Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Flooding in Paris Becomes More Recurrent

NDP urges Trudeau government to avoid ‘embarrassing’ climate research ordeal


 NATIONAL
OBSERVER
Canada's New Democrats are pressing the Trudeau government to take urgent, "ambitious" action to save a group of environmental research networks that may soon run out of funds. More here.

Monday, January 29, 2018

NAFTA tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction when it made determination on what a Canadian environmental assessment panel can decide, groups say


Ecojustice

Environmental groups are in court today to help Canada challenge a landmark arbitral award brought under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Chapter 11 provision by American corporation, Bilcon. More here.
The quarry in question. 

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Conserving honey bees does not help wildlife


Science


Media attention focused on saving embattled, tame (managed) honeybees may be misguided. That’s because the tame kind can negatively affect thousands of wild pollinator species. Story here.

Bumblebees on a sunflower.
PinP photo.

RELATED: Pesticide increases probability of bumblebee extinction.

Friday, January 26, 2018

Humans take up too much space -- and it's affecting how mammals move


ScienceDaily

Study found that human-modified landscapes shrink mammal movements by up to half. Story here.

Moose in Riding Mountain National Park, 
Manitoba, Canada. PinP photo.


World's Oceans Last Year Hit Hottest Temperatures Ever Recorded... 'By Far'


COMMON

 DREAMS
Experts say the data indicates that humans must urgently "reduce the heating of our planet by using energy more wisely and increasing the use of clean and renewable energy." Story here.
Coral reefs. 
A Wikimedia photo.

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Fox Creek quakes linked to volume and location of hydraulic fracturing


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Study is the first to identify specific factors causing seismic activity in Alberta’s Duvernay play. Story here.

Health Canada probes claim that government officials helped pesticide company overturn a ban

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