Environment

EDMONTON — New research suggests industry and government are badly underestimating Alberta's emissions of one of the most potent greenhouse gases.

VANCOUVER — Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) says it has decided not to have sheriffs seize the assets of a Vancouver-based environmental group over unpaid court costs. Karen Mahon of Stand.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The small nocturnal birds known as Leach's storm petrels are a telling symbol of ocean health. But they've vanished in the millions since offshore oil production started 20 years ago in the North Atlantic east of St. John's, N.L.

OTTAWA — A 40-year battle over oil drilling in an Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska could become the latest political irritant in a growing list of disagreements between U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. U.S.

MONTREAL — A U.S. court has dismissed a racketeering lawsuit launched by Resolute Forest Products against Greenpeace and other environmental groups.

CALGARY — The U.S. State Department has issued a presidential permit allowing Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) to ship more oil on its Line 67 pipeline after a five-year review.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's proposed cap and trade regime must have declining emissions caps in order to be effective, the legislature's law amendments committee was told Monday.

OTTAWA — Canadian companies remain positive about the future but there are signs business sentiment has begun to cool down from its mid-summer high, said new poll results released Monday by the Bank of Canada.

MONTREAL — Environment Canada is confirming a tornado struck the Laurentians town of Mont-Laurier on Sunday afternoon.

The rich social interaction and highly evolved brains of some whales are linked in a kind of evolutionary feedback loop, a newly published paper suggests.