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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to work "in harmony with the world" to cut carbon emissions, aiming to quell international concerns that his country, the main custodian of the oxygen-rich Amazon, could put economic interests over environmental ones.

Canada will be ready to set tougher emissions-cutting plans when the Paris climate-change agreement kicks in by the end of 2020, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says.

Big greenhouse-gas emitters will be able to take advantage of new federal tax incentives Finance Minister Bill Morneau promised on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, even if that means more emissions, the government says.

A lawsuit filed this week in a U.S. court says ExxonMobil has dramatically underestimated the risks its oilsands assets face from efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

At a downtown Montreal hotel last week, Quebec solidaire co-spokesperson Manon Masse looked out at members of the city's business community and calmly declared she wanted a revolution.

Greenpeace is suing the premier for “unlawfully” neglecting to consult the people of Ontario when he tabled legislation to formally repeal the province’s carbon emission rules.

Justin Trudeau is standing firm on his government's commitment to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and to its national climate-change plan — both of which were put in jeopardy by a bombshell court ruling that overturned federal approval for the project.

Representatives from German industry, environmental groups and unions met on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Berlin to discuss how and when the country can stop using coal to generate electricity.

Scientist David Suzuki asks "how do we ensure the price of fossil fuels includes the costs of pollution, environmental degradation and climate disruption?" The simplest and proven way, he writes, is to put a price on carbon emissions.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Ontario still has a choice to make on climate change legislation despite its incoming premier's promises to do away with carbon pricing.

In a letter penned to the prime minister, the Canadian Gas Association asks the federal government to spare the Centennial Flame from an environmental study that could see its fire snuffed by a more eco-friendly alternative.

A study shows half of Alberta's boreal forest could disappear in just over 80 years due to wildfires and climate change.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released its assessment of Canada’s environmental performance on Tuesday.

The Trump administration announced on Thursday, November 3, 2017, it will hold a public hearing in West Virginia on its plan to nullify an Obama-era plan to limit planet-warming carbon emissions. The state is economically dependent on coal mining.

Gov. Jerry Brown warned on Thursday of a California ravaged by forest fires, disease and mass migration if lawmakers fail to renew the state's signature program to fight climate change.