The Conservative government’s $2-billion plan for the environment will introduce rigid regulations on smog-causing pollutants, but will likely be far … Continue reading Conservatives plan tough restrictions on smog
Arctic sea ice in winter is melting far faster than before, two new NASA studies reported Wednesday, a new and … Continue reading Winter sea ice in Arctic melting more rapidly
The environment promises to be a hot political issue this fall as leading environmental groups join forces to pressure the … Continue reading Environmentalists Unite to Turn Up the Heat on Harper Government this Fall
The Vancouver region has a history of minimizing highway investment in favor of other transportation options, and of promoting compact … Continue reading What would freeway expansion do to our livable region?
Getting to class on time just became a lot easier thanks to a new partnership between the car-sharing service Zipcar … Continue reading Car-sharing service merges onto Toronto campus
The Ontario government is contemplating a deposit-return system for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario as a means of boosting … Continue reading LCBO weighs bottle-return system
If you want to sell food in Canada, your products now have to conform to the world’s most detailed food … Continue reading Food labels: Tough new guidelines now the law
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. ? Although only 325 kilometres off the New Jersey-New York coast, the features of the Hudson Canyon … Continue reading New maps open up depths of Atlantic Ocean
WASHINGTON ? New research is raising concerns that global warming may be triggering a self-perpetuating climate time bomb trapped in … Continue reading Scientists find new global warming threat
Prompted by a year-end trade deadline from the European Union, the federal government has announced a plan to regulate and … Continue reading Feds propose organic food certification regime
Canada has had a national standard for the growing of organic food since 1999. The country also has several thousand … Continue reading Certifying organic
Cod stocks will disappear altogether if an international body responsible for regulating fishing on the high seas doesn’t get serious … Continue reading NAFO in need of overhaul: environmental group
