As a mommy bear and her cubs emerge, Squamish goes the ex...
"This bear family is nearing a tipping point in their lives and they need your help."

Exploding ants of Borneo burst open their abdomens to spl...
These ants split their stomachs open when confronting enemy insects, dousing them in toxic goo while perishing in the act themselves.

People using fly-tipping firms face crackdown
Measures would demand ‘all reasonable measures’ are taken to ensure handlers are licensed People who have their rubbish dumped illegally could face fines of ...

Hamilton’s air quality is improving: provincial governmen...
The report says in Hamilton, there were no smog days in 2016 and the city reported air quality in the low-risk category 84 per cent of the time.

Comedic web series about nature earns Edmonton pair $50K ...
"Frick, I Love Nature" is an award-winning web series that highlights weird and wacky scientific facts and presents them in a humorous way.

Child Caregiver – Private home
Calgary T3P 0B5, AB Stephen Jamam

Fashion and the environment, an uncomfortable fit for McC...
LONDON (Reuters) - The booming fashion industry is medieval in its approach to manufacturing and needs to modernize in order to radically cut the damage it i...

Faith leaders arrested while protesting Kinder Morgan’s p...
"It's time for us to stand up for the Earth, it's time for us to say yes to life and no to the profit-making and greed involved in death."

Corn fields in parts of Brazil at risk due to dry weather...
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Some corn fields in the southern part of Brazil are at risk of losses due to the lack of rains, with parts of Paraná, Brazil's second l...

Flood watch cancelled as water levels receding in Kawarth...
A flood watch has been cancelled for the Kawartha Conservation watershed.

JAPAN: Volcano erupts for first time in a quarter-millennium
A volcano in southern Japan erupted yesterday for the first time since 1768.

HAWAII: Historic rains inspire 'despicable' scam by boaters
Hawaii was hit with over 2 feet of surging rain in just 24 hours last weekend, causing landslides that blocked the coastal Kuhio Highway — and leading to a s...

NEW JERSEY: Former acting EPA chief visits threatened mar...
On a cold, rainy afternoon yesterday, Catherine McCabe was out on a boat in the southern New Jersey wetlands.

WYOMING: Coal firm appealed to Gov. Mead over denied mine...
A coal firm in Wyoming tried to appeal to Gov. Matt Mead (R) and the head of the Department of Environmental Quality after it was denied a permit to open a m...

AIR POLLUTION: Artist's pods give people a taste of world...
A British artist wants passersby in London to taste the smell of old cars and industry in New Delhi, to feel their eyes water with the ethanol pollution of S...

TEXAS: Valero plant explodes; no injuries reported
An explosion caused a large fire yesterday afternoon at a Texas City, Texas, plant, according to officials.

TOXICS: Contaminated soil leads to tense dispute with Arm...
A Fort Worth, Texas, contractor says he was fleeced by the Army Corps of Engineers after about 30 of his workers were unwittingly exposed to toxic fumes and ...

OIL AND GAS: 3 LNG tankers cross Panama Canal in a day, s...
Three tankers carrying liquefied natural gas passed through the Panama Canal on the same day this week — a first for the waterway that signals an expanding g...

COLORADO RIVER: Western states call Ariz. a water hog
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, along with Denver's water utility, are accusing Arizona's largest water provider of taking more than its share of the...

WASTE: The smelly food in your fridge squanders tons of w...
The food that goes bad in your refrigerator wastes trillions of gallons of water, new research has found.

BIOFUELS: Ethanol boosters scramble to decode Trump's E15...
A week after President Trump promised to make higher-ethanol fuel available year-round, industry insiders say they are in the dark about how or when the admi...

ELECTRICITY: In a first, U.K. goes 55 hours without tappi...
Britain just completed a record 55 hours without using any electricity from coal-burning power plants.

WILDLIFE: Reclamation investigates possible theft of mamm...
The Bureau of Reclamation is investigating the possible theft of recently uncovered mammoth bones near the Buffalo Bill Reservoir in Wyoming.

BRISTOL BAY: Pebble protesters say Army Corps silenced th...
The Army Corps of Engineers took input from the public yesterday about the proposed Pebble Limited Partnership copper and gold mine in Alaska, while hundreds...

PUBLIC LANDS: Utah's Rainbow Bridge monument becomes dark...
Rainbow Bridge National Monument in southern Utah has been designated an international dark sky sanctuary.

SCIENCE: Humans to blame for 'downsizing of nature' — study
Humans and other hominids could have been major drivers in reducing the size of the Earth's mammals, according to new research.

BRISTOL BAY: Conservatives keep up pressure on Pruitt ove...
Mining industry trade groups today kept up pressure on EPA chief Scott Pruitt to kill off proposed restrictions for the Pebble mine project.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: San Gabriel plans bar energy, mineral...
A Forest Service management plan released yesterday bars oil, gas and mineral exploration in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.

WHITE HOUSE: Oil markets shift as Trump tweets
Energy analysts offered President Trump some advice today for ratcheting down the price of oil. Keep tweeting.

EPA: Wheeler sworn in
Andrew Wheeler has officially joined EPA as its new No. 2.

OFFSHORE DRILLING: Cantwell wants to protect coasts from ...
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, which killed 11 crew members and injured 17 others.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Senate Democrats probe Koch 'infiltration'
Senate Democrats are launching a broad inquiry into the influence of the billionaire Koch brothers' political network on Trump administration policies at EPA...

AIR POLLUTION: 14 Republicans urged Pruitt to retain Obam...
Four Republican senators and 10 GOP House lawmakers quietly asked EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt last month not to repeal Obama-era rules on glider kits.

PUBLIC LANDS: This Patch of Heaven emerges as anti-govern...
AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev. — Critics of federal land management, including Nevada rancher turned gubernatorial candidate Ryan Bundy, will gather tonight in this r...

BUSINESS: 100% renewables — gimmick or game changer?
Are company claims about 100 percent renewables wrong?

INTERIOR: Migratory bird law may target smugglers, not po...
The Interior Department has left enough teeth in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to latch on to the likes of alleged trafficker Miguel Loureiro.

REGULATIONS: EPA sends 'secret science' plan to White House
EPA yesterday sent a proposed rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget with the announced purpose of "strengthening transparency and validity ...

Kahnawake residents rally for annual neighbourhood cleanup
People in Kahnawake joined together to clean up their community.

4/20 could take on a different look in Winnipeg this year
2018 will mark the last 4/20 before Canada makes recreational weed legal.

4/20 takes on a different look in Winnipeg
2018 will mark the last 4/20 before Canada makes recreational weed legal.

Rare earth magnet recycling is a grind -- this new proces...
A new recycling process turns discarded hard disk drive magnets into new magnet material in a few steps, and tackles both the economic and environmental issu...

Soil metals linked with cancer mortality
Epidemiologists and geologists have found associations between esophageal cancer and soils where lead is abundant, lung cancer and terrains with increased co...

New DNA screening reveals whose blood the vampire bat is ...
The vampire bat prefers to feed on domestic animals such as cows and pigs. When it does so, there is a risk of transmission of pathogens. Now, a new study de...

Medical chemists discover peptic ulcer treatment metallod...
A novel solution to antimicrobial resistance -- medical chemists discover peptic ulcer treatment metallodrug effective in 'taming' superbugs.

Trees are not as 'sound asleep' as you may think
High-precision three-dimensional surveying of 21 different species of trees has revealed a yet unknown cycle of subtle canopy movement during the night. The ...

What steps can the UK take to reach net zero emissions by...
The government has pledged to review its long-term climate targets. Renewable energy, housing and and transport are just some areas where new policies could ...