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Environmental | 53 hits | 6:16 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

About 10,000 tons of plastic waste are getting into the Great Lakes every year, threatening one of the largest reservoirs of freshwater on the planet that supports nearly 50 million people in Canada and the U.S.

Environmental | 108 hits | 4:27 PM on Tuesday | posted by Scape

China will stop funding coal projects overseas, President Xi Jinping announced Tuesday, all but ending the flow of public aid for the dirty energy contributing to the climate crisis.

Environmental | 119 hits | 6:14 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

The Canary Islands' first volcanic eruption in 50 years has forced about 5,000 people, including around 500 tourists, to flee and destroyed about 100 houses, officials said on Monday.

Environmental | 155 hits | 5:54 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

The University of Albertaâ€™s slug lab needs help from home gardeners. They are looking for your slugs, to further their research into naturally controlling the slug population.

Environmental | 167 hits | 6:51 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

An expert on oil and gas wells in southwestern Ontario who presented at a national conference outlines the issues with abandoned wells in the wake of an explosion in Wheatley, Ont., that sent seven people to hospital.

Environmental | 177 hits | 5:56 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Food and water were thought to be the main ways humans are exposed to PFAS, but study points to risk of breathing them in

Environmental | 163 hits | 7:46 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Leaded gasoline has finally reached the end of the road, the UN environment office said Monday, after the last country in the world to use it stopped selling the highly toxic fuel.

Environmental | 170 hits | 7:37 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

A new logging proposal has residents in Grande Cache, AB, worried about the impacts on the local caribou habitat.

Environmental | 161 hits | 6:05 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

A few years ago, I visited a dusty warehouse selling secondhand clothes in Cotonou, Benin. In the back, behind bundles of used Canadian T-shirts, were two pallets of unboxed solar panels. I assumed they were destined for the roof. One of the employees tol

Environmental | 184 hits | 7:44 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

British Columbia's beekeepers say theyâ€™re on guard after a nest of Asian giant hornets was found and destroyed Thursday just south of the border in Washington State.

Environmental | 161 hits | 6:01 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Alberta researchers unlocking the genetic secrets of lodgepole pines that can survive attacks by mountain pine beetles hope the trees can help a new generation of hardier forests take root.

Environmental | 177 hits | 11:53 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

A U.S. government watchdog found multiple problems with the construction, manufacture and design of the Keystone XL pipeline, validating President Joe Biden's decision to revoke its permit, leaders of several House Democratic committees said on Monday.

Environmental | 193 hits | 6:10 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The meeting minutes say there was a call for the "forestry industry to fight fires independently," as the BC Wildfire Service "does not have enough staff."

Environmental | 199 hits | 9:38 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

The wildfire started Monday evening, in the height of France's summer vacation season, about 40 kilometres inland from the coastal resort of Saint-Tropez.

Environmental | 259 hits | 6:44 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

The Alberta Electric System Operator, or AESO, predicts thousands of electric vehicles will hit the streets and highways in Alberta â€” exactly how many will be determined over the next two decades.

Environmental | 199 hits | 7:39 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Hay from the Maritimes could make its way to the Prairies later this week as livestock producers in Western Canada struggle with devastating drought conditions.

Environmental | 164 hits | 10:20 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb

Families of those missing after Turkey's worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings on Saturday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further.

Environmental | 176 hits | 10:17 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb

Crops are failing to grow without much rain or reprieve from unrelenting heat during what one expert says is shaping up to be the worst drought in Canadian history.

Environmental | 181 hits | 6:47 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Officials will be holding a press conference at 2 p.m. PT Thursday to update the wildfire situation in B.C. Officials are concerned about the hot and dry temperatures.

Environmental | 183 hits | 6:22 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Following the release of an alarming new report on climate change that the UN's secretary general said "must sound a death knell" for the fossil fuel industry, environmentalists in B.C. are asking why the province is still giving billions to subsidize oil

Environmental | 186 hits | 12:35 PM on Monday | posted by Scape

UN chief Antonio Guterres says the landmark study amounts to a â€˜â€˜code redâ€™ for humanityâ€™ as increasingly extreme heat waves, droughts, flooding and wildfires threaten the globe

Environmental | 182 hits | 6:07 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

California water officials have shut down of a major hydroelectric powerplant at Lake Oroville in Northern California, citing the lowest-ever recorded water level.

Environmental | 208 hits | 7:33 AM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb

Throughout B.C., fire crews are battling an ever-growing number of wildfires. As of Saturday afternoon, 283 such fires are burning in B.C., 31 of which are considered wildfires of note by the BC Wildfire Service.

Environmental | 189 hits | 6:31 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb

Wildfires rampaged through massive swaths of Greece's last remaining forests for yet another day Saturday, encroaching on more inhabited areas after burning scores of homes, businesses and farms.

Environmental | 188 hits | 12:50 PM on Friday | posted by Scape

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation's collapse would have dire implications for our weather and life on Earth.

Environmental | 192 hits | 7:58 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Another British Columbia community has been devastated by a raging wildfire and more could be at risk from a blaze between Kamloops and Vernon in the province's southern Interior.

Environmental | 176 hits | 6:30 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A growing mystery around some of B.C.'s most endangered killer whales may have been solved, but experts say changes in the animals' behaviour still concern them.

Environmental | 193 hits | 3:34 PM on Wednesday | posted by bootlegga

If you have ever considered your zombie apocalypse survival plan, you've almost certainly concluded that the best place to be to survive the end-of-the-world event is somewhere isolated, and preferably surrounded by water. As it turns out, scienceâ€¦

Environmental | 171 hits | 7:05 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Many farmers in Alberta are trying to salvage the little crop they've managed to grow amid an ongoing heat wave.

Environmental | 251 hits | 5:26 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape

Tsunami sirens sounded in parts of Alaska late Wednesday after a magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit off the coast of the state at about 10:15 p.m. local time, crea...

Environmental | 187 hits | 1:01 PM on Tuesday | posted by Scape

Typhoon Nepartak, swirling toward the country's main island of Honshu, could bring stormy winds and high waves in wide areas including Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned.

Environmental | 197 hits | 6:54 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb

From caterpillar to resplendent Monarch butterfly, their transformation is renowned and their migration from Mexico to Canada is unique. But the Monarch butterfly population is under threat. This week, experts across North and South America are taking par

Environmental | 210 hits | 7:57 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Most ships along the United States east coast are exceeding speed limits imposed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, according to a report released Wednesday by an ocean advocacy group.

Environmental | 217 hits | 5:47 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

J-Pod, a resident killer whale group, was last spotted in the Salish Sea in April.

Environmental | 224 hits | 8:59 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape

Heat, no humidity and bad weather across southern B.C. mean there is little room for error with wildfires. Dozens of evacuation orders and scores of alerts a...

Environmental | 225 hits | 5:00 PM on Thursday | posted by bootlegga

Some Calgarians are feeling the heat from the almost 300 wildfires currently burning across the British Columbia Interior.

Environmental | 178 hits | 4:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by Scape

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth declared a state of emergency on Tuesday afternoon in response to ongoing wildfires burning across the province.

Environmental | 197 hits | 6:51 PM on Monday | posted by Scape

Residents of Lethbridge are being urged to reduce their time outdoors due to wildfire smoke that is blanketing parts of southwestern Alberta.

Environmental | 199 hits | 7:21 PM on Friday | posted by Scape

To bring awareness to the rapid ice loss in the Arctic, conservation groups have set up a 'Beluga Whale Live Cam' to track the annual migration of 57,000 whales in northern Manitoba.

Environmental | 230 hits | 7:03 PM on Friday | posted by Scape

More than 1,000 people are still missing after record rainfall caused devastating floods in Germany and neighbouring Belgium. Helicopter rescue teams have be...

Environmental | 241 hits | 4:16 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape

A tornado seriously damaged homes in Barrie, Ont., after a storm tore through the region. Police in Barrie, which is about 115 kilometres north of Toronto, s...

Environmental | 231 hits | 6:59 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

With northwestern Ontario now under an emergency order issued by the province, calls are growing for more support to keep community members safe as nearly 80 forest fires continue to burn across the region.

Environmental | 223 hits | 8:25 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

A two-year-old girl had to be taken to hospital on Monday night after she was attacked by a coyote in Vancouverâ€™s Stanley Park.

Environmental | 203 hits | 6:52 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The 21 proposals include targets for reducing pesticide use, cutting plastic waste and channeling $200 billion US a year toward protecting nature in developing countries.

Environmental | 202 hits | 6:46 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

A U.S.-based expert says swarms of Chinese vessels have dumped human waste and wastewater for years in a disputed area of the South China Sea where they anchor

Environmental | 207 hits | 5:57 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

A team of marine biologists spotted a large group of 25 to 30 sei whales rarely found in the Pacific ocean off the coast of British Columbia last week.

Environmental | 239 hits | 1:21 PM on Monday | posted by Scape

A new wildfire in British Columbia has forced the evacuation of nearly 80 properties, while residents of hundreds more homes around the south Okanagan lakeside community of Okanagan Falls have been ordered to be ready to go on short notice.

Environmental | 238 hits | 2:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape

Chris Harley, a professor with UBC's Department of Zoology, called the die-off 'a very unusual event.'

Environmental | 137 hits | 2:31 PM on Sunday | posted by Scape

If a cigarette butt meets dry grass, Vancouver could be in for a damaging and life-threatening fire.

Environmental | 235 hits | 8:54 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb

Gruesome images of an osprey that became tangled in a fishing line and ended up hanging from a London, Ont., bridge has set off a firestorm of debate online, pitting bird watchers against people who fish.

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