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The approval of the controversial Chalk River project has left critics and some Algonquin First Nations reeling that environmental concerns brought to the nuclear safety regulator fell on deaf ears.

False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in a report on Wednesday.

Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement that also requires the company to remedy environmental damage caused by illegal software that let it skirt diesel emissions tests.

The forecaster says the arctic air mass has settled over Yukon and the Northwest Territories with temperatures near -40 C and wind chill drop to to -55 before temperatures turn more seasonal by Saturday. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Researchers still can’t answer the big question: Are those nanoplastic pieces harmful to health?

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.

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.

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.

Rather than a trade group fighting to keep gas in homes, we need one fighting for a very different future.

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.

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.