Opinion

A parliamentary committee's proposed update of federal law to greatly improve protection against toxic substances is long overdue, says Liberal MP William Amos.

Under existing law, those who want to restrict use of a chemical must prove harm to humans or the environment. This is fundamentally backwards.

The information commissioner's investigation into the Harper government's muzzling of scientists is still underway after four years. Why is it important to see it through?

SPOILER ALERT: The wait for Season Two of this series will be an exercise in patience, but in the meantime, Nolite te bastardes carborundorum, ladies.

While there is a lot of talk about national targets, cities are the linchpins in driving down global emissions–including Canada’s urban centres.

This is not a case of a few bad apples—this is a rotting tree, writes Krista Hiddema, Mercy For Animals vice-president in Canada.

A Texas-based oil company coughed up an answer on whether oilsands expansion can be squared with Canada's climate commitments.

Even if the pipeline went ahead, at least they'd make good on an election promise to use "every tool available" to stop Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion.

Quebec’s Liberal Premier Philippe Couillard often seems embattled and caught off-guard by minor scandals and incidents.

The message in China this week was clear and forceful: the transition to clean energy is irreversible.

Minister Chrystia Freeland's foreign policy speech contained welcome concepts, but she may be premature in writing off the U.S. as a global leader, writes former diplomat Bhupinder Liddar.

Have we already forgotten the lessons of the last century and the basic needs, interests and aspirations of the universal human spirit?

Opposite tactics, opposite results. As the U.K. racks up climate wins, Canada might want to take notes.

It looks more and more like Trump may have given the global climate movement what it most lacked — a clear enemy.

When the U.S. president issues executive orders to ban people from Muslim-majority countries, it emboldens hateful actions by individuals across North America.