Environment News

CANMORE, Alta. — A group of Canmore residents is asking the Alberta government to follow its own legislation and refer two major developments in the mountain town for an environmental assessment.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of residents and personnel stationed at a U.S.

Halifax's historic Northwest Arm, an inlet famous as a playground for boaters, has received protection from surrounding landowners who want to fill in the ocean with soil and rock.

CALGARY — The City of Calgary has announced plans to help keep homeless people safe during extreme cold weather. The city has plunged into a deep freeze with a daytime high of -29 C expected on Friday.

DENVER (AP) — River basins around the world that were once regularly snowbound are increasingly seeing their snowpack shrink and climate change is to blame, a new study found.

LONDON (AP) — False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in a report We

NEW YORK (AP) — The fight against climate change requires the mass cooperation of industries, companies, governments and communities , but individuals have a role to play, too. Little things make a difference, and feel good too.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the United States in 2023, even as the economy expanded at a faster clip, a new report finds.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's rescuers on Monday successfully extracted five people who had been trapped in a cave for more than two days because of high water levels.

GARDINOVCI, Serbia (AP) — Serbian authorities on Tuesday started evacuating nearly 200 animals that have been stranded on a river island for weeks and were facing hunger and cold as temperatures dropped.