environment Commissioner Gord Miller warns.
In a report Thursday, Mr. Miller said a seri Alberta woman loses round in anti-fracking lawsuitEnvironmental | 155 hits | 9:36 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A southern Alberta woman has lost a round in her legal battle against the contentious process of hydraulic fracturing. She claims gas wells fracked around her property in Rosebud, Alta., unleashed hazardous amounts of methane and ethane gas and other chem Thawing Permafrost Means Sinking Buildings, Costly Fixes In NorthEnvironmental | 118 hits | 9:58 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
In the Arctic, the ground is melting beneath northerners’ feet. This brings a new and costly infrastructure challenge to a region where building is already tricky. Many buildings need to be renovated because they’re sinking. New buildings struggle to last Invasive mussels land on B.C. coast with Japan tsunami boatEnvironmental | 153 hits | 9:58 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
An invasive species of mussel has arrived in British Columbia, carried over by a boat that appears to have been pushed across the Pacific Ocean by the massive Japanese tsunami of 2011.The oceans are heating, acidifying and choking
We know the oceans are warming. We know they are acidifying. And now, to cap it all, it turns out they are suffocating, too. A new health check on the state of the oceans warns that they will have lost as much as 7 per cent of their oxygen by the end of t
Environmental | 203 hits | 1:35 PM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
We know the oceans are warming. We know they are acidifying. And now, to cap it all, it turns out they are suffocating, too. A new health check on the state of the oceans warns that they will have lost as much as 7 per cent of their oxygen by the end of t What science tells us about the safety of genetically modified foods | Ars TechnicaEnvironmental | 125 hits | 8:25 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
GMO foods are safe to eat, but they pose challenges in the environment. The worries about GMO foods largely focus on their safety, but much of the debate ignores the extensive studies that have been done to understand both the potential risks and what we' Greenpeace piracy case sees Canadians Alexandre Paul, Paul Ruzycki chargedEnvironmental | 98 hits | 11:12 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Canadian crew members Alexandre Paul and Paul Ruzycki are among the 30 people charged with piracy by Russia after its coast guard seized a Greenpeace ship following a Sept. 18 protest at an offshore oil platform owned by Russian state-controlled energy coGiant hornet attacks in China leave at least 41 dead
Authorities say that death toll from an unusual spate of hornet attacks in central China has reached 41 people. The Shaanxi provincial government said Wednesday the attacks had plagued not only the city of Ankang, where 19 died as reported by the official
Environmental | 214 hits | 11:16 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Authorities say that death toll from an unusual spate of hornet attacks in central China has reached 41 people. The Shaanxi provincial government said Wednesday the attacks had plagued not only the city of Ankang, where 19 died as reported by the official 9 leading causes of bird deaths in CanadaEnvironmental | 201 hits | 8:21 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
An Environment Canada report says more than 270 million birds are killed every year in Canada from human-related activity, including run-ins with with man-made structures - and cats. Lots of cats. Global warming 'extremely likely' to be man-made, UN panel saysEnvironmental | 199 hits | 8:17 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Scientists can now say with extreme confidence that human activity is the dominant cause of the global warming observed since the 1950s, a new report by an international scientific group said Friday. CN is considering shipping crude oil by rail from Alberta to B.C.Environmental | 190 hits | 9:55 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
CN Rail, at the urging of Chinese-owned Nexen Inc., is considering shipping Alberta bitumen to Prince Rupert, B.C., by rail in quantities matching the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline, documents show.
Internal memos obtained by Greenpeace under Arctic ice level rebounds from record 2012 lowEnvironmental | 171 hits | 11:59 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
The amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank this summer to the sixth lowest level, but that is much higher than last year's record low.German coal mine turns village into ghost town
The tiny western German ghost town of Immerath is making room for the hungry excavators of one of the country’s biggest coal mines.
In this rural area wedged between the Ruhr metropolitan area and the Dutch border, Immerath and nearby towns will soon b
Environmental | 149 hits | 8:26 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The tiny western German ghost town of Immerath is making room for the hungry excavators of one of the country’s biggest coal mines.
In this rural area wedged between the Ruhr metropolitan area and the Dutch border, Immerath and nearby towns will soon b Parks Canada declares war on rats in Haida Gwaii world heritage siteEnvironmental | 144 hits | 6:16 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Parks Canada staff are trying to take back two remote northern islands in the Haida Gwaii archipelago from a festering sea of rats, dropping poison pellets from a helicopter for the first time in Canada. Endangered sage grouse to be protected by emergency orderEnvironmental | 154 hits | 6:01 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
For the first time, Environment Canada will issue an emergency order to protect an endangered species, a rare Prairie bird called the greater sage grouse. The 5 stages of climate denial are on display ahead of the IPCC report | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | theguardian.comEnvironmental | 160 hits | 3:48 PM on Tuesday | posted by Delwin
7,500 songbirds killed at Canaport gas plant in Saint JohnEnvironmental | 159 hits | 2:10 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
About 7,500 songbirds, possibly including some endangered species, were killed while flying over a gas plant in Saint John late last week, officials have confirmed. Bear increase spurs call for hunting changeEnvironmental | 122 hits | 10:28 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
The number of bears in New Brunswick is increasing while the number of bear hunters is declining. British Columbia salmon return one of largest seenEnvironmental | 253 hits | 11:50 AM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
An estimated 26 million pink salmon have crowded British Columbia's waterways, about three times more fish than expected, officials report.World's top climate scientists admit computers got the effects of greenhouse gases wrong
A leaked copy of the world's most authoritative climate study reveals scientific forecasts of imminent doom were drastically wrong. the Mail on Sunday has revealed.
Environmental | 209 hits | 9:54 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A leaked copy of the world's most authoritative climate study reveals scientific forecasts of imminent doom were drastically wrong. the Mail on Sunday has revealed. Dead starfish in Vancouver waters puzzle scientistsEnvironmental | 161 hits | 10:56 AM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
A B.C. marine scientist, who has found dozens of dead starfish in Vancouver waters, is hoping international experts can help figure out what's killing the invertebrates. Neil Young calls Fort McMurray oilsands 'a wasteland'Environmental | 153 hits | 9:08 AM on Thursday | posted by stemmer
Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young had some harsh words for Alberta's oilsands, saying Fort McMurray 'looks like Hiroshima.'Back to Canada News
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