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It’s a day of wild winter weather for PRI’s The World

Environment

It was a snow emergency in Boston on Tuesday, but The World’s newsroom team braved the weather, coming to work on snowshoes and skis to deliver the day’s news.

Tar sands oil processing facility

Big companies are pulling the plug on their projects in Alberta’s tar sands

Environment

What’s a deep freeze for the US is just another day in northern Canada

Environment

Canada emerging as a nearby energy giant

Environment

North Pole reindeer in danger of extinction

Environment

Reindeer Populations in Decline

Reindeer, also known as caribou, are in dramatic decline in the far north. Indigenous communities depend on the herds for food and as a cultural touchstone. A Canadian Innu elder doubts his tribe can survive without healthy caribou populations.

Oil extraction near Drayton Valley, Alberta.

Canada: The Emerging Energy Superpower to the North

Environment

In recent years, Canada has quietly become the largest exporter of energy to the US and some Canadians aren’t so happy about the environmental consequences for their country. Brian Mann reports on the emergence of Canada as an energy superpower.

The World

Arctic Explorers

Four hundred years ago, Henry Hudson set sail from England in search of riches. He ended up stranded in the treacherous waters that are now known as Hudson Bay. A look at the travels and travails of Henry Hudson, and some modern day intrepid Arctic explorers who are following his trail.

Snow Geese

One way the changing season is marked is by the migration of birds north. Author William Fiennes decided to make a personal quest of the annual snow geese migration, and spent four months following a flock from Texas to northern Canada. He writes of his travels in his first book, The Snow Geese: A Story […]

Snow Geese

One way the changing season is marked is by the migration of birds north. Author William Fiennes decided to make a personal quest of the annual snow geese migration, and spent four months following a flock from Texas to northern Canada. He writes of his travels in his first book, “The Snow Geese: A Story […]