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New research suggests that ancient polar bear populations shrank as sea ice dwindled, adding weight to concerns about the predator's future as climate change melts the Arctic.

The last 12 months were the hottest Earth has ever recorded, according to a new report by Climate Central, a nonprofit science research group.

Farms and forests across Canada could soon be sprayed with pesticides or planted with seeds from genetically modified organisms that haven't been evaluated for safety by the country's regulatory agencies. 

Gas stations are everywhere. That doesn't mean they'd make good electric vehicle charging stations.

Concerns of an emerging climate enemy coupled with calls for hope at an Indigenous Veterans Day ceremony held in Vancouver.

Of the 20 major fossil-fuel-producing countries profiled in the report, Canada’s planned increase to oil production for 2030, compared to 2021 levels, ranks behind only Brazil, the United States and Saudi Arabia, and just ahead of Russia and Kuwait.

Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said the province is spending $765,000 on a pavilion to share how it produces food, fertilizer and fuel more sustainably than other countries

This October was the hottest on record globally, 1.7 degrees Celsius (3.1 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month — and the fifth straight month with such a mark in what will now almost certainly be the warmest year ever recorded.

A letter signed by more than 100 scientists is urging the Canadian government to take action to stop the degradation of its previously undisturbed forests from large-scale industrial logging.

A campaign mounted by several B.C. climate and civil society groups is calling on the provincial government to set more ambitious climate targets and enact policies to reach them. “We are in deep doo-doo with respect to the climate crisis,” said Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.

As the annual UN climate change negotiations creep closer, Quebec Premier François Legault says he is trying to convince Canada to abandon oil and gas, as a series of groundbreaking reports reveal huge fossil fuel expansion plans that must be cancelled if the world is to avoid catastrophic global warming.

Each year, companies are invited to offer money to explore areas in the Atlantic Ocean for oil and gas deposits. But last week, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board announced there were no new bids to explore the region in 2023. The lack of interest contrasts sharply with 2022, when over $238 million worth of exploration licences were awarded.

Eating less beef, cheese and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.

Derek Evans, chief executive of MEG Energy, made the comments on a conference call with analysts discussing the company's third-quarter financial results.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada hasn’t got the right tools or resources in place to monitor and protect vital commercial fisheries despite promising to rectify the problem seven years ago, a federal audit released Tuesday shows.