Charles urges forest logging halt The halting of logging in the world's rainforests is the single greatest solution to climate change, Prince Charles has said. He called for a mechanism to be devised to pay poor countries to prevent them felling their rainforests. 5/15/2008 8:24:18 PM

Wildlife populations 'plummeting' Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to data compiled by the Zoological Society of London. Pollution, farming and urban expansion, over-fishing and hunting are blamed. 5/15/2008 8:18:05 PM

U.S. polar bear decision condemned in North Condemnation came swiftly from Canada's North to Wednesday's decision by the U.S. government to list polar bears as a threatened species, as Inuit groups and northern politicians denounced the bears' new status. 5/15/2008 7:53:56 PM

Put 'price on waste and pollution': Dion Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion pitched his controversial proposal to tax carbon emissions, despite warnings from his own caucus that such a policy would be politically risky. "Conservatives will try to confuse, mislead and scare Canadians," he said. 5/15/2008 5:24:49 PM

Avalanches still a threat in backcountry Avalanches may still pose a threat to long-weekend travellers in the backcountry of Alberta and British Columbia, the Canadian Avalanche Centre warned Thursday. 5/15/2008 4:02:09 PM

RDOS concerned about Similkameen dam The regional district is letting the state of Washington know it “strongly opposes” a proposed dam that could potentially flood the southern Similkameen. Cawston director George Hanson said, “It would be catastrophic for residents of the lower valley.” 5/15/2008 11:18:59 AM

Methane extraction threatens rivers, report says A new report released by the Pembina Institute raises fears about the possible impact of coal-bed methane extraction on three major salmon rivers in northwestern British Columbia. 5/15/2008 9:25:38 AM

Saskatchewan: 53 ducks die at oil facility More than 50 ducks are dead after coming into contact with oily water at an industrial site in west-central Saskatchewan, the province says. According to the provincial government, the site usually doesn't have enough water to attract ducks, but things were different this year due to a wet spring. Fifty-three ducks died. 5/15/2008 9:13:47 AM

Penticton: Litter problem dogs resort Penticton Lakeside Resort general manager David Prystay raised the issue in a letter to the city last month. “From our private beach to the Japanese Garden, the beach is littered with these white (empty) bags each and every day,” said Prystay. 5/15/2008 7:02:07 AM

Robson Bight: Whales suspend salvage The recovery of a fuel-laden truck and a container holding 1,000 litres of hydraulic oil from the bottom of Robson Bight Ecological Reserve likely won't take place while a pod of killer whales visits. 5/15/2008 6:15:27 AM

Canada won't follow U.S. on Polar bears Canada, home to two-thirds of the world's polar bears, will not for now follow the United States and list the animals as an endangered species, Environment Minister John Baird indicated on Wednesday. 5/15/2008 6:04:28 AM

Courtenay says B.C. carbon tax is unfair Courtenay city council, which frequently trumpets the city's green credentials, will send a letter to the province opposing the upcoming carbon tax. The tax begins July 1 and will add 2.4 cents to a litre of gasoline. 5/15/2008 5:49:23 AM

Brazil's Amazon minister resigns Brazil's Environment Minister, Marina Silva, a staunch defender of the Amazon rainforest, has resigned. Environmental campaigners say her resignation is a major setback. Marina Silva has blamed increasing deforestation on Brazilian cattle ranchers and farmers. 5/14/2008 9:40:25 PM

Study reveals growing evidence of global warming A vast array of physical and biological systems — from polar bears in the Arctic to tiny krill in the Southern Ocean — are showing the effect of the world’s rising temperature, say scientists who analyzed more than 30,000 sets of data. 5/14/2008 3:27:54 PM

U.S. declares polar bear to be threatened species The U.S. government has declared polar bears to be a threatened species due to shrinking Arctic sea ice caused by global warning. The ruling is expected to have an impact on a wide range of human activities including hunting and oil and mineral exploration . 5/14/2008 12:39:05 PM

Tiny Smart car gets tops in crash tests The smallest car for sale in the U.S. market has earned the highest rating in front-end and side-impact testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. 5/14/2008 11:43:24 AM

Forest group urges mining claims update Mineral land claims are threatening more than half a million square kilometres of territory in the boreal forest because of outdated mining laws that have not been updated since the Klondike gold rush, warns a new report to be released today. 5/14/2008 8:52:53 AM

57 per cent of Canadians want gas tax lowered A new poll suggests 57 per cent of Canadians want Ottawa to lower its gas tax -- even if that would result in the federal government running a deficit. 5/14/2008 8:36:57 AM

John McCain's plan to tackle global warming The Republican presidential candidate wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60%. He also pledges to press India and China to make cuts. Distancing himself from President Bush, John McCain pledged a new era of environmental stewardship. 5/14/2008 8:11:56 AM

Nestle scales back massive Mt. Shasta bottling plant The Nestle company said it is significantly scaling back plans in Northern California to build what would have been the country's largest water bottling plant. This comes after years of opposition by environmentalists and a group of residents in the rural town of McCloud. 5/14/2008 8:07:47 AM

Nuclear watchdog warns of safety 'erosion' at Pickering plant Canada's nuclear safety watchdog warned last month that it was concerned about an "erosion of safety margins" at the Pickering B nuclear station near Toronto. 5/14/2008 7:25:26 AM

Mysterious noctilucent clouds span the heavens A magical sight appeared just before dawn in Northern Ireland on May 5. A spooky, electric-blue glow lit up the northern sky; it was seen independently by two astronomers searching for meteors. 5/14/2008 7:05:04 AM

Sloths overturn lazy reputation Sloths may make slow-motion replays look positively nippy but their reputation for slothfulness has been wildly exaggerated, scientists have found. 5/14/2008 7:00:20 AM

Bread is not for birds Throwing bread to the ducks is the simple sort of pleasure that parents love to pass on to their children, but now experts are throwing cold water on the practice. Bread, they say, holds little nutritional value for birds. 5/14/2008 6:57:40 AM

Pandas Safe After Chinese Earthquake All the pandas at the world's most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, mountainous area. 5/14/2008 6:51:20 AM