Environment Canada Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:38:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Environment Canada Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Canada Announces Protection For Endangered Birds https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/01/15/8-government-announces-protection-endangered-birds/ Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:38:45 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=11952 Environment Canada has issued an emergency protection order that will limit construction activity and loud industrial noise near the habitat of an endangered bird species.

The greater sage-grouse is a shy bird that lives in southeastern Alberta and Saskatchewan.

There are fewer than 150 adult birds left in Canada, and environmentalists believe the species could be extirpated (locally extinct) within five years unless it is protected.

The birds’ natural habitat is long prairie grass, but much of this grassland has been destroyed by agriculture and oil and gas development over the past hundred years.

In December 2013, Environment Canada – the government department responsible for the environment – issued an order that prohibits any activity that would disrupt the birds’ habitat during the spring mating season.

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NBA Star Donates $1-Million To Oklahoma Relief Efforts https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/05/22/1-nba-star-donates-1-million-to-oklahoma-relief-efforts/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/05/22/1-nba-star-donates-1-million-to-oklahoma-relief-efforts/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 03:07:42 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=10497 To help his home city "bounce back" after a terrible storm, NBA player Kevin Durant has donated $1-million.

The number of people harmed by a recent tornado in the U.S. state of Oklahoma was greatly reduced, thanks to a special early-warning system.

On Monday, a major tornado hit Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City.

A tornado is a violent storm that usually looks like a whirling funnel.

Residents were warned there was a big storm coming, and possibly a tornado, days before it arrived.

When it actually hit, sirens blared, giving people a 16-minute head start to find shelter.

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