Yukon gov’t considers subsidies for mining companies to reduce emissions
Internal gov’t documents suggest move is to ensure investments in industry don’t wither The Yukon government may subsidize mining companies
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Author: Julien Gignac, CBC News
Yukon judge fines Keno Hill mine company $100K over environmental risks
Lawyers representing Alexco Keno Hill Mining Corp. entered guilty pleas A Yukon judge has slapped a mining conglomerate with a $100,000
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Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be ‘too little, too late,’ panel hears
A new international agreement on chinook salmon stoked at times emotional debate at the Yukon River Panel meeting in Anchorage,
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Canada, Alaska suspend fishing of Yukon River chinook salmon for 7 years
In a bid to help the recovery of the Yukon River chinook salmon run, the federal government and the State
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‘Substantial gaps’ in research on Whitehorse dam impacts on fish, DFO says
There are “substantial gaps” in research into how the Whitehorse dam is affecting not just salmon but also other fish
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All emissions from Faro mine cleanup must be offset, review board says
Project could increase territory’s total emissions by upward of 46 per cent, undermining plans to reduce them While the cleanup
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Yukon First Nations, advocates push for chinook salmon protection
Whitehorse dam, infighting among governments and mining impacts among talking points at committee Warning of looming extinction, delegates at a
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Yukon Energy puts focus on salmon as it seeks new 25-year licence for Whitehorse dam
It generates a huge amount of power, but the 66-year-old dam has also taken a toll on fish populations Like
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Yukon RCMP is monitoring potential foreign interference. What does that look like?
Suspect investments into mines extracting critical minerals could be of central focus Yukon RCMP say the territory is vulnerable to foreign
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Leaving Ukraine was painful but necessary, says family now happily settled in Yukon
Kyrylo Bozchenko smokes a cigarette and watches his dog lying lazily near what Kyrylo calls an “igloo.” Inside the snow
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Bill requiring First Nations’ oil and gas development consent spiked in Yukon
Yukon NDP has been fighting to reinstate the consent clause into territorial laws over the industry The Yukon Liberal government
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Yukon judge grants stay to mining company over higher security payment
A Yukon Supreme Court judge has paused part of a security payment contested by the territory’s largest mine, ruling the company’s
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Cutting Yukon carbon emissions by 45% possible, with ‘wartime-like effort,’ council finds
Reducing carbon emissions in Yukon by 45 per cent within the decade, while doable, will require an effort akin to
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Climate change affecting composition of forests in Yukon, Canada, study finds
What happens when one type of tree can no longer survive as well? It’s replaced, study says Deciduous trees are
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Keep Yukon ore out of Haines, Alaska, conservationists say
Haines’ Lutak Dock is undergoing a redevelopment plan Residents and conservationists in Haines, Alaska, are railing against the idea of
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