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Canada hits bottom with withdrawal from Kyoto
Environment Minister Peter Kent at the COP17 Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. (Dec. 10, 2011)

Environment Minister Peter Kent at the COP17 Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. (Dec. 10, 2011)

Conservatives never really tried to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2012-01-04 07:18:09

Prince Charles blasts climate-change skeptics
Prince Charles is lashing out at climate-change skeptics, saying they are playing "a reckless game of roulette" with the future of the planet.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2011-08-08 20:54:26

Monarch butterflies make partial comeback in Mexico
Hundreds of Monarch butterflies fly at the Pedro Herrada butterfly sanctuary, on a mountain in the Mexican state of Michoacan, Feb. 1, 2011. The Monarchs travel 4000 kilometres twice a year between their summer home in Canada and their winter home in Mexico.

Hundreds of Monarch butterflies fly at the Pedro Herrada butterfly sanctuary, on a mountain in the Mexican state of Michoacan, Feb. 1, 2011. The Monarchs travel 4000 kilometres twice a year between their summer home in Canada and their winter home in Mexico.

The number of monarch butterflies migrating from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico has increased this year, a hopeful sign following a worrying 75 per cent drop in their numbers last year


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2011-08-08 20:54:25

Obama's budget allows $350M for Great Lakes cleanup
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the budget during his visit to Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology Feb. 14.

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the budget during his visit to Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology Feb. 14.

The proposal released Monday represents a cut from the $475M Obama proposed for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative during his first year in office.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2011-08-08 20:54:25

Arctic ice melting faster, new climate report says
A new assessment of climate change in the Arctic shows the ice in the region is melting faster than previously thought. It sharply raises projections of global sea levels this century.

A new assessment of climate change in the Arctic shows the ice in the region is melting faster than previously thought. It sharply raises projections of global sea levels this century.

Melting Arctic glaciers and ice caps are projected to raise global sea levels 90 to 160 centimetres by 2100.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2011-08-08 20:54:24

Is climate change responsible for deadly U.S. tornadoes?
PD-aerial damage

Climate scientists have yet to find any conclusive evidence tying the outbreaks giant tornadoes to human-caused climate change.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2011-08-08 20:54:24

Study suggests big earthquakes don't set off others far away
Here's some good news in the wake of Japan's disaster: A new study says big earthquakes don't set off other dangerous ones around the globe.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2011-08-08 20:54:24

A solar solution to aging school roofs
Hillcrest Public School teacher Jennet Poffenroth on the school's roof with its solar panels. The Toronto board, in partnership with AMP Solar, will install panels on up to 450 schools.

Hillcrest Public School teacher Jennet Poffenroth on the school's roof with its solar panels. The Toronto board, in partnership with AMP Solar, will install panels on up to 450 schools.

Over 300,000 solar panels will be installed on the roofs of hundreds of Toronto public schools at no cost to taxpayers, the board announced Thursday.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2011-08-08 20:54:23

Study offers evidence gas drilling can taint drinking water
New research is providing some of the first scientific evidence that the controversial gas drilling technique called fracking can contaminate drinking water.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2011-08-08 20:54:23

Penguin tracking bands hurt the seabirds, study says

The survival rate of King penguins with metal bands on their flippers was 44 per cent lower than those without bands and banded birds had less chicks.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2011-01-12 21:26:03

Issues under intense bargaining as UN climate talks go into the final day
Exhausted climate negotiators laboured non-stop through the night and into their final day Friday, bargaining intensely over draft accords and seeking small, but essential steps to stem global warming.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-11 03:03:41

Cancun conference: Climate change back-burnered
Sending a provisional minister with a provisional policy speaks volumes about the government's approach to the environment.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-09 20:35:54

Canada joins Russia, Japan in opposition to extending Kyoto Protocol
A family passes by a stand promoting green energy on Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Climate Village in Cancun, Mexico, 2010, where a new round of UN climate talks are being held.

A family passes by a stand promoting green energy on Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Climate Village in Cancun, Mexico, 2010, where a new round of UN climate talks are being held.

UN climate chief saysCanada is one of three countries among the 36 signatories opposed to extending their emission targets under the pact.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-09 20:35:53

Canada won't follow U.S. plan to cut greenhouse gases: Baird
Baird insists more work needs to be done before Canada can get on board with the new U.S. initiative.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-09 20:35:53

Short sea-ice season threatens Hudson Bay polar bears
A polar bear mother and her two cubs huddle in Wapusk National Park on the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man., in a November, 2007 file photo. Scientists say polar bear moms and their cubs in the area are suffering the worst effects of a late freeze-up of sea ice on Hudson Bay.

A polar bear mother and her two cubs huddle in Wapusk National Park on the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man., in a November, 2007 file photo. Scientists say polar bear moms and their cubs in the area are suffering the worst effects of a late freeze-up of sea ice on Hudson Bay.

Scientists say polar bear moms and their cubs near Churchill in northern Manitoba are suffering the worst effects of a late freeze-up of sea ice on Hudson Bay.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-08 20:22:08

New federal rules to cut heavy-duty vehicle emissions
Heavy-duty vehicles will soon fall under the same emissions regulations as cars and trucks now do.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:08

Oprah's ghost: Susan Casey rides a wave of achievement

Adventure writer and O editor comfortable straddling both masculine and feminine worlds


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:08

Durham's trash-to-energy plant awaits a signature
A fence encloses a large section of land owned by Durham Region, about 12 hectares of which are set aside for the GTA's first new incineration plant in decades.

A fence encloses a large section of land owned by Durham Region, about 12 hectares of which are set aside for the GTA's first new incineration plant in decades.

Opponents of Durham's planned incinerator are afraid the regional chair will sign the deal to build it before council gets a chance to weigh in on the project.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:07

Port Hope fights back over toxic smear
Dr. Helen Caldicott's scary statements about the safety of the cleanup program in Port Hope have drawn the ire of the mayor, merchants and the company responsible for eradicating low-level radioactive waste in the town.

Dr. Helen Caldicott's scary statements about the safety of the cleanup program in Port Hope have drawn the ire of the mayor, merchants and the company responsible for eradicating low-level radioactive waste in the town.

Port Hope is fighting mad over activist Dr. Helen Caldicott's damning diagnosis of a town that's unsafe to live in.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:07

Sue government over toxic town, activist tells Port Hope

A visit to Port Hope has left acclaimed pediatrician Dr. Helen Caldicott even more convinced the town should move to escape radioactive waste.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:07

Documentary praises Canadian sustainable logging efforts

Hundreds of Belizians and international supporters gather on an island to form a message on the Barrier Reef off the coast of Belize City November 13, 2010. The message, which was to call on humanity to be in harmony with the natural world, was created on the final day of the three-day Belize Reef Summit and is part of the launch of the Harmony Initiative, a partnership between the film "Harmony" narrated by Britain's Prince Charles and the Global Campaign for Climate Action.

British Columbia's groundbreaking Great Bear Rainforest agreements are helping to safeguard a Pacific coastal ecosystem the size of Ireland.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:07

World's vertebrate species cracking
One in eight birds and one in four mammals are at risk of disappearing.

New paper says that one in five vertebrate species now at risk of extinction.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:07

Greenhouse gas concentrations reached record levels in 2009
The World Meteorological Organization says concentrations of carbon dioxide rose in 2009 by 1.6 parts per million, to 386.8 parts per million.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:06

A new beef with role of cows in global warming
Cows wear a nozzle that collects methane and other gases discharged near the nose to be measured.

Belching cattle rival cars for greenhouse-gas emissions, but a change in diet can turn a cow from a compact to an SUV.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:06

Climate bill, Commons crushed in one blow
Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Wednesday. Parliamentary experts say the climate-change bill was killed without debate -- the first time in about 70 years that the Senate has killed legislation from the Commons without a hearing. (Nov. 17, 2010)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Wednesday. Parliamentary experts say the climate-change bill was killed without debate -- the first time in about 70 years that the Senate has killed legislation from the Commons without a hearing. (Nov. 17, 2010)

Unelected Conservatives senators do end run around Commons, climate-change bill.


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Feed: Environment	Date: 2010-12-06 03:55:06

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