Environment News

VICTORIA — British Columbia's longtime Environment Minister George Heyman says he's decided not to run in this fall's provincial election.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of mournful fans of Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl gathered in New York City on Sunday to say goodbye to the beloved celebrity creature who became an inspiration and joy to many as he flew around Manhattan after someone let him o

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa has to take action against Saskatchewan for breaking the federal carbon-pricing law.

March weather was both lion and lamb in Canada on Monday, with Toronto residents dining al fresco in sun-splashed parks while Saskatoon residents carved paths through snow drifts deep enough to swamp automobiles.

EDMONTON — The military base in Edmonton is getting millions of dollars in federal funding to upgrade its energy infrastructure.

A Federal Court decision has nixed Ottawa's approval of a massive rail-and-truck hub in the Greater Toronto Area. The ruling states that the federal government failed to grapple with whether Canadian National Railway Co.

CALGARY — The Alberta government is promising $125 million over five years to protect communities against flood and drought.

FREDERICTON — Maine's state legislature has called for a new investigation into the use of herbicides, including Agent Orange, in the 1960s on a southern New Brunswick military base, describing a Canadian study that found no risks to human health as

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency is asserting legal rights to waters that feed the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, setting up a new battle with a mining company seeking permits to withdraw more than 1.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers wanted to ask voters whether to ban new fossil fuel-fired power plants. And then they added a loophole big enough to drive a fleet of oil trucks through.