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Oklahoma tornado rescue crews work through night
Environmental | 89 hits | 4:02 AM on Tuesday | posted by commanderkai
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The storm killed at least 20 children and 31 adults, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. Those numbers were expected to climb, officials said, as some media reported a death toll as high as 91 this morning.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Holmes Hydro can proceed without environmental assessment
Environmental | 124 hits | 7:30 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a hydro-electric development in northeastern B.C. should be allowed to proceed without an environmental assessment.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Alaska volcano shoots lava, huge plumes of ash into the air
Environmental | 101 hits | 6:06 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano has been shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume is thinning and is no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Polar meltdown top challenge for Arctic Council
Environmental | 103 hits | 5:59 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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Ice melt, CO2 and council membership are among the top issues on the table as the Canadian-led Arctic Council of countries meets in Sweden. Here's our A-F list of agenda items for countries interested in the Arctic environment and resources.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly'
Environmental | 174 hits | 7:12 AM on Tuesday | posted by BeaverFever
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The Arctic seas are being made rapidly more acidic by carbon-dioxide emissions, according to a new report.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadian Co. to defy US ban on Grand Canyon uranium mining
Environmental | 299 hits | 8:24 AM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever
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The Canadian company says that the ban on Uranium mining in the Grand Canyon doesn't apply due to an environmental study conducted more than 25 years ago, in 1986.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Low water levels in Great Lakes cause concern
Environmental | 255 hits | 12:51 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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Historically low water levels in the Great Lakes may seriously impact the environment and consumers.
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Oregon seeks to outlaw environmental activism
Environmental | 161 hits | 7:27 PM on Tuesday | posted by BeaverFever
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The legislation comes amid divisive efforts to increase logging in Elliott State Forest near Reedsport and proposals to increase logging in federal forest lands.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Huge toxic algae bloom expected for Lake Erie
Environmental | 174 hits | 6:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by BeaverFever
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Heavy April showers are washing fertilizer off farm fields into the water in larger amounts, and those chemicals feed algae blooms that starve the lake of oxygen. Feeding on phosphorus, algae produces bad smells and toxins that are absorbed by underwater
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Link Related to Canada in some say Harper government amends environmental review requirements
Environmental | 204 hits | 2:14 PM on Sunday | posted by BeaverFever
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The proposed changes would be part of amended regulations for new environmental laws, adopted last July, which have already cancelled about 3,000 investigations, by removing the triggers that required the assessments and replacing them with the list of pr
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Link Related to Canada in some say N.S. moves to protect Sable Island as a national park
Environmental | 175 hits | 5:05 AM on Thursday | posted by -Wario-
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The Nova Scotia government proposed a law on Wednesday to further protect Sable Island from the oil and gas industry and help make it a national park.
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Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown
Environmental | 275 hits | 9:57 AM on Wednesday | posted by stemmer
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OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions.Often focused on century-long
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Link Related to Canada in some say Ocean temperatures spark concerns of early lobster harvest, blockade in Canada
Environmental | 212 hits | 4:59 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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Ocean temperatures have been higher than normal in the Gulf of Maine, creating worries among lobstermen that there could be a repeat of last spring's early harvest that resulted in a market glut, a crash in the prices fishermen get and a blockade of Maine
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Puerto Rico protects coastal nesting site of endangered turtle
Environmental | 152 hits | 4:15 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Puerto Rico's governor on Saturday signed a law to protect a swath of land along the island's northeast coast that is a top U.S. nesting site for the world's largest turtle species.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Stench from 'cat house' prompts call for tax relief
Environmental | 162 hits | 2:46 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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A couple who lives next door to a house where more than 200 cats once lived say they want the City of Corner Brook to give them a break on property taxes.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Alberta's carbon-tax windfall dilemma
Environmental | 162 hits | 9:41 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
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Alberta’s proposal to dramatically increase its carbon tax on large industrial emitters stands to generate hundreds of millions of dollars per year in new revenues that could be used to help slash emissions. But as the province contemplates the much st
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Link Related to Canada in some say Rare bald eagle hatching on Lake Ontario signals revival of habitat
Environmental | 211 hits | 3:21 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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For the first time in decades, bald eagles have successfully hatched on the north shore of Lake Ontario -- news that has bird enthusiasts flocking to the Hamilton area to spot the eaglets.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Mountain pine beetle poised to ravage Eastern Canada
Environmental | 192 hits | 10:37 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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Billions of mountain pine beetles from B.C. are expected devastate forests in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime provinces as they munch their way east over the next two decades, scientists predict in a new documentary.
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Link Related to Canada in some say 'Plausible' that Asian carp have reached Great Lakes
Environmental | 169 hits | 10:28 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, according to a scientific report released Thursday. The fish threatens a $7 billion fishing industry and ecosystems.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Alberta's bold plan to cut emissions stuns Ottawa and oil industry
Environmental | 217 hits | 9:38 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
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The Alberta government has quietly presented a proposal to sharply increase levies on carbon production and force large oil-industry producers to slash greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 40 per cent on each barrel of production, a long-term plan that
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EWICON bladeless wind turbine generates electricity using charged water droplets
Environmental | 251 hits | 2:45 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
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Dutch researchers have developed the EWICON, ... that produces electricity by pushing charged water droplets into ..., a bladeless wind turbine with no moving parts that produces electricity using charged water droplets.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Dead squid whodunit verdict is death by natural causes
Environmental | 188 hits | 7:33 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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Hundreds of dead squid mysteriously turned up in Victoria's Gorge Waterway this past week, but the gruesome sight may just be a sign that the ecosystem is healthy, an expert says.
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Link Related to Canada in some say New Exxon spill seeps into Keystone debate
Environmental | 241 hits | 8:14 PM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever
Thousands of barrels of Alberta oil-sands crude –the same stuff destined for the controversial Keystone XL project –spilled into a suburban Arkansas neighbourhood over the weekend
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Link Related to Canada in some say Tomatoes, Peppers, Strawberries Now Grow Well in Greenland's Arctic Valleys: Scientific American
Environmental | 234 hits | 11:19 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
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On the Arctic Circle, a chef is growing the kind of vegetables and herbs - potatoes, thyme, tomatoes, green peppers - more fitting for a suburban garden in a temperate zone than a land of Northern Lights, glaciers and musk oxen.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Salmon farms near Campbell River capped for 7 years
Environmental | 208 hits | 2:45 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Six months after the release of the Cohen Commission's final report on the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon, the B.C. government says it will implement a number of the report's recommendations, including putting a cap on future open-net fish farms.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Experimental Lakes scientists kept in dark on facility's future
Environmental | 182 hits | 8:01 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
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Scientists with ongoing projects at the Experimental Lakes Area in northern Ontario had to contact the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to find out they would not be allowed to work at the facility this summer.
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Link Related to Canada in some say First Nations say they will fight oilsands, pipeline
Environmental | 211 hits | 2:42 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
An alliance of First Nations leaders from the U.S. and Canada say they are gearing up to fight the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines both in the courts and through unspecified direct action.
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Link Related to Canada in some say 'World class' tanker safety system announced by federal government
Environmental | 180 hits | 3:51 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
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The federal government rolled out eight new measures on Monday at the Port Metro Vancouver office that it says will create a world class tanker safety system.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Great Lakes experiencing 'new stresses'
Environmental | 271 hits | 11:27 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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An aquatic expert warns that despite improved policies and extensive clean-up, the Great Lakes remain stressed and threatened.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Monarch butterfly numbers drop by 'ominous' 59%
Environmental | 195 hits | 9:02 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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The number of Monarch butterflies making it to their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 per cent this year, falling to the lowest level since comparable record-keeping began 20 years ago, scientists reported Wednesday.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Climate change could turn polar bears brown, study says
Environmental | 386 hits | 6:25 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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How polar bears got their white coat remains a scientific mystery, but newly published research suggests a way they could turn brown again.
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Windfarm sickness spreads by word of mouth, Australian study finds | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Environmental | 208 hits | 11:00 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
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Health complaints from people living around turbines shown to be psychological effect of anti-wind lobby making people worry
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Link Related to Canada in some say Heavy snow may be forcing boreal owls to starve
Environmental | 158 hits | 10:47 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
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A wildlife biologist in Thunder Bay says the boreal owl population here has remained steady this winter even though naturalists in Minnesota say they have found many of the birds dead or ill.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canada, France look to microalgae to scrub greenhouse gas from emissions
Environmental | 212 hits | 9:34 AM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
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Canada and France have agreed to explore the use of commercially-grown microalgae to "safely and effectively remove certain greenhouse gases from industrial emissions."
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Footlong Snails Are Taking Over the World | Motherboard
Environmental | 343 hits | 11:02 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
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The snails are kind of terrifying, seeing as how they can grow up to a foot long, can weigh in at over two pounds, and are capable of eating over 500 different species. Oh yes, they can also lay 1,200 eggs a year, and have few natural enemies in many of t
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Link Related to Canada in some say Ancient Arctic camel offers climate change clues
Environmental | 231 hits | 11:24 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
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Camels may be called the ships of the desert, but ancient, mummified bones dug from the tundra are confirming that the animals now synonymous with the arid sands of Arabia actually developed in what is now Canada's High Arctic.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Province announces early start to fire season
Environmental | 202 hits | 3:29 PM on Monday | posted by QBC
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Although there’s still a blanket of snow covering most flammable debris in the Peace Country, the province announced an early start to the 2013 fire season. The early fire season started March 1 and encompasses the entire province; fire seasons typically
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Smog and sandstorm engulf China's capital
Environmental | 221 hits | 9:18 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
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Air quality in China's capital, Beijing, once again hits serious levels, with locals urged to stay indoors amid thick smog and a sandstorm.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Shell says it will 'pause' drilling in Arctic Ocean for 2013
Environmental | 207 hits | 6:17 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced Wednesday that it will suspend its offshore petroleum drilling program in the Arctic Ocean for 2013, taking a break to make sure it can do so safely.
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India's rice revolution
Environmental | 254 hits | 8:13 PM on Friday | posted by commanderkai
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In a village in India's poorest state, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice – with no GM or herbicide. Is this a solution to world food shortages? John Vidal meets the farmers
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Link Related to Canada in some say Record loss of Arctic sea ice causing big ecosystem changes: study
Environmental | 399 hits | 10:17 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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Last year's record loss of Arctic sea ice is already causing big changes for plants and animals that scientists are just starting to understand, according to newly published research.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Medicines flushed down toilets hurting fish: study
Environmental | 336 hits | 3:55 PM on Friday | posted by BeaverFever
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The Associated Press first reported in 2008 that the drinking water of at least 51 million Americans carries low concentrations of many common drugs. The findings were based on questionnaires sent to water utilities, which reported the presence of antibio
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadian federal research deal 'potentially muzzles' U.S. scientist
Environmental | 323 hits | 1:59 PM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Jeffrey Hutchings, a Dalhousie University fisheries scientist, and Kevin Stringer, an assistant deputy minister with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, share their views on accusations that the Canadian government is forcing international scientific
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Link Related to Canada in some say Prominent U.S. environmentalists arrested over Keystone XL protest at White House
Environmental | 288 hits | 4:16 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
Prominent U.S. environmental leaders, including the head of the Sierra Club, were arrested Wednesday after tying themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Ottawa's Oil Spill Plan for B.C. Can't Cope with Coming Supertankers
Environmental | 442 hits | 1:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by Zipperfish
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Link Related to Canada in some say U.S. attitudes toward climate change fluctuate with weather
Environmental | 216 hits | 11:34 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
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A UBC study finds that skepticism about climate change among Americans increases during cold snaps and concern grows during hot spells. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Climatic Change, found a strong connection between U.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Lake Winnipeg most threatened in world in 2013
Environmental | 616 hits | 8:33 AM on Monday | posted by Robair
Lake Winnipeg has earned a disturbing new title from the Global Nature Fund, as the most threatened lake of 2013.
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Canned air for sale to combat smog in China
Environmental | 307 hits | 2:02 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
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The foul smog swallowing much of China has inspired one man to launch a humorous campaign to focus on environmental issues -- by selling canned fresh air.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Derelict cruise ship under tow by offshore supply vessel
Environmental | 238 hits | 11:26 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
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The derelict cruise ship Lyubov Orlova is now being towed by an offshore supply vessel, days after it broke free from a tow outside St. John's.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Killer cats take down billions of birds, report says
Environmental | 296 hits | 12:53 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Cats may kill up to 3.7 billion birds and 20.7 billion mammals in the United States alone each year, a new study has found.

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