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This is an opportunity for young people across Canada to share their voices and visions for climate justice in the financial sector.

From farm to household compost bin, over half of all food produced in Canada is wasted — and about a third of it is still edible. That waste generates nearly 56.6 million tons of greenhouse gases, including a significant amount of methane.

What’s the difference between the two types of coal? And why should we care about Canada’s continued export of coal? Canada’s National Observer is examining the role of the fossil fuel in our economy and abroad as part of a limited series. Here is some background to prepare you before we dig in.

Green roofs are taking root across Canada, enhancing urban environments with heat moderation, stormwater catchment, carbon dioxide storage and perfect gardening conditions.

The federal government has enshrined many of the rights of UNDRIP into law. But it still has to figure out how to implement the new legislation.

The minerals found in rocks on the ocean floor are the lifeblood of solar, wind and electric batteries. But do we know enough about the risks it could pose to the underwater ecosystem?

Ottawa and some western provinces are feuding over recent comments made by Justice Minister David Lametti. Here's all you need to know about the Natural Resources Transfer Act and why it matters.

Two weeks ago, the Vatican released a statement denouncing the “Doctrine of Discovery,” a series of documents that Canadian governments have used to justify colonization for centuries. Now what happens?

As part of a new Canada’s National Observer series breaking down climate basics, we delved into some common questions about carbon capture. Here is everything you need to know about the contentious technology governments and industry are banking on.

Canada's National Observer's publisher, Linda Solomon Wood, chats with Max about journalism, how the publication came to be and who really funds his columns. 

Tackling the threat of landslides in soaked California. They are no quick fixes. And they don't come cheap.

The major advance in fusion research announced in Washington on Tuesday was decades in coming, with scientists for the first time able to engineer a reaction that produced more power than was used to ignite it.

Biodiversity thrives under Indigenous protection, but will Indigenous rights and title play a key part in negotiations at the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal — or will these issues remain at the margins?