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Nova Scotia and New Brunswick want carbon pricing axed, tell Freeland during call

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick want carbon pricing axed, tell Freeland during call

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s finance minister says his province and several others made it clear during a virtual call with federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland that the national carbon pricing scheme should be eliminated.
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Ski resorts in the Canadian Rocky Mountains start to open for the winter season

Ski resorts in the Canadian Rocky Mountains start to open for the winter season

BANFF, Alta. — Ski season has started in Alberta as two resorts in the Canadian Rockies, west of Calgary, opened for skiers and snowboarders.
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Slight change to Dakota Access pipeline comment meeting format, Army Corps says after complaints

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the wake of complaints, changed the format of oral testimony for public comments on a draft environmental review of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline.
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Storm Ciarán brings record rainfall to Italy with at least 6 killed. European death toll rises to 14

Storm Ciarán brings record rainfall to Italy with at least 6 killed. European death toll rises to 14

MILAN (AP) — Record-breaking rain produced floods in a vast swath of Italy's Tuscany region as Storm Ciarán pushed into the country overnight, trapping residents in their homes, inundating hospitals and overturning cars.
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Winds from Storm Ciarán whip up a wildfire in eastern Spain as 850 people are evacuated

Winds from Storm Ciarán whip up a wildfire in eastern Spain as 850 people are evacuated

MADRID (AP) — A wildfire abetted by storm winds in eastern Spain has burned some 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of 850 people from four towns, officials said Friday.
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Wildfire in mountainous Central Oahu moves away from towns as Hawaii firefighters continue battle

Wildfire in mountainous Central Oahu moves away from towns as Hawaii firefighters continue battle

HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers, Hawaii authorities said, as firefighters continued to battle the blaze.
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New Delhi shuts schools and limits construction work to reduce severe air pollution

New Delhi shuts schools and limits construction work to reduce severe air pollution

NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi's government shut primary schools and banned polluting vehicles and construction work in an attempt to reduce the worst haze and smog of the season , which has posed respiratory problems for people and enveloped monuments a
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Takeaways from AP's reporting on an American beef trader's links to Amazon deforestation

Takeaways from AP's reporting on an American beef trader's links to Amazon deforestation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Data analysis by The Associated Press and the Rainforest Investigations Network , a nonprofit reporting consortium, found that a little-known American meat trading company in Utah is feeding China’s growing appetite for Brazilian be
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Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China's ban due to Fukushima wastewater

Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China's ban due to Fukushima wastewater

IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Local fishing communities feared the worst when the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.
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Storm Ciarán whips western Europe, blowing record winds in France and leaving millions without power

Storm Ciarán whips western Europe, blowing record winds in France and leaving millions without power

PARIS (AP) — Record-breaking winds in France and across much of western Europe left at least seven people dead and injured others as Storm Ciarán swept through the continent Thursday.
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