Environment News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden administration's ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States to determine whether it went “beyond what is necessary.

HALIFAX — After at least two Nova Scotia municipalities voted in favour of asking the provincial government to slow down on its uranium exploration plans, their offices received several-page-long letters from Premier Tim Houston saying the province n

An endangered North Atlantic right whale has been spotted off the waters of Prince Edward Island entangled in fishing gear.

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BRASILANDIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups .

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Indonesia’s coal industry is facing mounting pressure and should diversify as China and India, its biggest customers, cut back on imports of the heavily polluting fossil fuel, according to a report from a Jakarta-based energy th

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is coming under fire for seeking to rush through a major piece of legislation that grants cabinet sweeping powers to quickly approve major projects.

OTTAWA — A union official who represents marine search and rescue crews said Monday the union was surprised and “blindsided” by Ottawa’s decision to move the Canadian Coast Guard from the control of the fisheries minister to the defence minister.

U.S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act.

PORT DUFFERIN — A marine animal rescue group has confirmed a rare but unfortunate find on Nova Scotia's eastern shore.