Environment News

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby says he's introducing more supports to better prepare British Columbia communities for natural disasters related to climate change before they happen.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government has yet to respond to a months-old invitation from Tokyo to have Canada rejoin a global environmental organization that regulates the timber trade.

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A slightly weakened Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall Tuesday on the east coast of Madagascar, with schools, businesses and public transportation shut down as strong winds and rain lashed the island.

“The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration,” by Jake Bittle (Simon & Schuster) Wildfires, floods and rising seas are giving Americans a foreshadowing of what is to come, the author of a new book about the environment

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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Some of Venice’s smaller canals have practically dried up due a prolonged spell of low tides, frustrating boat crews and bewildering tourists.

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The International Energy Agency on Tuesday accused fossil fuel industries of doing too little to curb methane emissions and undermining global climate goals to limit warming.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union's green transition with his war in Ukraine , with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use o

RICHMOND — Seven skunks showing signs of poisoning have died in Richmond, B.C., prompting warnings for residents to show more care when using rat poison.

New research using advanced technology suggests heavy oil facilities in Saskatchewan are releasing almost four times the amount of a powerful greenhouse gas than they report to government.