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Unions representing public servants say they are blindsided and outraged by new rules forcing federal employees to work from the office at least three days a week.

Ontario's Ministry of the Environment has ordered a petrochemical facility in Sarnia to suspend its production operations after high benzene emissions, first flagged by a neighbouring First Nation.

Saskatchewan's Boundary Dam project continues to miss emissions reduction goals, raising questions about the cost-effectiveness of the technology, says a report.

Finance Canada is undermining sustainable investment with a multi-year effort to include fossil fuels in guidelines intended to help capital flow to clean alternatives, climate and finance experts say.

The shipping industry is finally embracing greener fuels, but which one, or ones, will they land on?

Starting this month, the Ontario Energy Board will begin public consultations on the proposed new rate. If approved, the discounted rate will be available to public EV charging stations with low usage, ranging from 50 kW to 4,999 kW.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is lagging in the fight against climate change because it does not have a plan to reduce the sector's greenhouse gas emissions, the federal environment commissioner has found.

British Columbia's auditor general says his office is doing a review of the province's response to the 2021 wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C.

Plans to use a renovated cruise ship to house more than 600 workers at a liquefied natural gas facility near Squamish, B.C., have been voted down by the local council.

The notwithstanding clause should only be used as a measure of last resort, Canada's justice minister said on Tuesday, after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre suggested he wouldn't hesitate to wield it to enact tougher criminal laws.

A team of international scientists found that El Nino — a natural warming of the central Pacific that changes weather worldwide — doubled the likelihood of the low precipitation Panama received during last year's rainy season.

Crown corporation Trans Mountain Corp. says as of Wednesday, the expanded pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast will be transporting crude oil. 

Police and specialized dogs are set to start searching Saskatoon's landfill for a woman who has been missing for more than three years.

The Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation's Gitdisdzu Lugyeks Marine Protected Area is getting international recognition but is being overlooked at home in Canada, falling victim to foot-dragging by the federal government.

A paper published in Harvard Environmental Law Review argues fossil fuel companies have been “killing members of the public at an accelerating rate.” It says oil giants’ awareness their pollution could have lethal consequences solidly fits within the definition of homicide.