Tag: environment

Kearl oilsands leaks show serious flaws in Canada, Alberta’s industry oversight: experts | Globalnews.ca

Recent leaks of toxic tailings from northern Alberta oilsands mines have revealed serious flaws in how Canada and Alberta look after the environment, observers say. Some accuse the federal government of abandoning the province. Others point to what they call a captive provincial regulator. All agree that there’s no way leaks from Imperial Oil’s Kearl tailings ponds should […]

Factbox-China’s New Line-Up of Top Government Leaders

By Yew Lun Tian and Ziyi Tang BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s parliament on Sunday approved the cabinet line-up nominated by Premier Li Qiang, who took office on Saturday in a once-in-five years reshuffle. Also during the National People’s Congress (NPC), Xi Jinping was confirmed for a third five-year term as president. Here are other key […]

Polar bear warnings issued for parts of northern Newfoundland and southern Labrador

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Polar bear warnings have been issued to residents of southern Labrador and the Great Northern Peninsula at the northern tip of Newfoundland. Wildlife officials say migrating bears have been spotted near Port Hope Simpson, St. Lewis and Black Tickle in Labrador and near St. Anthony on the island of Newfoundland. The […]

First Nations chiefs criticize Alberta premier’s Kearl oilsands tailings spill comments | Globalnews.ca

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is minimizing the effect of two large releases of oilsands tailings water, two area First Nations leaders said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Environment Canada confirmed the Alberta government didn’t pass along news of the spill. The federal agency, which is investigating the spill, released a timeline saying the department first learned of the […]

Greening the Burial of the Dead, in Brooklyn

Long before Richard J. Moylan became the president of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, his job was to help with the landscaping. “I started cutting grass here in ’72,” he told me, as he showed me around the grounds, which span four hundred and seventy urban acres. Moylan’s father and grandfather were both contractors at Green-Wood, too. […]

Climate activists splash Royal B.C. Museum’s mammoth ‘Woolly’ with pink paint

VICTORIA – A centrepiece of the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, Woolly the mammoth, was defaced with pink paint by protesters trying to draw attention to climate change. A statement issued by the new climate campaign “On2Ottawa” says washable pink paint was tossed at the tusks of the three-metre-tall mammoth to protest what it calls […]

New methods find methane emissions underestimated | Globalnews.ca

display_1] A new study using advanced technology shows that heavy oil plants in Saskatchewan are emitting nearly four times more potent greenhouse gases than reported to the government. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, pioneers a new method of measuring methane emissions that challenges current industry practices, says author Matthew Johnson, […]

Clean energy in focus as Canada’s fall mini budget aims to drive investment – National | Globalnews.ca

[Display_1] Treasury Secretary Chrystia Freeland will update her midyear budget in her House of Representatives on Thursday. This is focused on promoting investment in Canada‘s clean energy industry in response to the new US tax stimulus signed last summer. The government has already outperformed expectations financially as inflation and a stronger economic recovery have boosted […]