OTTAWA - The federal government is abandoning plans to exempt certain projects from laws designed to protect species at risk after an overwhelmingly negative response to the proposal during a
OTTAWA - The federal government is abandoning plans to exempt certain projects from laws designed to protect species at risk after an overwhelmingly negative response to the proposal during a summer of consultations.
However environmental groups say Ottawa can still bypass the Species At Risk Act through other means.
The federal government is dropping a proposal that could have made it easier to green-light projects that jeopardize the survival…
OTTAWA - The federal government is going to take more time to consult on its proposals to change how major projects are reviewed.
Controversial reforms to environmental rules that could speed up major projects by weakening protections for species at risk, as…
For more than half a century, the United States treated the protection of habitat as part of protecting endangered wildlife. The…
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are…
The change limits the reach of the 50-year-old Endangered Species Act so that the destruction of habitats will no longer be…
