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Climate change is increasing penguin chick deaths: study
A nearly 30-year long study has concluded that climate change is increasing the death rate for Magellanic penguins chicks on Argentina’s coast. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, tracked...
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Europeans should get their house in order before taking Canada to task over...
Europeans have never been shy about calling out Canada for everything from the harvesting of baby seals to its treatment of aboriginal peoples to, of course, the great abomination of the moment, which...
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U.S. State Department raises no environmental objection to Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON – A critical U.S. government environmental study states that the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will have no significant environmental or climate change impact, essentially giving U.S....
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Watch: McDonald’s Canada shows how Chicken McNuggets are made
There are a lot of myths about McDonald’s food, borne out of the natural self-loathing we all feel when we eat there. One enduring mystery people have been debating for decades is what exactly Chicken...
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Call to take selfies for National Sweater Day campaign
This National Sweater Day on Feb. 6, the World Wildlife Fund is putting a “selfie” spin on their fight against climate change. The organization is challenging Canadian to lower their thermostats, don...
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The real issue over Keystone is America’s addiction to oil
WASHINGTON – In the mishmash of speculation and assumptions that have driven the U.S. national debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, there is one undeniable fact no American wants to talk about....
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William Marsden: Elizabeth May joins Obama prayer breakfast
WASHINGTON – Who could blame her? After decades of walking a landscape of empty promises on climate change, Elizabeth May is taking time off for prayer. The Green Party leader and MP from British...
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Leaks in the natural gas system releasing potent greenhouse gas
The vast network of natural gas wells, pipes and processing facilities across the U.S. and Canada is “leaky” and needs a fix, according to a new study. Government authorities are underestimating how...
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Canada’s Arctic ice caps melting rapidly since 2005, according to documents
OTTAWA — Glacier monitoring conducted by the federal government in Canada’s High Arctic shows the shrinking of ice caps that started in the late 1980s “has accelerated rapidly since 2005” and is part...
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Feds need to do more to fight climate change, finds deputy ministers’ report
OTTAWA — A secret report from a committee of federal deputy ministers stresses the need for the federal government to further combat climate change and manage the risks that threaten Canadian...
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Obama promises decision on Keystone XL in couple of months
WASHINGTON – After more than five years of often inflamed debate, U.S. President Barack Obama says he will decide on the fate of the troubled Keystone XL pipeline “one way or another in a couple of...
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Google Street View maps ‘Polar Bear Capital of the World’ in northern Canada
By Michael Oliveira Google Maps users can now virtually trek across the frozen tundra outside Churchill, Man., and spy on the local residents, who weren’t shy about posing for the cameras. Known as the...
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Canada needs stronger environmental credentials to achieve energy goals, top...
OTTAWA – Two of Canada’s leading conservative power players served notice Friday that Canada must do more to both strengthen and trumpet the country’s environmental credentials if it expects to fight...
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U.S. likely to force oil and gas regulations as price for Keystone pipeline,...
WASHINGTON – The United States will probably force Canada to agree to greenhouse gas emission regulations for its oil and gas industry in return for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, Saskatchewan...
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Keystone XL called powerful weapon against Putin
WASHINGTON — The Keystone XL pipeline would be a powerful weapon against countries like Russia that use their energy resources to intimidate countries such as Ukraine, according to retired Marine Corps...
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In climate change battle, it’s time we started selling sustainability
By Bruce Philp For Postmedia News I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of being harangued by tweedy academics and tree huggers about global warming. David Suzuki’s baleful countenance seems to hover...
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Climate change expert sees ‘brighter, smarter’ future for planet
VANCOUVER — Tom Pedersen sounds almost upbeat about climate change, putting a positive spin on the decidedly gloomy subject. “You must never lose hope,” says Pedersen, executive director of the Pacific...
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New U.S. ambassador Heyman focuses squarely on climate change
OTTAWA — The new United States Ambassador to Canada says developed countries must take responsibility for climate change, but — as a decision looms on the Keystone XL pipeline — he stresses that energy...
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U.S. locks into bad government — and climate change
WASHINGTON — Driving from Washington, D.C., to Annapolis, Md., on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, you have a choice. You can take Highway 50 and hope it’s not bumper-to-bumper. Or you can take a two-lane...
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Nobel laureates condemn Keystone as climate-change trigger
WASHINGTON — Ten Nobel Peace Prize winners from as far afield as Yemen, South Africa and Argentina have signed a letter asking U.S. President Barack Obama to deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline...
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