Environment News

Drought, lack of rain and wildfires by the numbers in B.C.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but hot and dry weather that lasted through most of October has created drought conditions.

Oct 21, 2022 11:23 AM Read more >

At last, rain in Vancouver and elsewhere, but much more needed to break B.C. drought

VANCOUVER — The first showers since September began falling in parts of Metro Vancouver before dawn, but officials in many coastal communities doubt a series of incoming weather systems will relieve the drought gripping parts of British Columbia.

Oct 21, 2022 9:50 AM Read more >

Tiny Tennessee fish protected, but US has yet to say where

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It was a crisp fall day when biologist Bernie Kuhajda drove to a nondescript trickle of water running through a Middle Tennessee cow pasture to try to keep a small, brightly colored fish from becoming extinct.

Oct 21, 2022 9:09 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia bill would allow regulator to authorize more energy efficiency programs

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is aiming to increase the ability of its energy efficiency utility to add programs for low-income households.

Oct 21, 2022 9:05 AM Read more >

N.S. utility and province battle as citizens dream of a grid able to weather storms

HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia's electrical utility and government quarrel over the cost of preparing the grid for the next hurricane, some ratepayers are hoping they'll start working together.

Oct 21, 2022 8:32 AM Read more >

Colorado to reuse water for drinking, creating new supply

Castle Rock, Colo. (AP) — When Eric Seufert brewed a test batch of beer in 2017 with water from recycled sewage, he wasn't too concerned about the outcome.

Oct 21, 2022 8:27 AM Read more >

France to leave energy treaty criticized by climate groups

BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that France will become the latest European Union country to leave an energy agreement which climate groups claim is being used by the fossil fuel industry to legally challenge environmenta

Oct 21, 2022 7:35 AM Read more >

First Nations, environmentalists tired of government stonewalling over selenium probe

First Nations and environmentalists say they are angry the federal and British Columbia governments continue to stonewall American requests for a joint investigation of cross-border contamination from coal mining as meetings of the panel that mediate

Oct 21, 2022 1:00 AM Read more >

Stop talking coal, protect Rockies with legislation, Alta. opposition tells premier

Alberta's Opposition New Democrats want the provincial government to end any uncertainty about the future of the province's Rocky Mountains by legislating that no new coal mines will be permitted there.

Oct 20, 2022 2:38 PM Read more >

Environmental groups call on feds to not 'water down' oil and gas emissions cap

CALGARY — As environmental groups urge the federal government to move quickly with an aggressive cap on emissions from the country's oil and gas sector, the industry itself says such a move could actually slow down the sector's own decarbonization ef

Oct 20, 2022 2:22 PM Read more >