Environment
B.C. behind on climate goals, sets new 2025 emissions target to stay on track
Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:31 AM MST
The British Columbia government is setting a new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 after determining it is further from…
Clean up continues on active oil slick off Vancouver Island, wildlife affected
Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:25 AM MST
The Canadian Coast Guard and First Nations continue to contain the active oil slick caused by the historic Bligh Island shipwreck…
Federal long-term plan to increase hydrogen use focuses on regional hubs
Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:14 AM MST
The federal government has introduced a plan to greatly increase the use of hydrogen as a low-carbon fuel to help…
BP acquires majority stake in U.S. forest carbon-offsets company
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 7:17 AM MST
BP plc acquired a majority stake in forest carbon-management company Finite Carbon, expanding on an initial investment made last year.…
China’s coal industry fights for survival in a greener world
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 6:50 AM MST
The future of coal looks like an ice-cream truck parked half a kilometer down a mine shaft in China’s Shanxi…
Electric cars closing in on gas guzzlers as battery costs plunge
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 6:45 AM MST
Electric vehicles may cost about the same as their gas-guzzling brethren in just three or four years – and only…
Groups seek to block lease plans for Alaska refuge
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 6:26 AM MST
Indigenous and conservation groups asked a federal judge Tuesday to block the Trump administration from issuing oil and gas leases…
Exxon sets new emissions goals following investor criticism
Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 7:13 AM MST
Exxon Mobil Corporation entered 2020 with a multiyear growth plan projected to significantly increase its greenhouse-gas emissions. Then came COVID-19…
China’s Xi takes small step to boost emission reduction goals
Monday, December 14, 2020, 6:25 AM MST
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced incremental increases to the world’s biggest emitter’s climate goals at a global summit where he…
‘It can no longer be free to pollute:' Updated climate plan includes carbon tax hikes
Monday, December 14, 2020, 6:08 AM MST
The federal government has released a $15-billion plan to meet its climate change commitments that includes steady increases to its…
EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all night talks
Friday, December 11, 2020, 6:30 AM MST
European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent…
Tipping point? Experts say the Paris agreement changed the climate on climate
Friday, December 11, 2020, 6:21 AM MST
Five years after it was passed, the Paris agreement may finally be changing the climate on climate change. “I've always…
