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Biologists are keeping a close eye on a rare Mexican wolf that is wandering out of bounds

Biologists are keeping a close eye on a rare Mexican wolf that is wandering out of bounds

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Northern New Mexico or bust — that seems to be the case for at least one Mexican gray wolf that is intent on wandering beyond the boundaries set for managing the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America.
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Right turn on red? With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities are considering bans

Right turn on red? With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities are considering bans

CHICAGO (AP) — Sophee Langerman was on her way to a bicycle safety rally in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood in June when a car turning right rolled through a red light and slammed into her bike, which she was walking off the curb and into the crosswa
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Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

WASHINGTON (AP) — The cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey is the latest in a series of setbacks for the nascent U.S.
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Panama president signs into law a moratorium on new mining concessions. A Canadian mine is untouched

Panama president signs into law a moratorium on new mining concessions. A Canadian mine is untouched

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s President, Laurentino Cortizo, signed into law an indefinite moratorium on new mining concessions Friday. The law also prohibits renewing existing concessions. Panama’s National Assembly approved the bill Thursday.
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Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Canada's greatest ally in the fight against climate change is nature itself, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday, after signing a $1.1 billion deal with British Columbia and Indigenous leaders to protect 30 per cent of B.
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Trudeau meets Biden in D.C. as leaders gather for Western Hemisphere trade summit

Trudeau meets Biden in D.C. as leaders gather for Western Hemisphere trade summit

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Friday with U.S. President Joe Biden on the margins of a mini-summit at the White House aimed at bolstering hemispheric trade and economic stability throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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Nova Scotia and New Brunswick want carbon pricing axed, tell Freeland during call

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick want carbon pricing axed, tell Freeland during call

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s finance minister says his province and several others made it clear during a virtual call with federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland that the national carbon pricing scheme should be eliminated.
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Ski resorts in the Canadian Rocky Mountains start to open for the winter season

Ski resorts in the Canadian Rocky Mountains start to open for the winter season

BANFF, Alta. — Ski season has started in Alberta as two resorts in the Canadian Rockies, west of Calgary, opened for skiers and snowboarders.
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Slight change to Dakota Access pipeline comment meeting format, Army Corps says after complaints

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the wake of complaints, changed the format of oral testimony for public comments on a draft environmental review of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline.
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Storm Ciarán brings record rainfall to Italy with at least 6 killed. European death toll rises to 14

Storm Ciarán brings record rainfall to Italy with at least 6 killed. European death toll rises to 14

MILAN (AP) — Record-breaking rain produced floods in a vast swath of Italy's Tuscany region as Storm Ciarán pushed into the country overnight, trapping residents in their homes, inundating hospitals and overturning cars.
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