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Globe Climate: How to grow a climate change-fighting garden
Horticulturalist and Author Niki Jabbour holds a handful of compost amongst biodiverse gardens in Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia. May 2. The Globe and Mail / Carolina
world
Eight killed as coal mine shaft in Serbia collapses
Rescuers work to try and determine how many miners are trapped inside a collapsed shaft at a coal mine, after an accident that killed at least eight miners, according to RTS state television, in Sokobanja, southern Serbia, April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
international business
New coal mine projects expand global methane emissions by a fifth: report
FILE PHOTO: A coal-fired heating complex is seen behind the ground covered by snow in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China November 15, 2019. Picture taken November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Muyu Xu/File Photo
energy and resources
Methane emissions coming from global energy sector are 70% higher than officially reported: IEA
FILE PHOTO: A view shows emissions from the smoke stack of the Electricite de France (EDF) coal-fired power plant in Cordemais near Nantes, France, January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
canada
Ottawa overhauling methane-reduction fund slammed by environment commissioner
Jonathan Wilkinson makes an announcement in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Canada's latest natural resources minister says in a country intent on helping to slow global warming without destroying the economy, his department can no longer be thought of mainly as the ministry for fossil fuels. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
world
Russia names 51 people presumed dead in coal mine accident
People lay flowers at the monument "In Memory of Kuzbass Miners" to pay tribute to the miners and rescuers killed in an accident at the Listvyazhnaya coal mine in the Kemerovo region, in Kemerovo, Russia, November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Patrin
world
Death toll in Siberian coal mine blast raised to 52
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on fuel and energy issues in Kemerovo Region, Russia August 27, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
world
U.S. and China unveil emissions deal in bid to save UN climate talks
US special climate envoy, John Kerry speaks during a joint China and US statement on a declaration enhancing climate action in the 2020's during the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow on November 10, 2021. - A draft text at the COP26 climate summit urged countries on Wednesday to boost their emissions cutting goals by 2022, three years ahead of schedule, after data showed the world was far off track to limit warming to 1.5C. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JEFF J MITCHELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
COP26 today: More than 100 countries join pledge to cut methane emissions
Britain's Charles, Prince of Wales and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson host a Commonwealth Leaders' Reception during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 2, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
world
White House eyes new climate change strategies in Biden bill
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 26: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) walks through the basement of the U.S. Capitol building as he heads to the Democratic Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol building on October 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Democrats are continuing to negotiate within the party as they try to get the major parts of President Joe Biden's legislative agenda through Congress. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
canada
Greenhouse gas levels show planet veering from climate goal
A flare stack lights the sky from an oil refinery in Edmonton on December 28, 2018. The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board is setting interim targets to curb greenhouse gas emissions tied to its multi-billion dollar portfolio. Canada's largest single-profession pension plan says it aims to slash the carbon intensity of its investments by 45 per cent by 2025 and by two-thirds by 2030, compared against its 2019 baseline. The targets come after the fund announced earlier this year a commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Big institutional investors have been under mounting pressure in recent years to invest in clean energy and sell off financial assets that contribute to climate change. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
world
U.S., EU line up over 20 more countries for global methane pact
FILE PHOTO: A pipeline that moves methane gas from the Frank R. Bowerman landfill to an onsite power plant is shown in Irvine, California, California, U.S., June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
world
Biden meets with small group of world leaders to push for more action on climate change
A screen displays United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and European Council President Charles Michel during a meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) on climate change in which U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken participate from an auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
world
U.S., EU aim to reduce planet-warming methane, documents show
FILE - In this April 24, 2015 file photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. An environmental group says it has assembled new evidence that methane emissions in New Mexico are climbing amid a surge in oil and natural gas production in the Permian Basin. The Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, released an analysis showing that the energy industry in New Mexico is releasing more of the potent heat-trapping gas linked to global warming than previously thought. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
report on business
EverGen plans expansion as IPO set to launch
Chase Edgelow, EverGen CEO
world
Planet-warming methane leaking from European gas plants
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canada
Climate-changing methane emissions from oil patch twice as high as previously thought, study finds
The Syncrude oilsands extraction facility is reflected in a tailings pond near the city of Fort McMurray, Alta., on June 1, 2014.
canada
Ottawa confirms methane reduction deals with Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during a news conference announcing the ban of specific plastic rproducts Wednesday October 7, 2020 in Gatineau.
politics
Ottawa unveils rules for $750-million emissions reduction fund
Veteran Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan is pictured during an interview in his office on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Dec. 6, 2017.
international business
Cleaner cows: Food companies try to cut harmful cattle emissions
A cow looks up from its feed at the Johann Dairy farm in Fresno, California, U.S. September 10, 2020. Picture taken September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino
canada
Canada not on pace to meet methane-emissions target by 2025
An oil sands extraction facility is reflected in a tailings pond near the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta on Sunday June 1, 2014. A study from the Canadian Energy Research Institute suggests the oil and gas industry could save billions of dollars if governments implement optimized methane emission reduction regulations instead of simply requiring cuts at every emitting source. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
report on business
As Canada curbs methane emissions, new measurements show problem bigger than thought
FILE PHOTO: A TORC Oil & Gas pump jack is seen near Granum, Alberta, Canada May 6, 2020. Picture taken May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
world
Trump eliminates major methane rule, even as leaks are worsening
A natural gas facility near Coyanosa, Texas, Aug. 12, 2020.
u.s. politics
Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s easing of rule on methane emissions
A flare burns excess natural gas in the Permian Basin, in Loving County, Tex., on Nov. 23, 2019.
opinion
Alberta and Ottawa are at odds over methane – but they aren’t that far apart
Editorial