Environment

Trucking company fined $175K for Kootenay creek fuel spill

Decision handed down last Friday in Nelson court

 

App for reporting illegal use of natural resources gaining steam

More than 10,000 users have downloaded it since it was introduced in 2016

 

B.C. man invents tree-planting alarm clock

If you wake up on time, you earn virtual seeds

 

Plastics ban coming after Environment Canada science review backs need

In 2016, 29,000 tonnes of plastic garbage ended up as litter in Canada, report says

Justin Trudeau’s carbon footprint revealed in ranking of world leaders

Travel company ranks 15 world leaders’ foreign flight CO2 emissions

PHOTOS: Grey whale found stranded on Haida Gwaii beach

The dead grey whale on Haida Gwaii was reportedly in very bad shape and the stench was overpowering

  • Jun 3, 2019

B.C. government begins overhaul of environmental assessment

More certainty, input from Indigenous communities, George Heyman promises

B.C. government moves to tighten resource industry regulations

New superintendent will oversee engineers, biologists, foresters

B.C. VIEWS: Do we need another layer of green government oversight?

Foresters, engineers may not be trusted to act ethically

Industry groups pan B.C.’s ‘professional reliance’ review

NDP, Greens want more control over engineering, environmental experts

B.C. VIEWS: Plastic garbage in, garbage out

Why bag bans may actually make things worse

B.C. environment assessment getting an overhaul

Indigenous role to be enhanced, but not with veto, George Heyman says

LETTERS: Plastic bags an ‘easy feel-good fix’

Bags have secondary uses, other problems more pressing

  • Jan 12, 2018

Environment minister confronts Rebel reporter about ‘climate Barbie’ name

Media outlet had used the term in the past