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Canada to pilot options for national emergency response agency in 2024: Sajjan

Canada to pilot options for national emergency response agency in 2024: Sajjan

OTTAWA — A new national emergency response agency may consist of regional response teams that Ottawa can call into action when disaster strikes, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a recent interview.
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California regulators vote to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operations through 2030

California regulators vote to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operations through 2030

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — California energy regulators voted Thursday to allow the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to operate for an additional five years, despite calls from environmental groups to shut it down.
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Alaska governor's budget plan includes roughly $3,400 checks for residents and deficit of nearly $1B

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican Gov.
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Conservationists, tribes say deal with Biden administration is a road map to breach Snake River dams

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S.
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New Mexico extends ban on oil and gas leasing around Chaco park, an area sacred to Native Americans

New Mexico extends ban on oil and gas leasing around Chaco park, an area sacred to Native Americans

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
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EPA begins formal review of vinyl chloride, toxic chemical that burned in Ohio train derailment

EPA begins formal review of vinyl chloride, toxic chemical that burned in Ohio train derailment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in ea
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Vancouver passes motion to ask province to amend charter, remove elected park board

Vancouver passes motion to ask province to amend charter, remove elected park board

Vancouver's city council has passed a motion aimed at removing the city's elected park board.
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Canada's biggest banks come in at bottom of low-carbon finance ranking

Canada's biggest banks come in at bottom of low-carbon finance ranking

TORONTO — A report by BloombergNEF finds that while Canada's top five banks are among the biggest energy financiers globally, they rank among the worst of the top 100 when measured on how much of that funding is directed to low-carbon sources.
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Xcel Energy fined $14,000 after leaks of radioactive tritium from its Monticello plant in Minnesota

Xcel Energy fined $14,000 after leaks of radioactive tritium from its Monticello plant in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Xcel Energy has been fined $14,000 related to leaks of radioactive tritium from its nuclear power plant at Monticello, Minnesota regulators announced Thursday.
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US judge to decide Friday if Colorado can reintroduce wolves over cattle industry objections

US judge to decide Friday if Colorado can reintroduce wolves over cattle industry objections

DENVER (AP) — A federal judge said she would decide by Friday whether to temporarily halt the impending reintroduction of gray wolves to Colorado under a voter-approved initiative, after representatives of the state's cattle industry went to court to
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