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Airbus CEO warns of trade conflict over carbon tax

February 13, 2012

SINGAPORE - Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders says he's "very worried" that new European Union carbon emission charges for airlines could spark a trade war between Europe and the rest of the world.

Audit clears State in Keystone review

February 09, 2012

WASHINGTON - The State Department's internal watchdog cleared the agency Thursday of any impropriety in its review of a permit for a controversial pipeline that would carry oil produced from Alberta's...

GLV faces challenging global as revenues fall

February 09, 2012

MONTREAL - Water treatment technology company GLV Inc. (TSX: GLV.A) widened its net loss in the latest quarter as revenues dropped 13 per cent in a challenging market for the Montreal company.

Changes coming to recycling pricing plan

February 09, 2012

TORONTO - Ontario's governing Liberals are stepping in to change a controversial pricing plan created by Stewardship Ontario for the recycling of hazardous waste.

Feds OK glacier walk plan for Jasper

February 09, 2012

OTTAWA - A controversial glacier walk in Alberta's Jasper National Park has been given a green light.

Major gas-drilling bill awaits Pa. gov's signature

February 08, 2012

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A major bill to impose a fee on natural-gas drilling in Pennsylvania and toughen regulations over the booming industry is on its way to Gov. Tom Corbett's desk.

Vestas warns on profits, chairman resigns

February 08, 2012

COPENHAGEN - The chairman of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines in terms of revenue, will step down after the company said Wednesday that its 2011 profits were...

CFO of Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems resigns

February 07, 2012

DENVER - The chief financial officer of Vestas Wind Systems A/S is resigning.

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.

China asked to raise human rights with Harper

February 06, 2012

Aboriginals from British Columbia have asked China's president to quiz Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Canada's human rights record during his visit to the Asian country.

China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax

February 06, 2012

BEIJING, China - China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.

It's time to toss the use of garbage bags

February 06, 2012

Go garbage bag-less. Sound too hardcore?

Ditch your junk mail

February 05, 2012

Canada Post is greening up its act. That means the environmental footprint of all your letters and packages is being reduced, as is the carbon cost of all that junk mail.

China fires 7 officials after toxic cadmium spill

February 04, 2012

BEIJING, China - An environmental protection director and six other officials have been fired after a spill of toxic cadmium in a river in southern China threatened drinking water supplies for...

Cancen buys oil cleanup assets from Four Winds Energy .

February 03, 2012

CALGARY - Cancen Oil Canada Inc. (TSXV:COI) has struck a deal to buy oil treatment assets from Four Winds Energy Services Ltd. a private company based in Calgary.

Alberta trade envoy still hopes for Keystone

February 02, 2012

CALGARY - Alberta's trade envoy to Washington says there is still hope for the proposed $7-billion Keystone XL oilsands pipeline.

Police arrest 4 people in logging protest

February 02, 2012

PINCHER CREEK, Alta. - Protesters fighting a logging operation in a foothills recreation area in southwestern Alberta say they aren't giving up despite the arrest of four people.

Band votes in favour of $21M settlement

January 31, 2012

SAKIMAY, Sask. - Members of a Saskatchewan Indian band have voted to accept a $21-million settlement for land that was flooded in the 1940s.

Tigers prowl North American backyards

January 31, 2012

MONTREAL - Tigers, once best known as the stealthy predator of the jungle, are more likely to be found these days prowling a backyard enclosure in the United States as a status symbol.

CAPP announces guidelines on fracking

January 30, 2012

CALGARY - An energy industry group has developed a set of rules that it says could improve the environmental performance and transparency of hydraulic fracturing, an extraction method that has...


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