Environment

Scottsville Group set to open new Subaru 'passive house'

Doors are set to open next week on a new one-of-a-kind Subaru dealership in north Red Deer.Described as a 'Passive House,' the new certified Scott Subaru dealership at 6801 50 Avenue is said to be the...

Jun 15, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Alternative landfill operations in Drayton Valley

Efforts to extend the life of the Aspen Waste Management Facility in Drayton Valley have taken another step forward.On June 12, council passed a motion directing Administration to pursue an agreement ...

Jun 14, 2019

Nova Chemicals wants to be part of plastic waste solution

Nova Chemicals says it wants to be part of the solution to the problem of plastics in the environment, saying that action by industry, government, communities and consumers is needed to create meaning...

Jun 12, 2019

Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill

OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting most of the amendments proposed by Conservative senators to Bill C-69. A senior government official speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn'...

Jun 12, 2019

Southwest Alberta ranch signs Nature Conservancy of Canada agreement

CALGARY - On World Environment Day (June 5), the owners of Hansen Ranch, just east of Waterton Lakes National Park, made a commitment with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to conserve its land a...

Jun 10, 2019 Hansen Ranch -Nature Conservancy of Canada -Photo credit Brent Calver

Thurber students to share thoughts on climate change, reducing energy consumption

In March this year, Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School won a spot at the annual Youth Energy and Climate Change Leadership Summit. Four science students were selected by lottery to go to the ev...

Jun 10, 2019

Save-On-Foods expands waste reduction program

A goal expected to take six years has been met and exceeded in just six months by Save-On-Foods.The Western Canadian grocery chain chopped its food waste in half over that period, working with BC-base...

Jun 09, 2019 (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW)

Liberals to announce plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

OTTAWA - The federal government will announce a plan Monday to ban harmful single-use plastics such as drinking straws as early as 2021. A government official with knowledge of the plan says no l...

Jun 09, 2019 Plastic straws are among the key items set to be banned.

Citizens shore up trash deposited in local waterways

Just 24 hours after World Oceans Day, Red Deerians took to their city's trails, creeks and river to take part in the annual Red Deer River Cleanup.Put on by the Kerry Wood Nature Centre and Waskasoo E...

Jun 09, 2019 The Watts family did their part on Sunday during the Red Deer River Cleanup. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Oil spills at well site west of Blackfalds

Cleanup is underway after 10,000 litres of oil was spilled at a site west of Blackfalds. Vesta Energy tells rdnewsNOW that an incident took place Wednesday at around 4 p.m. at a well site of theirs al...

Jun 06, 2019 Vesta Energy Ltd., which operates this well site on RR 280 west of the QEII near Blackfalds, confirms they are investigating an incident at the site on Wednesday. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)