Air quality is a major challenge globally and is the single greatest environmental risk to human health. More than 90 per cent of the world’s population lives in areas that exceed the World Health Organization guideline for healthy air. In North America, Canada and the United States of America have …
Canada's rules for cutting greenhouse gas emissions may not come into effect by 2010 as had been planned, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said on Thursday. The rules may be ready by next year but the implementation timing will depend on discussions with other countries -- including the United States, Canada's …
In the debate over global warming, one thing is clear: as the planet gets warmer, sea levels will rise. But how much, where and how soon? Those questions are notoriously hard to answer. Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colo., are now adding to the complexity …
Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty and paid fines to settled environmental charges stemming from two high-profile derailments in Western Canada, officials said on Monday. The railroad will pay C$1.8 million ($1.6 million) to resolve the charges stemming from the crashes in August 2005 that leaked oil into Lake Wabamun in …
A rise in concentrations of a powerful greenhouse gas over the Arctic after a decade of stability is stirring worries about a possible thaw of vast stores trapped in permafrost, experts said. Levels of methane in the atmosphere rose 0.6 percent in 2008, according to preliminary data from the Zeppelin …
BHP Billiton moved closer to developing Australia's second-biggest un-mined uranium deposit by applying for environmental permits, but warned it might mothball or sell a big nickel refinery as that market languishes. While uranium demand is being driven by rising requirements for nuclear power to replace fossil fuels as nations seek …
A Harvard University study supports what many public health specialists have long assumed: Hard plastic drinking bottles containing bisphenol A are leaching notable amounts of the controversial chemical into people's bodies. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that people who drank for a week from the clear …
The head of the World Health Organization said Thursday she would not hesitate to raise the global pandemic alert to the top of the six-point scale if the new H1N1 flu is spreading globally. But with pressure growing for her to factor in the severity of the newly-discovered disease as …
A group of Canadian green energy and technology companies pitched for investment on Wednesday, saying they are poised to flourish from government stimulus spending and tougher environmental regulations. Governments around the world are plowing billions of dollars into renewable energy and energy-efficient products and services, said Vicky Sharpe, chief executive …
Canada's oil sands emit more carbon dioxide than average crude so developers need a clearer picture of where greenhouse gas regulations are headed to find the best way to tap the giant resource, experts said. "The future regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and Canada will influence …
Coastal states have now made their bids for vast new areas of continental shelf You never know what may come in handy. That is the principle behind the rush for the seabed that reached a climax of sorts this week with the deadline on May 13th for lodging claims to …
Ottawa will help Canadian pulp producers struggling with a U.S. tax windfall awarded their American rivals, but has not decided yet what form the aid will take, Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt said on Thursday. Canada also expects the White House will try to end the "black liquor" tax credit …
A team of British adventurers measuring ice conditions in the Canadian Arctic said on Wednesday they did not find the thicker, older ice that scientists expected to be there. Instead they found only the thinner, predominantly first-year ice that is likely to melt in summer months, in what could be …
The first case of swine flu in China was confirmed Monday as the epidemic continued moving around the world, with the World Health Organization reporting about 4,700 laboratory-confirmed cases in 30 countries. Communication with a Chinese man, being treated for the new H1N1 strain of flu, was broadcast at a …
The number of swine flu-related deaths outside Mexico has inched up to five, with the United States reporting its third fatality and Costa Rica its first, both involving men who also had underlying illnesses. The number of confirmed cases of the infection in the United States has risen to 2,532 …
Of all the potential global disasters that we periodically list and examine, only one has threatened repeatedly to become a reality: the flu, a variety of which is now spreading quickly across the world. A global flu epidemic seems a feeble threat compared to an asteroid impact or a nuclear …
Projects to capture industrial emissions and store them in the earth's crust could cut CO2 pollution by up to 40 percent, according to officials from oil major Shell. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) -- gathering CO2 emissions at their source and pumping them underground -- faces steep cost hurdles, but …
Canada said on Monday it will pursue World Trade Organisation action against China if it maintains its ban on pork and hogs from the province of Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Saturday it had found the H1N1 flu virus in a swine herd in the western province of …
Canada Reports First Reverse Transmission; India Not Worried New Delhi: Ironically, a virus believed to have originated from pigs is now being found to be jumping from humans to swines. On a day when the World Health Organisation announced a surge of confirmed H1N1 flu cases among humans
