Environment
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B.C. researcher develops anti-earthquake spray
The new material will be used in the next few weeks to retrofit a Vancouver elementary school. Researchers say they hope to expand the application to other buildings around the province
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The sun is setting on Nova Scotia’s Sable Energy project
Work to shut down the facility is slated to start early next year and run for two years before all 22 wells are plugged and abandoned.
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EPA guts emissions regulations for coal-fired power plants
Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Trump’s latest move amounts to a wholesale retreat from the “EPA’s legal, scientific and moral obligation to address the threats of climate change”
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The art of not getting a deal; it’s becoming clear that U.S. demands are intended to seal NAFTA’s demise
A trade expert involved in the first NAFTA negotiation said the U.S. behaviour in the current NAFTA talks is a vivid and unprecedented example of how not to negotiate. He called it a tactic designed to ensure failure
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Samsung, Pattern Energy power up new 100 MW wind farm outside Windsor, Ont.
The site uses towers built at CS Wind in Windsor and blades manufactured at Siemens’ soon-to-close plant in Tillsonburg, Ont.
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TransCanada blames ‘substantial uncertainty’ in cancelling $15.7B Energy East pipeline
TransCanada cites an NEB decision to consider greenhouse gas emissions from the production and processing of the oil it transports in the pipeline, but opponents of the project said the company realized it wasn’t needed
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Mystery chemical leaks from Toronto recycling plant
Officials say several people experienced respiratory difficulties but firefighters have so far been unable to identify and find the substance
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European Space Agency plans to discard toxic rocket in pristine Canadian waters
The rocket is powered by hydrazine, a known carcinogen that damages the nervous system, kidney and liver in humans. All of these conditions have been well-documented in Russian launch zones, where hydrazine has also killed large numbers of lake fish
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Sherritt hit with $1M fine for toxic wastewater discharges
The severity of the fine reflects the size of the offence as half a million litres of poorly treated effluent was estimated to have escaped into the environment, said an Environment Canada regional director
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Niagara Falls Water Board nailed for second black water discharge
New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation called the incident “wholly unacceptable” and said the water board must take immediate corrective action