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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.
Death of beavers accidental, says Parks Canada
February 07, 2012
A Parks Canada official says two beavers that built a lodge near a wharf at the Hogs Back locks were accidentally killed when rising water levels drowned them inside a live trap.
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?
Winterlude survival
February 05, 2012
Keeping toddlers occupied and happy on the Rideau Canal can be a struggle for some parents from the moment the skates are on until it’s time to take them off.
Beavers killed by Hogs Back kill trap, Ottawa woman says
February 02, 2012
An Ottawa woman alleges Parks Canada is responsible for the deaths of a male and female beaver after the animals were caught in kill traps near the Hogs Back locks near Mooney’s Bay.
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.
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.
Ontario's maple trees face twin threat, says official
January 11, 2012
The iconic maple tree is at risk in Ontario unless the province does more to protect the species from the twin threats of long-horned beetles and climate change, says Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller.
Ottawa can dream of a technically white Christmas
December 21, 2011
For a true white Christmas, there must be at least two centimetres of snow on the ground by 7 a.m.
Roads a freezing slick mess
December 21, 2011
Cars were skidding all over the roads, and police were called to more than 70 collisions when freezing rain fell in Ottawa on Wednesday afternoon.
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
Winterlude prepared for Ottawa weather woes
December 13, 2011
The National Capital Commission (NCC) said it has a plan in place if the mild weather sticks around once the 34th edition of Winterlude swings by in early February.
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.
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.
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