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High-income countries have long sent their waste abroad to be thrown away or recycled — and an independent team of experts says they’re inundating the developing world with much more plastic than previously estimated.

After a recent outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu, health experts warn the strain of avian influenza viruses is changing in ways that raise concerns it could potentially drive another pandemic.

Accelerating climate impacts on the ocean outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have localized and serious ripple effects along the B.C. coast, particularly in the Salish Sea.

On grocery store shelves in Iqaluit, Nunavut, it is hard to find enough lettuce for a family-sized salad for less than 10 bucks. In more remote parts of the northern territory, basic items like an eight-pack of juice — or a handful of fresh veggies — can go for nearly $40. 

The Nova Scotia government says no new fish farm applications will be accepted until it completes a campaign promise mapping what areas are best suited for aquaculture. The moratorium doesn’t include a fourfold expansion already proposed by the industry.

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — as the biomass stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is called — contains scattered patches of seaweed on the open sea, rather than one continuous blob of sargassum.

Senior government officials at a climate meeting in Copenhagen gave a muted response on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, to calls from the head of the United Nations for countries to show greater ambition when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, kept his party’s election promise to cut income taxes, as he projected economic growth to drop dramatically in 2023.

Premier Danielle Smith says laggardly public notification of Imperial Oil oilsands wastewater spills has illuminated the need for Alberta to ensure future alarms are sounded quicker.

A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government's decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island.

As the federal government readies its spring budget, a climate group is urging Ottawa to pursue a "made-in-Canada" response to U.S. clean energy incentives.

A high-tech industry coalition in the United States is urging President Joe Biden to take a hard line against Canada's approach to digital services.

More than three dozen professors at an Ontario university are calling on the federal and provincial governments to act in response to reporting published by Canada’s National Observer​​​​​​​.

The Supreme Court of Canada this week will examine whether the federal law that evaluates the impacts of proposed resource projects is unconstitutional.

One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.