More and more communities in Ontario are switching from propane and natural-gas-powered ice resurfacers to ones that run on electricity, even though they're more expensive up front and could pose risks if they catch fire.
Pennsylvania's attorney general abruptly canceled a news conference Monday at which he was apparently poised to announce criminal charges against the developer of a pipeline network that transports natural gas liquids across southern Pennsylvania.
Lawyers at the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre are calling for an independent assessment of three proposed petrochemical and plastics facilities in Prince George, B.C., that they say pose "profound risks to the global environment."