UN group approves standards for tracking airline emissions
A United Nations group is approving standards for measuring how much airlines need to reduce the growth of greenhouse-gas emissions from planes.
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Northern cod stocks show steep decline in once plentiful fishing areas
Northern cod stocks off Newfoundland suffered a steep decline over the last year, with Fisheries official finding the species has a lower survival rate and will likely continue to decease in the coming year.
Conservationists call on minister to issue emergency order to save killer whales
Several conservation groups say the federal government's failure to issue an emergency order reducing threats to endangered orcas off the B.C. coast ahead of fishing and whale-watching season could mean the species' extinction.
How Canadians are plotting bug slaughter to protect freshwater
Canadian researchers have created a kind of bar code technology for bugs that could help them understand the impacts of human activity on watersheds.
Monkeys, kangaroos and camels sold at auction as Ontario considers legislation
Monkeys, kangaroos, camels and other exotic animals are being sold at auction as Ontario is considering legislation.
Canadians urged to spend time in the dark tonight to mark Earth Hour
Many Canadians will be spending an hour with the lights out tonight as they join people around the world in marking the tenth annual Earth Hour.
Ottawa's recovery plan for West Coast's endangered orcas criticized as too weak
The federal government has released a recovery plan for an endangered population of killer whales likely to be in the path of increased oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's southern coast.
Loss of sea ice, changes to tundra: Study says Arctic faces 19 tipping points
Most of the threats are already appearing, and some are likely to lead to a new normal, even if countries manage to control climate change.
UN aviation agency brokers first-ever global climate deal
The first-of-its-kind industry-wide deal will cap international aviation emissions at 2020 levels and mandate that member states offset growth in emissions by investing in environmental initiatives.
Small fish in big trouble in Canadian waters, WWF-Canada report finds
The Canadian branch of the World Wildlife Fund is calling for increased protections for Canada's declining herring and small fish populations.
Inuit in two countries angered by Russian rocket splashdown in the Arctic
On Saturday, a stage of a Russian satellite-launching rocket is expected to fall into Baffin Bay between Ellesmere Island and Greenland within seas over which Canada has economic control.
We just lived through hottest year in history: now what?
Scientists at NASA and NOAA have declared 2015 the warmest year on record, with the planet's average temperature having risen one degree Celsius since the late 19th century
