Carbon footprint

Wind-assisted systems to save fuel are also being fitted to engine-powered cargo ships, all the way up to the massive 340-meter (1,115-foot) Sea Zhoushan.

Researchers have developed a type of concrete that uses discarded shells to trap water. It's now combating floods and food waste in urban gardens and along cycling paths.

Paris Olympics, Lululemon and the fossil fuel fashion fail: As the climate crisis threatens the future of sport and the health of athletes, retired professional athlete and Canadian Olympian Margo Malowney asks Team Canada sponsor Lululemon to address its reliance on fossil fuels and skyrocketing emissions.

When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many began questioning those hours they had spent commuting to work.

A new Building to Zero Exchange is helping the construction industry in Nova Scotia lower the carbon footprints of our homes — and help achieve our climate targets.

A Liverpool co-op illustrates how energy-efficient buildings are more affordable in the long term and is a good model for communities looking to address the housing crisis.

Crops are getting planted later in the year than ever as killer winter frost delays its arrival in Ontario. Berries in British Columbia devastated by recent climate-driven extreme heat and floods are moving into the controlled climates of vertical farms. 

The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed back on Wednesday on growing demands from premiers to dump the planned April 1 hike to the consumer carbon levy, saying leaders must tackle both affordability and climate change.

A historic Halifax house is renovated with climate as the foundation.

United Churches are on a carbon-cutting mission thanks to Faithful Footprints, a funding stream that helps churches cut their GHG emissions through retrofits.

It was the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years, and #ClimateScam is taking off.

Eating less beef, cheese and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.

Protesters highlighted the desert festival’s carbon footprint, but the biggest issue may be Burning Man’s opposition to renewable energy in its own backyard.

In March 2022, 175 countries agreed to write a global treaty to address the plastic pollution crisis. Now, a year and a half later, they have a rough draft.