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13 Jan 2021 St Paul MN, United States

Lawsuit Seeks To Halt Canada-US Oil Pipeline Over Water Pollution Risk

Last month, opponents of Canadian pipeline company Enbridge’s new $2.6bn Line 3 Canada-US oil pipeline replacement project have filed a lawsuit to halt construction following concerns from environmentalists and indigenous tribes. The case made by the environmental groups is that the project, which commenced construction in December, will not only worsen the effects of climate change, but it will also put a new region of clean water at risk of pollution from potential oil spills...

3 Jan 2021 EDMONTON

Christmas Oil Spill Hits North Saskatchewan River

Contaminated water that leaked from an oilfield pipeline on Christmas Day has entered the North Saskatchewan River but has had no detectable impact on it, says a spokesman for Calgary-based oil and gas producer ARC Resources Ltd. The leaked produced water flowed into an unnamed creek and then into the North Saskatchewan River, a glacier-fed major waterway that flows east through Edmonton and into central Saskatchewan, where it joins with the South Saskatchewan River and eventually flows into Hudson Bay...

17 Dec 2020 Glasgow, Scotland

US Will Host A Climate Summit In First Quarter Of 2021

United States President-elect Joe Biden has announced that the US will host a climate summit of the world’s major economies before the end of March 2021. Biden has already committed the US re-joining the Paris Climate Agreement on the day of his inauguration in January.The announcement follows a virtual "Climate Ambition Summit" co-hosted by the UN, the United Kingdom, Britain, France, Italy, and Chile on 12-13 Decmber which was organised to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris accord and was held in lieu of the originally-scheduled COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, which will now happen in November 2021...

18 Nov 2020 KENORA

Neskantaga First Nation Reports First Coronavirus Case Amid Tainted Water Crisis

A First Nations community in Northern Ontario that was recently evacuated amid a tainted water crisis has reported its first case of the novel coronavirus, its chief confirmed Friday. In a tweet, Neskantaga Chief Chris Moonias said that he was recently informed of a positive case of COVID-19 involving a contractor working in the community...

2 Sep 2020 CALGARY, Canada

Rapid Growth Of Glacial Lakes Due To Climate Change

Global glacier lake volume rose by about 48% between 1990 and 2018 in response to climate change and glacier retreat, it has been revealed in a new, largest-ever study of glacial lakes. Researchers used NASA data to gather their findings, which were published by Nature Climate Change on 31 August...

16 Jun 2020 VANCOUVER

Canada Oil Pipeline Spill Hits Groundwater In Indigenous Peoples' Region

The operator of the Trans Mountain Pipeline estimates that between 940 and 1,195 barrels of oil were spilled at Sumas Pump Station in Abbotsford, B.C., early Saturday morning. The company that runs the pipeline says freestanding oil associated with the spill has been recovered, adding that it will continue to monitor groundwater and air quality as cleanup continues.

18 May 2020 TORONTO, Canada

Understanding Environmental "Push Factors" Behind Human Migration

While current interventions related to global migration caused by land degradation, water pollution, or changing climate, remain focused on response mechanisms, an understanding of drivers or so-called “push factors” of migration is limited, according to new research.Global migration has been increasing since the 1990s...

6 Feb 2020 CAPE TOWN, South Africa

WWF Analyses Mining Sector Water Risk

New analysis from environmental NGO WWF reports that the extractives sector suffered water-related financial losses of over $20 Billion USD in 2018, measuring operational risk (too much and too little water), regulatory and reputational risk to highlight companies, commodities, river basins and countries that face the highest overall water risks...

19 Nov 2019 MONTREAL, Canada

Canada Study Reveals Dangerous Levels Of Lead In Drinking Water

A collaborative effort of reporters, academic institutions, and media partners has revealed that, across Canada, hundreds of thousands have been unknowingly exposed to potentially dangerous levels of lead in drinking water. Sites in several cities tested higher than the worst levels in Flint, Michigan, US, which remains center of a scandal related to mismanagement of infrastructure which caused lead contamination of drinking water...

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12 Oct 2019 Washington DC, United States

US Tightens Regulations On Testing Drinking Water For Lead; Critics Remain Unconvinced

In a first revision of the country's Lead and Copper Rule since 1991, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced, 10 October, a proposed new requirement that local water systems must meet for testing for lead.The allowable base for lead still stands at 15 parts-per-billion...

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10 Jul 2019 SASKATOON SK, Canada

Survival Of The Wettest

As a part of research about water security in the Prairie provinces of Canada, scientists from the University of Saskatchewan investigated how people cope with water problems or learn to share scarce resources, like water, gas, oil and energy.Travelling through Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Montana, the group developed an experimental decision laboratory (EDL) and asked 37 water managers throughout the region to participate in a computer game that would measure how people allocated water in times of flood and drought, and whether taking part in the EDL affected the way the managers related to each other...

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19 May 2019 BERLIN, Germany

Lake Chad: Climate Change Fuels Social Instability

An intensive two-year period of interdisciplinary research across Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria has resulted in a comprehensive report, released on May 13, that examines the conflicts in the Lake Chad region and how climate change has created even more fragility in the region. The project was commissioned by the Group of Seven (G7) nations, consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States...

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