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Moves toward phasing out fossil fuel use and gas-powered engines, for example, haven't worked by themselves, but they are more successful when combined with some kind of energy tax or additional cost system, study authors concluded in an exhaustive analysis of global emissions, climate policies and laws.

Bruce Heyman, who served as ambassador from 2014 to 2017, gave Canada a “tsunami warning,” saying if Trump takes the White House, Canada is at great risk.

The results from a recent Leger poll suggest more than one in three Canadians have been touched directly by extreme weather such as forest fires, heat waves, floods or tornadoes.

In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways has simultaneously stopped, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year.

Despite attracting billions in electric vehicle (EV) investments, the Ford government rejected a proposal by NDP-MPP Jennifer French to mandate “rough-in” installations for EV chargers in new homes, citing concerns about increased building costs when she first proposed the legislation in June.

The planet is facing interconnected threats from climate change, nature loss and plastic pollution. Officials say that three upcoming environmental conferences could be key to develop strategies to address them.

'Integrated' plans that capture carbon and restore biodiversity while also supporting the livelihoods of local communities are not only less harmful, says Dr. Trisha Gopalakrishna — they're also more likely to succeed.

The territory will add $5 million of its own to the investment, intended to help it acquire firefighting equipment as wildfires trigger evacuations in the north.

But Bouchart said disruption should be minimal since the feeder main won't have to be shut down.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says Adler's past comments toward Indigenous Peoples are "grossly offensive" and perpetuate stereotypes.

Provincial data suggests Alberta’s roadkill numbers are soaring, with snakes hit particularly hard last year.

The largest study of Canada's catastrophic 2023 wildfire season concludes it is "inescapable" that the record burn was caused by extreme heat and parching drought, while adding the amount of young forests consumed could make recovery harder.

Canada's ambassador to the United States says the country is looking for an administration willing to deepen its defence relationships as NATO allies watch closely to see what the Democratic National Convention may reveal about how Kamala Harris could approach foreign policy.

A northern B.C. couple was unsuccessful in their bid to protect themselves, their three children and over a dozen animals from the noxious gases poised to be emitted by a natural gas well adjacent to their home. But while their effort to halt operations at the well failed in court, observers say the case highlights potentially fatal problems in provincial rules regulating gas wells.

70 per cent of federal temporary foreign worker inspections are announced to the employer prior to inspection, despite being triggered primarily by worker complaints