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'Not be tolerated': Alberta files formal response to proposed oilsands emissions cap

'Not be tolerated': Alberta files formal response to proposed oilsands emissions cap

Alberta and two prominent business groups have released formal responses to a proposed federal emissions cap as the province's environment minister was slated to meet with her federal counterpart.
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Dial it up to Category 6? As warming stokes storms, some want a bigger hurricane category

Dial it up to Category 6? As warming stokes storms, some want a bigger hurricane category

A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.
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Emergency declared in Cape Breton as snowstorm leaves much of Nova Scotia paralyzed

Emergency declared in Cape Breton as snowstorm leaves much of Nova Scotia paralyzed

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is asking Ottawa for help as the province digs out from an "extreme snowfall" that has prompted parts of Cape Breton to declare local states of emergency.
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Parisians vote to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before Olympics

Parisians vote to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before Olympics

PARIS (AP) — Parisians voted Sunday to muscle SUVs off the French capital's streets by making them much more expensive to park starting next September, the latest leg in a drive by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make the host city for this year's Ol
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Ocean sponges suggest Earth has warmed longer, more than thought; some scientists dubious

Ocean sponges suggest Earth has warmed longer, more than thought; some scientists dubious

A handful of centuries-old sponges from deep in the Caribbean are causing some scientists to think human-caused climate change began sooner and has heated the world more than they thought.
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Company behind lab-grown milk protein eyes Canadian animal-free dairy market

Company behind lab-grown milk protein eyes Canadian animal-free dairy market

An Israeli food tech company says it now has the green light to sell its lab-grown milk protein to dairy manufacturers and food companies in Canada.
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Boom in southern Quebec mining claims, including under people's homes, causes anxiety

Boom in southern Quebec mining claims, including under people's homes, causes anxiety

MONTREAL — When Ellen Rice-Hogan discovered that someone had bought a mining claim under her farm, she was shocked. There's no mining around the Township of Low, Que., about 40 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, where she raises sheep and cattle.
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46 reported dead in Chile as forest fires move into densely populated central areas

46 reported dead in Chile as forest fires move into densely populated central areas

VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, Chile's president said Saturday evening, and officials said at least 1,100 homes had been destroyed.
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Another 'Pineapple Express' storm is expected to wallop California

Another 'Pineapple Express' storm is expected to wallop California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another potentially dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm was expected to hit California late Saturday, bringing the threat of flooding and mudslides over the next couple of days.
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Avalanche forecasters try to curb deaths as skiers and snowmobilers flock to backcountry areas

Avalanche forecasters try to curb deaths as skiers and snowmobilers flock to backcountry areas

COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — As Wesley Mlaskoch motored his snowmobile across a mountain in the Montana backcountry, the slope above him collapsed into a thick slab and began rushing down the hillside. He had triggered an avalanche .
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