After long delay, Canada joins global pact to stop illegal fishing trade | CBC News
As of
Saturday, Canada will be part of the Port State Measures Agreement,
which seeks to put a dent in the $23-billion global industry in illegal
fishing.
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June 2019 was the hottest on record across the globe, says NOAA | CBC News
June 2019 was the hottest in 140 years, setting a global
record, according to the latest monthly global climate report released
on Thursday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
record, according to the latest monthly global climate report released
on Thursday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The
report said that the average global temperature in June was 0.94
C above the 20th-century average of 15.5 C and marks the
414th consecutive month in which temperatures were above
the 20th-century average. Nine of the 10 hottest Junes over the last 140
years have occurred since 2010, NOAA said.
Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as the Hawaii and U.S. Gulf of Mexico regions experienced their hottest Junes on record.
In an open letter to Kirby Corp. CEO David Grzebinski, Heitsuk Nation Chief Marilyn Slett called the fines “a drop in the bucket for a multi-billion dollar company.”
“We both know this sentence does not represent true justice,” wrote Slett.
“True justice would mean paying for an environmental impact assessment, admitting civil liability and working openly and honestly to address compensation and remediation for the harm caused by the spill.”
12,000 L of oil spilled into ocean off Newfoundland, causing oil rig shutdown | CBC News
Production has stopped aboard the Hibernia oil platform off the
coast of St. John’s after an estimated 75 barrels, or 12,000 litres, of
oil spilled from a storage cell into the water.
coast of St. John’s after an estimated 75 barrels, or 12,000 litres, of
oil spilled from a storage cell into the water.
An oil sheen was spotted Wednesday, and the company said in a news release that the spill was an “isolated activity.”
The
mixture of oil and water was discharged from one of the six storage
cells, which contain oil and water and are always full, on the platform,
said Scott Sandlin, president of Hibernia Management and Development
Company (HMDC).
2nd type of cyanobacteria in St. John River could be harmful to humans, researcher says | CBC News
A different type of cyanobacteria is popping up along the St.
John River this summer that could be harmful to humans, a researcher
warns.
John River this summer that could be harmful to humans, a researcher
warns.
Dr. Janice Lawrence, an associate professor of biology at
the University of New Brunswick, has been studying cyanobacteria, also
known as blue-green algae, along the river since the spring.
While
most cyanobacteria found in ponds or lakes will cause skin irritation
or gastrointestinal illness, the algae populations living at the bottom
of the St. John River are producing potent neurotoxins that can cause
immediate paralysis, suffocation and death in dogs and other vertebrates
but also pose a risk to people.
“We know that it’s toxic,” Lawrence said. “We just don’t know quite how toxic.”