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Going Green
Ontario consumers will see increase in hydro bill to cover green energy program
March 20, 2010
TORONTO - Consumers will struggle when they see an increase in their hydro bills in Ontario, say critics, after the Liberals revealed Saturday that a new levy will help cover $53 million of the government's conservation and green energy program.
Quebec is seeking an oil and gas exploration deal with the federal government
March 20, 2010
MONTREAL - Quebec is pushing Ottawa for an agreement on petroleum exploration and exploitation in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence.
US state employee fired after internal probe into 2009 capture, death of jaguar
March 19, 2010
PHOENIX - The southwestern state of Arizona has fired an employee based on results of an internal investigation into the capture and death of what was the only known wild jaguar in the United States.
Bison in southern Poland at risk from tuberculosis, 6 to be shot
March 19, 2010
WARSAW, Poland - Authorities say a herd of bison in southeastern Poland is at risk from tuberculosis after one recently died of the disease.
Edmonton Valley Zoo welcomes new baby squirrel monkey
March 18, 2010
EDMONTON - Staff at the Edmonton Valley Zoo are going nuts and bananas over their new baby squirrel monkey.
Animals in Arctic rebounding since 1970, but not near North Pole where populations falling
March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON - The overall number of animals in the Arctic has increased over the past 40 years ago, according to a new international study. But critters who live closest to the North Pole are...
Dubai's Atlantis hotel frees female whale shark whose captivity had been criticized
March 18, 2010
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A resort hotel on one of Dubai's manmade islands said Thursday it has freed a whale shark whose captivity had been criticized by environmentalists.
UK government gives financial backing to Ford development of green technologies
March 18, 2010
LONDON - The British government said Thursday that it is providing financial backing for Ford's program to develop environmentally friendly technologies for engines and vehicles.
March 17, 2010
SPARKS, Nevada - Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater...
Environmental grades vary for oilsands mining projects: report
March 17, 2010
EDMONTON - A report says the Alberta government isn't doing enough to ensure underground oilsands miners use the most environmentally friendly practices.
Wind turbine maker AAER faces uncertain future with second round of layoffs
March 17, 2010
MONTREAL - AAER Inc., Canada's lone manufacturer of large wind turbines, is facing growing headwinds as the alternative energy industry finds it increasingly difficult to finance new energy projects.
Opposition grows from developing countries against proposed ban on the export of bluefin tuna
March 17, 2010
DOHA, Qatar - Delegates at a U.N. conference on endangered species say there is growing opposition to a proposed ban on the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Science Matters: Brain over brawn is the key to survival
March 17, 2010
Many people say George Wald was the greatest lecturer in Harvard's history. He was certainly the best I've heard. Dr. Wald won a Nobel Prize in 1967 for his work on the biochemical basis of colour...
March 17, 2010
NEW DELHI - Hundreds of volunteers wearing gloves and face masks picked up garbage along the Yamuna River on Wednesday to offset what they say is government inaction that has left the waterway a...
March 17, 2010
BEIRUT - A 2-year-old lion, emaciated and barely breathing, is found in a tiny cage off a Beirut highway. Monkeys are hauled through the dark tunnels of Gaza, bound for private zoos. Rare prize...
March 17, 2010
BEIRUT - A 2-year-old lion, emaciated and barely breathing, is found in a tiny cage off a Beirut highway. Monkeys are hauled through the dark tunnels of Gaza, bound for private zoos. Rare prize...
March 17, 2010
BEIJING - Chinese officials said Wednesday they are investigating heightened lead levels among hundreds of children in Hunan province thought to be linked to local smelters - one of many cases...
Laos mega-dam criticized by environmental groups begins operation
March 17, 2010
BANGKOK, Thailand - A mega-dam in Laos criticized by environmental groups and financed in part by the World Bank has begun to generate electricity for sale to Thailand, its operators said Wednesday.
Group wants section of US Southwest listed as critical jaguar habitat
March 16, 2010
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Environmentalists are asking the federal government to set aside an area of the Southwest more than half the size of California to help protect the endangered jaguar.
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