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Municipal climate plans under threat by new Ontario housing bill, critics say

Municipal climate plans under threat by new Ontario housing bill, critics say

TORONTO — A major piece of Toronto's climate plan appears to be in the Ontario government's crosshairs, critics warn, as the province advances a bill that could strip municipalities of their power to set green building standards.
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Habitat loss and climate change make it tough to be an amphibian. Some humans are helping

Habitat loss and climate change make it tough to be an amphibian. Some humans are helping

HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road.
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Migrant workers in Malaysia seek unpaid wages from a supplier to Japanese companies

Migrant workers in Malaysia seek unpaid wages from a supplier to Japanese companies

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Around 280 Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia are demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages and other money owed to them after their former employer, a plastic parts supplier to big Japanese companies, closed
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While Trump overhauls FEMA, Mississippi tornado survivors await assistance

While Trump overhauls FEMA, Mississippi tornado survivors await assistance

TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) — More than two months after a tornado demolished his Mississippi home, Brian Lowery still sifts through the rubble, hoping to find a tie clip his mother gave him, made from the center stone of her wedding band.
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Indigenous groups send eviction notice to Quebec forestry companies

Indigenous groups send eviction notice to Quebec forestry companies

MONTREAL — Two Indigenous organizations have issued eviction notices to a number of Quebec forestry companies in the province's Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Mauricie and Côte-Nord regions.
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Trump plans to merge wildland firefighting efforts into one agency, but ex-officials warn of chaos

Trump plans to merge wildland firefighting efforts into one agency, but ex-officials warn of chaos

BILLINGS, Mont.
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First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor

First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor

For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor.
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Majority of Quebecers think province should end carbon pricing, survey says

Majority of Quebecers think province should end carbon pricing, survey says

MONTREAL — Weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney scrapped the federal consumer carbon levy, more than half of Quebecers want their province to follow suit and abolish its own price on carbon, a new poll says.
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Colombia lost huge area to deforestation in 6 months, public watchdog report warns

Colombia lost huge area to deforestation in 6 months, public watchdog report warns

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia lost nearly 88,900 hectares (340 square miles) of forest — an area larger than New York City — in just six months, driven by the rapid spread of illegal roads, coca cultivation, and unregulated mining, according to a
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Bank of Canada rate cut odds for June fall after April inflation data

Bank of Canada rate cut odds for June fall after April inflation data

OTTAWA — Signs that underlying inflation was picking up in April put the Bank of Canada in a tricky position ahead of its June interest rate decision, with some economists arguing a second straight pause is now more likely.
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