Poor countries face the biggest threats from plastic pollution
A person picks up trash in a landfill. A new analysis finds lower-income countries pay eight times more for plastic’s social and environmental impacts.
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EU lawmakers reject proposal to cut use of chemical pesticides
The vote came less than a week after the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the 27-nation bloc was extended for 10 more years.
India restores e-visa services for Canadian nationals, as diplomatic row eases
India restored electronic visa services for Canadian nationals, an Indian foreign ministry official said on Wednesday, two months after Canada alleged the South Asian nation was involved in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Canada.
Freeland's mini budget includes promise of new guardrails to keep deficits in check
The Liberal government's fall economic statement acknowledges the cost-of-living crisis weighing on Canadians but offers few new measures to tackle it, while pledging to keep deficits in check.
Money to compensate developing nations for climate change promises to be hot topic at COP28
Sunil Kumar watched helplessly in July as his home and 14 others were washed away by intense monsoon rains lashing the Indian Himalayas.
Wild "super pigs" from Canada threaten to invade northern US states
An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion.
Canadians want carbon price paused on all home heating: poll
A new poll suggests Canadians are broadly in favour of the federal government's decision to exempt home heating oil from its price on carbon, and would welcome expanding the relief to all forms of home heating fuel.
Feds promise Indigenous loan guarantee program, but no details provided
The "next steps" for a long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program will be announced in next year's federal budget, the Liberal government promised in its fall economic statement on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023.
Five years after the Camp Fire, they’re picking up the pieces in Paradise
After losing their home, Charles Brooks and his family chose to rebuild — and helped hundreds of others do the same.
Ford government taken to court over West Island plans
Environmental group Ontario Place for All is seeking an injunction to halt Doug Ford government’s redevelopment plans for Toronto’s West Island, which includes a mega spa.
Scant investments in wildfire prevention in fall economic update
After Canada’s worst wildfire season on record, Ottawa’s mini-budget is scant on investments to protect First Nations and other communities from a new era of fire.
Climate crisis appears to be an afterthought in feds’ fall fiscal update
A status-quo fiscal statement suggests climate change is an afterthought for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland following the wildfire crises felt by Canadians this summer, a new economic update suggests.
Nearly half the Canada Growth Fund will lock in carbon price contract guarantees
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland used her fall economic update Tuesday to confirm that the fund – which she launched a year ago in the 2022 fall economic statement – would be the principal vehicle to deliver carbon contracts for difference.
Latest Stats Can reading on inflation out today
Statistics Canada is expected to release its latest reading on inflation today.