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Equinor delays Bay du Nord project by at least three years
Eldar Saetre, CEO of Equinor, speaks as he gives the company quarterly capital market update in London, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Equinor is pausing its plans to develop the Bay du Nord oil project, which would open a fifth oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Alastair Grant
world
Drought fuels water conflict in France, Spain as farmers face fury
This photograph taken on March 29, 2023 shows burned trees and vegetation in front of the Pyla sand dune close to the "Les Flots Bleus" campsite ahead of its re-opening after it was ravaged by a wildfire during the summer of 2022, in Pyla-sur-Mer in Gironde, southwestern France. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
travel
In Galapagos, I found ceaseless change and eternal continuity
Galapagos-Ecuador-HGR-152701- Photo_Dennis_Ballesteros.JPG MS Santa Cruz II Photos from Hurtigruten
canada
El Niño to bring warm temp west, cooler temp east, summer forecast shows
Thick smoke from wildfires blankets the downtown for a second day in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Smoke in the air threw a wrench into the start of Calgary Stampeders' training camp, but there were still jobs to be earned and important pre-season reps to accomplish. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
life
Pregnant people should be especially vigilant when wildfires pollute the air: doctor
A helicopter carrying water flies over heavy smoke from an out-of-control fire in a suburban community outside of Halifax that spread quickly, engulfing multiple homes and forcing the evacuation of local residents on Sunday May 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
politics
Feds urged to follow U.S. lead on permitting reform; Wilkinson ‘won’t cut corners’
Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Wilkinson says Canada won't be "cutting corners" as it overhauls the permitting process for energy projects. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Experts see growing risk as wildfires crash into communities
A set of steps is all that remains of a house in Slave Lake, Alta., on Monday, May 16, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ian Jackson
canada
Studies probe toxic burden on fish from algal blooms in Lakes Erie and St. Clair
canada
Meteorologists challenged after local radar station down during tornado in Regina
A tornado touched down south of Regina in this handout photo dated Saturday, May 27, 2023. The tornado damaged a farm utility building south of the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Craig Boehm, SkStormChaser Photography.
globe climate newsletter
Globe Climate: The Indigenous community fighting fire with fire
B.C. Wildfire Service firefighter Maria Milner uses a drip torch during a prescribed wildfire burn to reduce dangerous fuel loads at the airport in Cranbrook, B.C. on April 26, 2023
international business
UN committee meets in Paris for talks on treaty to end global plastic pollution
A general view of the plenary room during the opening of the second session of negotiations around a future treaty on tackling plastic pollution at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
canada
Crews in Alberta see more intense wildfire activity as dry conditions return
A burnt metal sign hangs from a tree, damaged by recent wildfires, in Drayton Valley Alta., on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. As more wildfire evacuees are being allowed to return home in Alberta, provincial officials warn that warm, dry conditions are returning this weekend in some areas.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
life
UBC faculty of medicine mourns loss of colleague who died climbing Mount Everest
The UBC sign is pictured at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The University of British Columbia's faculty of medicine is mourning the unexpected death of Dr. Pieter Swart, an anesthesiologist and associate professor, who died on Mount Everest on May 25. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
canada
Provinces, territories agree to help Ottawa in ‘30 by 30’ goal to halt land, water loss
More than half of the provinces' ministers have skipped out on a meeting with the federal government and Indigenous leaders to discuss halting land and water loss in Canada. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during the Montreal Climate Summit in Montreal on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
opinion
Danielle Smith is indifferent to the climate crisis. She’s selling an alternate reality to Albertans
Chris Turner
canada
Air pollution from increasing wildfires could pose long-term health risks
A person walks by the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon as smoke from wildfires burning across the Prairies blankets the city on Saturday, May 20, 2023. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is lifting a fire ban across the province after recent rainfall and cooler temperatures helped crews battle wildfires in the northern region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
canada
Hundreds to return home after Saskatchewan wildfire evacuation orders lifted
The Shaw fire is shown in this recent handout photo. The Shaw Fire has burned more than 1,331 square kilometres in northwest Saskatchewan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency
canada
Hundreds to return home after Saskatchewan wildfire evacuation orders lifted
alberta
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney loses attempt to have lawsuit thrown out
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney responds to a question from the media on the final day of the summer meeting of Canada's Premiers at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria on July 12, 2022. Roma advocates say discriminatory policies meant to keep families from making what then-immigration minister Jason Kenney called "bogus" refugee claims still have a lingering effect on families fleeing persecution. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
world
Typhoon Mawar batters Guam: ‘It looks like a scene from the movie Twister’
Andy Villagomez clears what remains of a large tree that overshadowed his front yard before falling to Typhoon Mawar, Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Mongmong-Toto-Maite, Guam. (AP Photo/Grace Garces Bordallo)