Skip to content

Environment News

Oil production boosts government income in New Mexico, as legislators build savings 'bridge'

Oil production boosts government income in New Mexico, as legislators build savings 'bridge'

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Record-breaking oil production in New Mexico is likely to provide state government with a new multibillion-dollar surplus during the upcoming budget year, economists for the state announced Wednesday.
Read more >
Hawaii officials urge families of people missing after deadly fires to give DNA samples

Hawaii officials urge families of people missing after deadly fires to give DNA samples

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii pleaded with relatives of those missing after the deadliest U.S.
Read more >
Helicopter airdrop of granola bars for Poomba the pig, after surviving B.C. wildfire

Helicopter airdrop of granola bars for Poomba the pig, after surviving B.C. wildfire

Nourished by a helicopter airdrop of granola bars, Poomba the pig has survived the wildfire devastation that surrounds her on what remains of the Broken Rail Ranch in West Kelowna.
Read more >
Deadly heat wave in the central US strains infrastructure, transportation

Deadly heat wave in the central US strains infrastructure, transportation

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Temperatures have soared in the central U.S., leading to deaths in some states as more dangerous heat is expected, a national weather service official said.
Read more >
AUC says it will still process applications during renewables moratorium

AUC says it will still process applications during renewables moratorium

CALGARY — The Alberta Utilities Commission says it will continue to accept and process applications for renewable energy developments in the province, even in the face of a seven-month government-imposed moratorium.
Read more >
Tropical storm hits Caribbean, wildfires rage in Greece. What to know about extreme weather now

Tropical storm hits Caribbean, wildfires rage in Greece. What to know about extreme weather now

Flames devoured forests and homes as dozens of wildfires raged across Greece Wednesday, leaving 20 people dead over the past three days, while major blazes burned in northwestern Turkey near the Greek border and on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.
Read more >
Halifax studying ways to better protect at-risk neighbourhoods from wildfires

Halifax studying ways to better protect at-risk neighbourhoods from wildfires

HALIFAX — The Halifax Regional Municipality is exploring ways to better protect its vulnerable neighbourhoods from wildfires.
Read more >
Flames devour forests and homes as wildfires that have left 20 dead in Greece burn out of control

Flames devour forests and homes as wildfires that have left 20 dead in Greece burn out of control

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Advancing flames devoured forests and homes as wildfires that have killed 20 people raged across swathes of Greece Wednesday, with blazes also burning in neighboring Turkey and in Spain's Canary Islands.
Read more >

Saint-Gobain to close New Hampshire plant blamed for PFAS water contamination

MERRIMACK, N.H.
Read more >
Ontario adds $11M to funding for investigation, recovery following Wheatley explosion

Ontario adds $11M to funding for investigation, recovery following Wheatley explosion

WHEATLEY, Ont. — Ontario's minister of natural resources and forestry says the province is putting an additional $11 million toward ongoing costs of a 2021 explosion in Wheatley, Ont., that levelled a building and injured 20 people.
Read more >