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Deer scares Princeton family, stomps on pet dogsEnvironmental | 64 hits | 7:30 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
A Princeton, B.C., family was scared when an aggressive deer charged at their daughter and stomped on its dogs. Third newborn orca spotted off Washington coastEnvironmental | 65 hits | 2:27 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
U.S. scientists following endangered killer whales from a research vessel have spotted a newborn orca off the coast of Washington state. Bill raising nuclear, offshore liability limits to $1 billion reaches third reading in SenateEnvironmental | 69 hits | 12:56 PM on Wednesday | posted by QBall
Rideau Canal record broken at 47 consecutive skating daysEnvironmental | 70 hits | 11:41 AM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
Ottawa's Rideau Canal has been open to skaters for 47 consecutive days — the longest stretch in its 45-year history. Atikokan resident charged for feeding deerEnvironmental | 52 hits | 11:35 AM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
A person in Atikokan is believed to be the first in the region charged for feeding deer.Solar farm sets 130 birds on FIRE mid-air during tests
Around 130 birds have been injured while entering an area of concentrated solar energy created by the 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada.
Environmental | 192 hits | 12:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Around 130 birds have been injured while entering an area of concentrated solar energy created by the 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada. Neil Zeller photographs fireball streaking across night skyEnvironmental | 85 hits | 8:26 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
A Calgary photographer has snapped some amazing shots of a fireball streaking through the sky.Humpback whale freed from fishing lines after 8-day struggle
A 45-tonne humpback whale tangled in heavy fishing line in Hawaiian waters for more than a week has been freed.
Environmental | 74 hits | 8:41 PM on Sunday | posted by Regina
A 45-tonne humpback whale tangled in heavy fishing line in Hawaiian waters for more than a week has been freed. Bitter Siberian winds to blame for Canadian chillEnvironmental | 137 hits | 8:43 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Canadians have reason to blame Russia for the prolonged deep freeze that’s settled over central and eastern parts of the Great White North.U.N. climate panel chief accused of sexual harassment: police
Indian police are investigating claims that the one of world's top climate change officials, Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel , sexually harassed a 29-year-old woman, police and lawyers said on Friday.
Environmental | 118 hits | 12:40 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Indian police are investigating claims that the one of world's top climate change officials, Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel , sexually harassed a 29-year-old woman, police and lawyers said on Friday. Shooting moose with paintball guns: a plan to target winter tick infestationEnvironmental | 130 hits | 7:17 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The owner of a B.C. wildlife shelter wants to use paintball guns to treat moose infested with ticks. Ocean waste hits home: Plastic-filled fish guts ruins Chilliwack man's catchEnvironmental | 162 hits | 7:08 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
A Chilliwack fisherman thought the steelhead he hooked last week on the Vedder River would make a fine supper before he cut it open to find its body stuffed with garbage. Jordan Butt, 32, said he felt “disgusted” by what he found Feb. 13: Shards of blue, Global Ocean Acidity Revealed in New MapsEnvironmental | 91 hits | 6:52 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
New satellite maps show the variation in ocean acidity across the globe, revealing a side effect of climate change that threatens marine life. Aquaculture rule changes raise pesticide concernsEnvironmental | 99 hits | 8:52 PM on Wednesday | posted by Zipperfish
A broad-based coalition is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to halt proposed changes to federal aquaculture regulations, warning they could damage the environment and existing businesses. Lake Superior Binational Forum to close in MarchEnvironmental | 80 hits | 1:19 PM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
The Lake Superior Binational Forum will shut down operations at the end of March, because of funding cuts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ‘Anti-petroleum’ movement a growing security threat to Canada, RCMP sayEnvironmental | 115 hits | 9:11 AM on Wednesday | posted by Zipperfish
Documents obtained by Greenpeace raise environmentalists’ fears they’ll be targets of surveillance and dirty tricks under Bill C-51The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever
New data shows that the vanishing of polar ice is not the result of runaway global warming
Environmental | 207 hits | 10:54 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
New data shows that the vanishing of polar ice is not the result of runaway global warmingAmazon River threatened by Golden mussel invasion
The world's mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes -- a tiny mussel invading from China.
Environmental | 125 hits | 8:28 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
The world's mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes -- a tiny mussel invading from China. Private Alberta group says it will only be able to save some captured horsesEnvironmental | 116 hits | 8:26 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
A private group working to help Alberta manage its wild horse population says it will only be able to save up to a third of the animals that could be captured this month.Joint Master of Tedworth Hunt is beaten unconscious by protesters with iron bars
Mike Lane, Joint Master of the Tedworth Hunt in Wiltshire, had been attempting to calm saboteurs when he was punched, kicked, spat on and left needing hospital treatment.
Environmental | 140 hits | 12:51 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Mike Lane, Joint Master of the Tedworth Hunt in Wiltshire, had been attempting to calm saboteurs when he was punched, kicked, spat on and left needing hospital treatment.What happens if you dare to doubt the Green prophets of doom
Journalist David Rose was labelled a 'climate change denier' after writing an article about scientists covering up data in a 'climategate' scandal.
Environmental | 242 hits | 12:34 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Journalist David Rose was labelled a 'climate change denier' after writing an article about scientists covering up data in a 'climategate' scandal.Is the Pentagon hyping climate change'
The department changed the cover of its "adaptation roadmap" after admitting it was a bit overdramatic.
Environmental | 135 hits | 12:23 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The department changed the cover of its "adaptation roadmap" after admitting it was a bit overdramatic.Cold-stunned sea turtles rehabilitated and released
Nearly two dozen turtles that were stranded by cold weather last year in Massachusetts have successfully undergone rehab and have been returned to waters off Louisiana's coast.
Environmental | 132 hits | 4:11 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Nearly two dozen turtles that were stranded by cold weather last year in Massachusetts have successfully undergone rehab and have been returned to waters off Louisiana's coast. Mount Polley spill blamed on design of embankmentEnvironmental | 85 hits | 3:49 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
An independent investigation has determined the breach of the Mount Polley mine tailings dam in B.C. was caused by a failure to detect a weak layer in its foundation, likening the massive embankment to a "loaded gun." Bag of poop exploded in Paradise garbage truck, recyclables had to be dumpedEnvironmental | 99 hits | 3:46 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Some Paradise residents were questioning how the town deals with curbside recycling after a photo circulated show a truck dumping blue bags at the landfill, but it turns out there was a pretty good reason: a bag of poo had exploded in the truck. Rabid wolf chases 2 Labrador families on snowmobile tripEnvironmental | 112 hits | 6:43 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
Two families snowmobiling in Labrador had a frightening run-in with a rabid wolf before the animal was hunted downtown by wildlife officers.Beijing smog makes city unliveable, says mayor
Polluting factories and skyrocketing vehicle ownership blamed as report finds tourism to Chinese city falls 10% on year before
Environmental | 111 hits | 9:11 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Polluting factories and skyrocketing vehicle ownership blamed as report finds tourism to Chinese city falls 10% on year before NAFTA probe of Alberta's tailings ponds blocked by CanadaEnvironmental | 192 hits | 11:37 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Canada has succeeded in blocking an investigation into Alberta's tailings ponds by NAFTA's environmental watchdog.Sea Sparkle bloom lights up Hong Kong shores
Eerie fluorescent blue patches of water glimmering off Hong Kong's seashore are magnificent, disturbing and potentially harmful to marine life, biologists say.
Environmental | 129 hits | 6:43 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Eerie fluorescent blue patches of water glimmering off Hong Kong's seashore are magnificent, disturbing and potentially harmful to marine life, biologists say.Mystery of Greenland's vanishing LAKES: Two sub-glacial lagoons drain away in a matter of weeks through natural tunnels | Daily Mail Online
The disappearing lakes were discovered by a team of researchers from Ohio State University who are building the highest-resolution map of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Environmental | 168 hits | 6:14 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The disappearing lakes were discovered by a team of researchers from Ohio State University who are building the highest-resolution map of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Gas tanker rolls over on highway near Calgary, spilling 25,000 litres into wetlandsEnvironmental | 216 hits | 7:08 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
A semi-trailer hauling gasoline rolled over on Highway 2 north of Calgary early Tuesday morning, spilling thousands of litres of fuel into wetlands.We said 2014 was the warmest year on record... but we're only 38% sure we were right
The claim made headlines around the world, but yesterday it emerged that GISS’s analysis is subject to a margin of error. Nasa admits this means it is far from certain that 2014 set a record at all.
Environmental | 182 hits | 12:28 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The claim made headlines around the world, but yesterday it emerged that GISS’s analysis is subject to a margin of error. Nasa admits this means it is far from certain that 2014 set a record at all. 2014 was hottest year in modern recordEnvironmental | 180 hits | 9:13 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
For the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record, U.S. federal scientists say. Banff bather fined $4,500 for swimming with endangered snailsEnvironmental | 131 hits | 10:39 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
A judge has fined a man $4,500 for taking a dip in a thermal pool that is home to a type of endangered snail in Banff National Park. Wolf cull will see animals shot from helicopter to save B.C. caribouEnvironmental | 127 hits | 4:53 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Up to 184 wolves in British Columbia will be shot from helicopters in order to save dwindling caribou herds in the region. Scientists: Human activity has pushed Earth beyond four of nine �planetary boundaries�Environmental | 157 hits | 11:50 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
At the rate things are going, the Earth in the coming decades could cease to be a �safe operating space� for human beings. That is the conclusion of a new paper published Thursday in the journal Science by 18 researchers trying to gauge the breaking p Longueuil drinking water unsafe after diesel spill, Quebec official saysEnvironmental | 159 hits | 8:28 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina
One of two main water tanks in Longueuil, Que., was contaminated following a diesel spill on Wednesday, making it unsafe to drink, a provincial government official told CBC News. Water pollution worries to surface at Energy East pipeline meetingsEnvironmental | 173 hits | 10:44 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
A meeting Tuesday night in Kenora signals the start of a new round of public consultations on the Energy East pipeline. Great Lakes teeming with tiny plastic fibresEnvironmental | 176 hits | 11:52 AM on Monday | posted by Regina
Scientists who have reported that the Great Lakes are awash in tiny bits of plastic are raising new alarms about a little-noticed form of the debris turning up in sampling nets: synthetic fibres from garments, cleaning cloths and other consumer products. Newborn orca J50 spotted swimming with JPod family in Puget SoundEnvironmental | 140 hits | 3:02 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
Newborn female orca calf J50 was captured on video Saturday swimming with her JPod family in Puget Sound, Washington. Scientists concerned about plastic pollution in Great LakesEnvironmental | 203 hits | 2:25 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
Scientists who have reported that the Great Lakes are awash in tiny bits of plastic are raising new alarms about a little-noticed form of the debris turning up in sampling nets: synthetic fibers from garments, cleaning cloths and other consumer products.‘Fears of man-made global warming exaggerated’
Two of three scientists at a session on climate change and society at the Indian Science Congress on Tuesday felt fears of man-made global warming were greatly exaggerated.
Environmental | 154 hits | 2:29 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Two of three scientists at a session on climate change and society at the Indian Science Congress on Tuesday felt fears of man-made global warming were greatly exaggerated. 100 deer to be culled at Point Pelee National ParkEnvironmental | 158 hits | 12:40 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
One hundred deer need to be eliminated from Point Pelee National Park, so a deer cull will begin Jan. 12 in effort to trim the park's deer population.California condors secretly mate in woods, thrilling biologists with unexpected offspring
Two California condors have secretly mated in the woods of Northern California, thrilling wildlife biologists by producing unexpected offspring.
Environmental | 129 hits | 12:31 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Two California condors have secretly mated in the woods of Northern California, thrilling wildlife biologists by producing unexpected offspring. Four Reasons To Worry About Global Warming Beyond Scientific ConsensusEnvironmental | 159 hits | 9:48 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Newborn orca J50 is a girl, researchers confirmEnvironmental | 121 hits | 7:53 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
A newborn orca spotted last week near Vancouver Island is a girl, raising hopes for the endangered southern resident population.'97% Of Climate Scientists Agree' Is 100% Wrong
Think about how many times you hear that 97 percent or some similar figure thrown around. It’s based on crude manipulation propagated by people whose ideological agenda it serves. It is a license to intimidate.
Environmental | 248 hits | 12:15 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Think about how many times you hear that 97 percent or some similar figure thrown around. It’s based on crude manipulation propagated by people whose ideological agenda it serves. It is a license to intimidate. Landslide creates new lake in Yukon's Kluane National ParkEnvironmental | 164 hits | 9:44 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
A new lake discovered in Kluane National Park last year was created by a landslide that blocked Vulcan Creek. It was likely triggered by seismic activity, experts believe. Oil-covered animals could be linked to shipwreck: Newfoundland residentsEnvironmental | 132 hits | 12:51 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
Some residents living along the shoreline of Newfoundland's Notre Dame Bay say they believe oil found on ducks and at least one seal came from a leaking, sunken shipwreck. Cassin's aucklets seem to be starving to death on Pacific CoastEnvironmental | 118 hits | 12:46 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
Scientists are trying to figure out what's behind the deaths of seabirds that have been found by the hundreds along the Pacific Coast since October.Back to Canada News
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