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Yukon says two main storage ponds at contaminated Eagle mine are nearing capacity, raising risks of another spill
Victoria Gold's Eagle gold mine site north of Mayo, Y.T., is shown in this handout aerial photo taken Wednesday, July 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Yukon Government
alberta
Pressure still on oilsands sector despite silence after greenwashing law: think tank
In the absence of public communication from the Pathways Alliance, a clean energy think-tank says the oilsands industry group is running out of time to deliver on its emissions reduction promises. An oilsands facility is reflected in a tailings pond near Fort McMurray, Alta., on July 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Why and how to plant your own food forest
LoriAnn Bird tends a forest garden in Vancouver, B.C., on September 14, 2024. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
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Morning Update: A wildfire wake-up call
Firefighters from Mexico march along a fire guard as they battle wildfires near Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jesse Winter
canada
Lawsuit by Manitoba chiefs urges Lake Winnipeg be legally defined as a person
Netley Creek and The Red River enter Lake Winnipeg just north of Winnipeg, Sunday, May 15, 2022. A Manitoba court is being asked to declare Lake Winnipeg a person with Constitutional rights to life, liberty and security of person. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods/POOL
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Biden administration nears approval for ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine
FILE PHOTO: Tiehm's buckwheat plant is seen in this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Courtesy of USFWS/Sarah Kulpa/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT/File Photo
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Seeing the forest through the dead trees at Stanley Park
Marsha Lederman
canada
Locals claim ‘victory’ as Quebec says it won’t fund graphite mine project tied to Pentagon
Quebec Minister of Natural Resources and Forests Maïte Blanchette Vezina tables a legislation on mining May 28 at the legislature in Quebec City.This week, Quebec announced it will not be funding a mining project to produce graphite — one of the world's most sought after minerals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Oil and gas emissions swamp progress in other Canadian sectors, report says
A general view shows a Syncrude oil sands mining facility near Fort McKay, Alberta, on September 6, 2022. - At Fort McKay near Fort McMurray in western Canada, in the heart of the country's boreal forest, the pines and the people were long ago cleared out to make way for huge open-pit mines dedicated to excavation of oil sands. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
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Deepen U.S. ties and reboot Canada’s geopolitical strategy, former ambassadors urge
Motorists wait at U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection booths at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Wash., across the Canada-U.S. border from Surrey, B.C., on Monday, November 8, 2021. While Canada cannot escape the gravitational pull of an increasingly unstable United States, a new report is charting a path forward to ensure Canadian interests become more important to our closest neighbor. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Alberta energy minister’s oil well cleanup possibilities criticized
A rainbow appears to come down on pumpjacks drawing out oil and gas from wells near Calgary, Alta., Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Observers are criticizing Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean's suggestions on how the province might clean up its thousands of abandoned oil wells, saying they favour industry and lack input from the public. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta Energy Minister says public money could help finance cleanup of unreclaimed oil, gas sites
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is directing her new energy minister Brian Jean to restart a controversial program that would see taxpayers backstop the cleanup of old oil and gas wells that companies are already legally required to undertake. A decommissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., on Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Eagle mine cleanup efforts hit stumbles after Victoria Gold put into receivership, former top engineer says
Victoria Gold's Eagle gold mine site north of Mayo, Y.T., is shown in this handout aerial photo taken Wednesday, July 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Yukon Government
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Tangled humpback whale freed after four-day rescue operation off northern B.C.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has successfully freed a humpback whale off British Columbia's coast after a four-day rescue operation as shown in this handout still image taken from a video. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Fisheries and Oceans Canada *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Hurricane Alley is expanding north. Canada must be prepared
Porter Fox
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TC Energy’s Coastal GasLink pipeline fined again for environmental non-compliance
TC Energy signage is seen at the company's headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, July 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
world
Is it worth crying over spilled Cheetos? Absolutely, say rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
FILE - Hundreds of cave formations are shown decorating the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, N.M., Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
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Toronto’s Don River floods offer urgent planning lessons for climate-challenged cities
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The Globe answers reader questions about climate change
Beautiful pack ice near the Arctic island Spitsbergen/Svalbard in the North Pole region.