The federal government in Ottawa says it will provide $100 million from its strategic innovation fund over four years to accelerate the development and use of technologies to lower the oil and gas industry’s environmental impact. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada says the money will be provided […]
The Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is calling on Parks Canada to take urgent action to help the caribou population regenerate in Jasper National Park. This comes after recent news that the caribou herds in Jasper are in trouble. “We are watching an extinction process right before our eyes,” said […]
Public use of previously protected lands and water quality of Oldman River threatened after Alberta rescinds 44-year-old coal policy, paving way for Grassy Mountain Coal Project SERIOUSLY! WHO IS TILL INVESTING IN COAL??? Laura Laing can’t imagine how her family would run their cow-calf operation without their Mount […]
Caribou populations in Jasper National Park are in deep trouble. Of three southern mountain woodland caribou herds managed by Parks Canada, one — the Maligne herd — is now considered extirpated, or locally extinct, while the other two are dangerously small, according to the Jasper National Park’s Species at Risk report. Worse, neither […]
Southern Alberta’s weed grazing goats are back at it again. Through a pilot project, they’re helping the Blood Tribe with their fight against the leafy spurge — an invasive weed threatening the diverse plant species on the reserve. “We have such a vast amount of land here and […]
There are thousands of wild horses roam in the Rocky Mountain foothills in Alberta, Canada. To be exact: Alberta Environment and Parks says 1,673 feral horses were counted in the Alberta foothills as of last February. The horses, around since the early 1800s, are descended from escaped or […]
DP Energy proposes solar panels on top of contaminated sites in southeast Calgary DP Energy has already won approval for one solar park in southeast Calgary and is now pushing for a second in the Shepard Industrial park. Combined, the two would be one of the largest photovoltaic solar farms […]
Despite big budget cuts in Education and Health it is still good news for wildlife in Alberta, as a multi-million dollar wildlife overpass on the deadly Trans-Canada Highway east of Lac des Arcs is a step closer to reality. The government of Alberta allocated $20 million over four […]
The value of usable groceries that wind up in landfills or other disposal sites is almost $50 billion. More than half the food produced in Canada is wasted and the average kitchen tosses out hundreds of dollars worth of edibles every year, says a study researchers are calling […]
An Environment Canada report says that despite much talk on preserving caribou habitat, little progress has been made to close gaps in the protection of the threatened species. The agency says not much has changed since a coast-to-coast survey in April. “Despite the progress being made, the gaps […]
