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British Columbia’s overall snowpack increased slightly throughout March, but the average is still sitting at just 79 per cent of what’s considered normal and the province is sounding the alarm about the potential for drought.
After several failed attempts by private sector companies, the Nova Scotia government is issuing two tenders for new companies, aiming to finally capitalize on tidal power in the Bay of Fundy.
Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum fee of US$100 for every tonne of greenhouse gases emitted by ships above certain thresholds, in what is effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions.
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum says it has been monitoring wildlife in and around the city of Regina as a part of a new study. Twenty-eight biodiversity monitoring stations have been set up over the last three years with motion-triggered trail cams and automated microphones.
Northern China is bracing for typhoon-like gales this weekend, with Beijing postponing major sporting events, closing parks, suspending dozens of train services and warning its 22 million residents against non-essential travel. Dozens of flights were cancelled.
Fatou, the oldest gorilla living in captivity worldwide, is getting ready for her 68th birthday in style.
A Calgary woman, who has experienced four hailstorms over the past few years, believes climate and environment issues should be a priority in the federal election.
La Nina, the natural cooling flip side of the better known and warmer El Nino climate phenomenon, has dwindled away after just three months.
Federal party leaders are renewing calls to expand Canada’s pipeline network, thrusting a long-dormant debate over eastbound oil infrastructure back into the spotlight.
Along some 70 miles of Southern California coastline, usually curious and playful sea lions are attacking humans in the water. The animals are being poisoned by the ocean they live in, experts say, citing reports of sick sea lions at unprecedented levels. And many are dying.
Lego opened a US$1 billion factory in Vietnam on Wednesday that it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by relying entirely on clean energy.
The Liberals’ move to end the consumer carbon price, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and annexation talk, have pushed concerns about climate policy to the bottom of the pile.
The woman who was removed from a storm drain in Poway has died, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Scientists were bracing for high lava fountains Tuesday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.
Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa’s oldest national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east, the head of the park told AFP on Tuesday.
Residents in northern Ontario are being asked not to prune any oak trees for the next several months to prevent the spread of a devastating tree disease that has made its way to Canada.
