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The agreement approved in Dubai was welcomed by some observers as a historic turning point in global climate negotiations and stronger than a draft floated earlier in the week. 

First Nations and community groups aiming to restore salt marshes in the Campbell River estuary, develop a modern fish trap based on ancient practices and rebuild a hatchery get $3.4 million in funding from the B.C. and federal governments.

Indigenous students in Ontario still have lower attendance and graduation rates and are suspended twice as often as their non-Indigenous peers.

In the face of accelerating natural disasters and the slow state of climate negotiations, new diplomatic efforts to rein in fossil fuels are being developed. Will it be enough to avoid catastrophe?

While the sustainable jobs act moves through the House of commons, Canada’s largest labour organization and an Alberta-based think tank have set their sights on what comes next.

Agricultural chemicals and insecticides, fungicides and herbicides used in tree farming have drawn remarkably little attention, partly owing to a lack of research on the risks to consumers or farm workers.

New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government has released its strategy to become carbon neutral within 12 years through the use of nuclear, wind and solar energy.

Alberta needs an open public inquiry into how the province ensures oilsands producers can pay to clean up after themselves, says a report released Wednesday by a group of university researchers.

The ‘UAE Consensus’ on climate change is anything but universal agreement. In fact, it reveals the deep divisions set to define the next decade of climate action.

The federal government faced fierce external pressure to abandon or weaken its plan to cap oil and gas sector emissions from provincial governments and industry lobby groups in the lead-up to its announcement last week.

The sustainable building sector is looking to the past for ideas on how to decarbonize materials the industry relies on to create buildings and homes. An old player that is becoming increasingly key? Wood.

Despite Atura's offer of nearly $3.5 million to the Halton Hills Community Benefit Fund, the council refused to support the project after a community outcry over concerns the proposed plant would lead to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants.

Clouds way up in the stratosphere act like a blanket, trapping heat in the Arctic and Antarctica. That could help explain why models keep underestimating how fast they’re warming.

The federal government will launch a consultation process next month on developing a catalogue of pre-approved designs to accelerate the homebuilding process for developers.

Leader John Rustad has said he is building a broad coalition of voters and the the party will serve as an alternative to both the New Democrats and BC United.