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China’s climate envoy to visit Washington this week, U.S. State Department says
The Biden administration had previously said that U.S. climate change diplomat John Podesta would meet Liu Zhenmin in Washington sometime in May, resuming...
For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety
Waiting on the weather is an old story in agriculture, but as climate change drives an increase in spring rains across the Midwest,...
California reports the first increase in groundwater supplies in 4 years
California has been seeking to step up groundwater recharge with ever-drier years expected from climate change.
Calgary-based MEG Energy sees earnings rise in first quarter to $98 million
Meg Energy CEO Darlene Gates says the additional pipeline capacity from the start-up of the Trans Mountain expansion is expected to narrow heavy...
Canada’s Competition Bureau launches inquiry into Lululemon over ‘greenwashing’ allegations
Canada's Competition Bureau has launched an inquiry into Vancouver-based Lululemon following a complaint from members of an environmental group.
‘Today I saw death’: Tales of horror as floods hit Brazil
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said the state will get all the resources it needs in order to rebuild.
Fishing boat sinks at Canada-U.S. border, hundreds of litres of diesel aboard
The United States Coast Guard says it's working to mitigate a pollution threat after a fishing boat sank just over the Canada-U.S. border...
One natural gas transport plan killed in New Jersey as another forges ahead
Environmentalists who had fought both projects reacted Monday to the mixed bag they were handed on Friday when the two proposals took differing...
Yukon gets $45M to prevent Whitehorse-area landslides, more money for flood recovery
A statement from Natural Resources Canada says Ottawa has set aside a further $3.5 million over the next four years to support flood-hazard...
Capsized barge in Tobago oil spill might have picked up fuel in Venezuela: Trinidad
HOUSTON – A barge that capsized in February and caused a large oil spill near Tobago that also affected neighboring Caribbean islands might...
