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BREAKING: Ottawa to Ban Single-Use Plastics as Soon as 2021
The Trudeau government is planning to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, as part of a wider plastic pollution strategy set to be ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Ottawa Announces $15-Million Lifeline After Ontario Cuts Successful Tree Planting Program
The federal government has tossed an emergency lifeline to Ontario’s 50 Million Tree Program, committing C$15 million over four years after the Ford government ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportUnited StatesWater
Minnesota Appeals Court Rejects Line 3 Pipeline Approval
Fossils were disappointed and Enbridge saw its share price fall 4.7% Monday, after a Minnesota appeals court ruled a state regulator had failed to ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementFinance & InvestmentHydroMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Quebec LNG Megaproject Would Boost Emissions by 37 Million Tonnes Per Year
The GNL Quebec liquefied natural gas megaproject would increase life cycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 37 million tonnes per year, a group ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Abandoned Well Cleanup Could Take 2,800 Years, Alberta Regulator Tells Industry
It may take more than 2,800 years to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells across Alberta, National Observer and Star Calgary reveal in ... -
Mass Puffin Die-Off in 2016 Shows the ‘Ocean is Screaming’
Climate change is being blamed for the starvation deaths of up to 9,000 Alaskan puffins and other seabirds in 2016, and millions in less ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetySub-National Governments
Kenney Kills Carbon Tax, Offers ‘Hopes and Prayers’ as Wildfires Rage
With Alberta Premier Jason Kenney helpfully pointing out that carbon taxes don’t prevent forest fires, multiple communities were under evacuation orders and crews across ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Coastal First Nations Demand Senate Passage of B.C. Tanker Ban
A coalition of nine First Nations from coastal British Columbia is demanding that unelected senators endorse the Trudeau government’s bill to ban tanker traffic ... -
Spill Response Only Recovers 15% of the Oil Lost in an Average Marine Spill
News reports of a recent oil spill recovery drill off the coasts of British Columbia and Washington State are shining a light on an ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Alberta Party Leaders Unanimously Back C-69 Amendments from Unelected Senate Committee
The 187 amendments to Canada’s proposed Impact Assessment Act adopted by the unelected members of the Senate Energy Committee would make the bill acceptable ... -
Invasive Earthworms Could Drive Up Carbon Loss from Forest Soils
Invasive earthworms are catching scientists’ attention as the latest threat to the ability of soils in the Canadian boreal forest to sequester carbon. -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Food SecurityHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Ohio Becomes Battleground on the Legal Rights of Nature
Ohio is becoming a battleground in the fight over the legal rights of nature, after voters in Toledo adopted a ballot initiative in February ...
