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'Baloney factory': Eby mocks Poilievre letter asking B.C. to join carbon price fight

'Baloney factory': Eby mocks Poilievre letter asking B.C. to join carbon price fight

TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — A letter from Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to British Columbia Premier David Eby, asking him to help halt a federal carbon price increase, was dismissed by Eby as a "baloney factory" campaign tactic.
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Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada

Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada

RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to the company building a controversial lithium mine in Nevada with the largest known U.S.
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Orcas that hunt the world's biggest predators may be a new population, say scientists

Orcas that hunt the world's biggest predators may be a new population, say scientists

VANCOUVER — Researchers from the University of British Columbia said they've identified a potentially new population of open-ocean orcas, which hunt the biggest predators on the planet.
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African Development Bank chief criticizes opaque loans tied to Africa's natural resources

African Development Bank chief criticizes opaque loans tied to Africa's natural resources

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent's rich supplies of oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and electric car batteries.
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Alberta government releases no-go zone map for renewable power projects

Alberta government releases no-go zone map for renewable power projects

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has released some details of where and how it will permit wind and solar development, prohibiting it along a broad stretch of the province's western edge, assessing its visual impact in five other large areas and res
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Meteorologists say this year's warm winter provided key ingredient for Midwest killer tornadoes

Meteorologists say this year's warm winter provided key ingredient for Midwest killer tornadoes

This winter's record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, tornado experts said.
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Feds pick New England’s offshore wind development area, drawing cheers and questions alike

Feds pick New England’s offshore wind development area, drawing cheers and questions alike

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government on Friday designated a large area off the New England coast for offshore wind production development, setting the stage for a possible lease sale within the Gulf of Maine. The U.S.
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Nova Scotia grants Northern Pulp mill one-year extension for environmental assessment

Nova Scotia grants Northern Pulp mill one-year extension for environmental assessment

HALIFAX — An idled Nova Scotia pulp mill has been given another year to complete an environmental assessment for its project to build a new effluent treatment facility.
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California proposes delaying rules aimed at reducing water on lawns, concerning environmentalists

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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As the rumble of tractor protests grows, the EU offers more environmental concessions to farmers

As the rumble of tractor protests grows, the EU offers more environmental concessions to farmers

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm on Friday proposed weakening even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc's latest set of concessions to farmers apparently bent on continuing disruptive tractor protests until the June E
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