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Young climate activists’ recent legal victory in a Montana court case shows “climate litigation is progressing in a good direction all over the continent,” according to a young Canadian fighting a similar legal battle in Ontario’s Court of Appeal.

The proposed construction of a private spa on what is now a popular picnic and park area on Toronto’s West Island waterfront has drawn the ire of passionate volunteers from a group called Ontario Place for All. The group is holding a rally tonight to publicly voice dissatisfaction over the deal.

Research shows that cutting carbon emissions offers more than an abstract, long-term, far-ranging result. It can actually save lives, almost immediately.

Electric vehicle sales in Canada dipped slightly at the start of the year. Experts say it’s up to provinces to offer strong policies — not rebates — if Canada wants to meet its EV goals.

Approaching his two-year anniversary on the job, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault is hoping he’s found a new ally in the fight against climate change: China. An upcoming trip to Beijing will test that theory.

Children who lived closer to natural gas wells in heavily drilled Pennsylvania were more likely to develop a relatively rare form of cancer, and nearby residents of all ages had an increased chance of severe asthma reactions, researchers said.

CEO Rich Kruger believes Suncor has been neglecting "the business drivers of today" in pursuit of future-focused, clean and low-carbon energy pursuits. 

New Democrats in two Western provinces are split over the Liberal government's goal of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, with the federal party now saying it supports that timeline.

During British Columbia's heat dome in 2021, Nasrin Moshiri had to resort to putting the children in her daycare in the bathtub to stay cool.

Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government should have never got out of the housing business even as high-income professionals are struggling to find affordable housing.

From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities are hitting the brakes on residential construction, even as Canada faces a significant housing shortage.

An outreach team for the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver has been working in the city's Downtown Eastside to ensure people are aware and are prepared to cope with the latest heat spike across parts of B.C.

The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century

Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram esthetic.

Enbridge is pushing to expand its gas network in Ontario and is using a key study that erroneously inflated the cost of switching from gas to electricity to heat buildings by billions of dollars, evidence filed with the regulator reveals.