A push to protect rare old-growth forests
Quebec has just 477 square kilometres of recognized old-growth. Experts want more awareness and management of these centuries-old forests before it's too late.
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The great debate over dairy manure
CO2 released by burning biogas from cow manure is counted as an emission reduction, rather than a climate pollutant, and multiple state programs in the U.S. are taking credit for the cuts that some see as phantoms.
Radioactive waste site in Chalk River a go
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has greenlit a proposed nuclear waste storage facility in Chalk River, Ont., after a years-long battle waged by concerned citizens, environmentalists and First Nations.
Corrosion caused northern Alberta pipeline to rupture and catch fire
The Transportation Safety Board says the escaped gas ignited, causing a fire that "self-extinguished" after the manual closing of valves upstream and downstream of the break.
Thousands of tiny plastic particles are in your bottled water. Do they harm human health?
Researchers still can’t answer the big question: Are those nanoplastic pieces harmful to health?
Consumer energy prices expected to fall this year as oil prices drop
Analysts say 2024 will be a year of weaker oil prices, something that should bring some relief to weary consumers after two years of soaring energy costs.
Canada's five biggest banks make misleading 'sustainable finance' claims: securities complaint
Banks are using the term "sustainable finance" too broadly and not backing up the claims with data, Investors for Paris Compliance said in its submission Tuesday to the Ontario Securities Commission and the Autorité des marchés financiers of Québec.
Improving the path to plant two billion trees
One-fifth of tree-planting projects funded by the federal government's two billion trees program are Indigenous-led, and there will soon be more thanks to a new funding stream specifically for Indigenous project proposals.
How the gas lobby is holding up climate progress
Rather than a trade group fighting to keep gas in homes, we need one fighting for a very different future.
Feds pay to make climate comfort centres more comfortable
Ottawa is upgrading climate "comfort" centres in Nova Scotia to provide people with beds, medical supplies and generators when natural disasters strike. Climate advocates want to see much more done to prepare.
Federal NDP will soon be debt free and ready to build up war chest
The party has less than $1 million left on a $22-million election loan from 2021, and recent fundraising efforts should allow it to pay off the debt in the coming months, said NDP director Anne McGrath.
Climate-related weather disasters cost insurers $3.1 billion last year
The Insurance Bureau of Canada's annual tally is topped by wildfires in the Okanagan and Shuswap areas of B.C., which cost $720 million.
Canadian killed in New York bus crash: Global Affairs
New York State Police said one person died and 11 others were injured after a Skyway Coach Line tour bus crashed on U.S. Highway 87 while travelling from Montreal to New York City on Friday.
Parents take a stand on children changing names or pronouns at school
A legal challenge to Saskatchewan's new law requiring parental consent if children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school is back in court this week. New Brunswick enacted a similar measure last year, and other provinces are looking at doing the same.
Public sector unions in Quebec to vote on new contract
An alliance of Quebec unions representing 420,000 public sector workers will take a proposed contract to its members for approval, after a fall and winter marked by massive strikes and protests.