Environment

Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects

OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...

Oct 24, 2019

Oilsands carbon liability at centre of closely watched New York fraud lawsuit

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today. The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as gover...

Oct 23, 2019

McMillan wildfire caused by arsonist, police say

EDMONTON- Arson was the cause of the McMillan wildfire in May that threatened remote communities in north-central Alberta and torched 2,730 square kilometres of forest.RCMP and Alberta government offi...

Oct 23, 2019 (Photo: The Canadian Press)

United We Roll to counter-protest Thunberg climate strike at Legislature

A climate strike planned for the Alberta Legislature on Friday featuring Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has sparked a 'call to action' by supporters of Alberta's oil and gas industry.Glen Carritt wit...

Oct 17, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike

EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...

Oct 16, 2019

Climate change threatens extinction for most birds, especially in Canada: report

Climate change threatens extinction for two-thirds of bird species across North America, including almost all of those filling the forests and tundra of northern Canada, says an extensive report....

Oct 10, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)

Sustainable building principles featured at upcoming Passive House workshop at RDC

Red Deer College is committed to being a leader in sustainability initiatives and alternative energy generation. Since the launch of RDC's Alternative Energy Initiative, we have partnered with communi...

Oct 03, 2019

Rocky taking steps to be an environmental leader

Rocky Mountain House continues to push forward in becoming an environmental leader and has started discussing a new bylaw for the new Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program.The new program woul...

Oct 02, 2019

Global Climate Strike at City Hall Friday

The Global Climate Strike is coming to Red Deer on Friday.Facilitated locally by The Council of Canadians, the event is being held to show solidarity with participating students worldwide and bring aw...

Sep 26, 2019 Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg is shown here during a recent march to urge governments around the world to take more action against climate change. (Canadian Press)

New Eavor-Lite project plans to show and not just tell

With the world leaning more and more towards green energy and renewability, technological innovations like Eavor-Loop are making huge strides."The Eavor-Loop technology harnesses the Earth's natural h...

Sep 11, 2019