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"Southern mountain caribou are a type of caribou found in mature forests of western Canada, where they subsist on lichen as a winter food. Habitat loss — primarily driven by logging — has transformed their mature forest habitat, upsetting the predator-prey balance and leading to caribou declines."
"A major Canadian oil and gas company reported dozens of incidents at its pipelines after the provincial regulator exempted thousands of its pipelines from normal clean-up timelines."
"Canada announced retaliatory tariffs as high as 50 percent on hundreds of American products on Tuesday, just days after the collapse of trade talks triggered punishing tariffs from the Trump administration." "Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs."
"Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will return to the negotiating table when the U.S. shows the “right attitude,” not treating Canada as a subsidiary of the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump made further threats on U.S.-Canada trade early Monday, saying in an online post that tariffs on Canadian automobiles, car parts and steel will increase to 50 per cent on Jan. 1."
"A majority of coastal wetlands are on track to shift inland or disappear in the coming decades without intervention. That will have major consequences."
"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of hydropower, onshore wind and transmission projects aimed at meeting electricity needs while also exporting power to Massachusetts and New York."
As wildfires rage in the U.S. West, Canada and other hot spots around the globe, reporters covering this environmental hazard in the United States can access high-quality data of exceptional timeliness via the Watch Duty app, finds the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. The tool offers everything from emergency notifications to data deep dives, all smartly integrated in its mapping interface.
"The moon’s shadow will descend upon Earth on Wednesday, and some will bear witness to a total solar eclipse. But the universe won’t stop there: At night, nature’s fireworks will accent the sky as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak."
"The five-car caravan crept down a gravel logging road as the day’s last beams of golden light filtered through the trees. About 20 forest defenders were making a stand in southwest Vancouver Island, at a spot where a logging company was expected to cut old-growth trees the following morning. They made camp in tents and the backs of cars."
