Environment News

LAKE LOUISE — A section of a trail in Banff National Park remains closed to visitors two weeks after a rockfall killed two hikers and injured three more.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans in Congress rushed forward with a massive tax and spending cut bill, a North Carolina renewable energy executive wrote to his 190 employees with a warning: Deep cuts to clean energy tax credits were going to hurt.

QUEENSLAND — Swimmers at a busy Nova Scotia beach were forced out of the water for two hours after a fin was spotted offshore.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Websites that displayed legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to learn what to expect in their backyards from a warming world.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday morning to discuss U.S. tariffs and ways to protect Canadian supply chains from the trade war with the United States.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Europe's continuing heat wave on Wednesday helped fuel a deadly wildfire in Spain while the European Union presented plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under scorching temperatures.

FREDERICTON — Immigration is driving New Brunswick’s fastest population growth since the 1970s. A new economic report says the province's population was 854,355 on July 1, 2024, a rise of 2.7 per cent compared with the previous 12 months.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot.

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LONDON (AP) — After the heatwave came the rain. The tennis courts were covered and the fans were forced to shelter under umbrellas as rain delayed play on Day 3 of Wimbledon on Wednesday.