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- Italian court convicts 2 in asbestos-linked deaths
- At least 1 dead after storm hits Nigerian city
- Obstacles remain for Greek bailout deal
- Bombers target Israeli diplomats in Georgia, India
- Officials: Iraqi policeman killed by insurgents
- Greece surveys riots damage after austerity vote
- Rain could slow search in serial killings
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February 09, 2012
WASHINGTON - The first new U.S. nuclear power plant in a generation is expected to win approval Thursday.
Feds give green light to controversial Jasper glacier-walk
February 09, 2012
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Peter Kent is giving a green light to a controversial glacier-walk project in Alberta's Jasper National Park.
Life in Antarctic lake? It's everywhere else
February 09, 2012
WASHINGTON - If scientists find microbes in a frigid lake two miles beneath the thick ice of Antarctica, it will illustrate once again that somehow life finds a way to survive in the strangest and harshest places.
Poll suggests Canada wants China's help on the economy
February 09, 2012
BEIJING, China - A new poll suggests Canadians want China's help driving the economy, but don't want them in the driver's seat.
Sept. 11, 2001 analysis links noise, whale stress
February 08, 2012
BOSTON - An ocean experiment that was accidentally conducted amid the shipping silence after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks has shown the first link between underwater noise and stress in whales, researchers reported Wednesday.
Reports: China's environmental crises and costs rising
February 07, 2012
SHANGHAI - Environmental accidents are on the rise in China, mainly due to chemicals industry-related traffic and industrial mishaps, and the costs of such damage to the economy are rising.
Europeans struggle under record cold snap
February 06, 2012
Overwhelmed by deep snow and harsh temperatures, some countries in Europe closed down schools and struggled to run public transport Monday, as post-snow rains caused a dam to collapse in Bulgaria, flooding a village and killing at least four.
It's time to toss the use of garbage bags
February 06, 2012
Go garbage bag-less. Sound too hardcore?
Chief climatologist embarrassed by warm winter
January 31, 2012
EDMONTON - The chief climatologist for Environment Canada admits he has egg on his face.
Homeless hard hit in Eastern Europe cold spell
January 31, 2012
KIEV, Ukraine - Dozens of homeless people have died in an Eastern Europe cold snap, and some analysts blame a Soviet-era legacy of viewing the homeless as those who need to be punished instead of helped.
Another Friday, another storm for HRM
January 27, 2012
Environment Canada is calling for another messy Friday in HRM, which, no doubt, will mean another sloppy and chaotic drive home from work.
Poor job done in snow clearing: Mayor
January 23, 2012
Mayor Peter Kelly says the municipality “obviously didn’t get it right” in its snow removal service from Friday’s storm.
U.S. State Department to reject Keystone pipeline: Reports
January 18, 2012
WASHINGTON - Shares in TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) are falling amid reports that suggest Keystone XL, Canada's controversial cross-border pipeline project, is about to be rejected by the U.S. government.
Wind chill hits extreme levels
January 18, 2012
EDMONTON - School bus cancellations and school closures are becoming the norm as a blanket of Arctic air wraps itself ever more tightly around the Prairies.
Taking care of granite counter tops
January 16, 2012
No need to get sucked into purchasing specialty cleaning products.
In Pictures: Seals orphaned by storms strain Dutch nursery
January 12, 2012
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Storms that have lashed the Dutch coast this year have created a wave of orphaned baby seals - some so young their umbilical cords are still attached - wrenched from their mothers and washed up on beaches and dikes.
A white Christmas? Who knows
December 23, 2011
Whether or not we’ll see the white stuff on the ground on Christmas Day is about as predictable as the flip of a coin, according to Environment Canada.
Powering a change in thinking over batteries
December 18, 2011
Dispose might as well be a four-letter word.
Ignoring Kyoto, one less country at a time
December 15, 2011
I, for one, was inspired by the Kyoto Protocol
Video: Canada 'gives the finger' to the Kyoto protocol
December 13, 2011
Always with their finger on the pulse of current events, Taiwain's New Media Animation has turned its sights on Canada "giving the finger" to the Kyoto Protocol.
Keep on dreaming of a white Christmas
December 09, 2011
Just as Bing Crosby croons, the only White Christmas you might see this year is in your dreams.
Forecasters warn of 'weather bomb' headed for Maritimes
December 07, 2011
Residents of the Maritimes are being warned to brace for the arrival Thursday of a so-called weather bomb.
Dexter flummoxed by feds’ environment plans
December 06, 2011
Canada’s pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol without a strong replacement plan would be a “shame,” Premier Darrell Dexter said yesterday.
Putting dirty options through a wash
December 05, 2011
Let me ask you this; can you wash and rinse a dirty plate with a cup of water?
Things heating up in Canada’s Arctic region
December 02, 2011
A new report issued Wednesday states Canada’s Arctic is shifting to a new permanent state — one that is warmer, has less summer sea ice and a changed ocean chemistry.
Painting a clear path for recycling
November 28, 2011
What’s the best way to clean used paint brushes? And how do I get rid of old paint?
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