Catherine McKenna

Nearly 50 municipalities from Cape Breton to Vancouver will test their climate action chops this year through a series of groundbreaking clean energy projects.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been given until the end of 2017 to sign on to Ottawa's national climate change agreement to avoid losing out on millions of dollars to help cut emissions.

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

It can be tempting to succumb to pessimism in a world touched by human consumption, but on World Environment Day, two prominent climate leaders are spreading a resounding message of hope.

President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate-change agreement is disappointing, but the world is marching inexorably towards a greener future with or without the US, says McKenna

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna released details Thursday of the Trudeau government’s plan to crackdown on methane pollution from oil and gas companies.

Legislation to enact a federal carbon pricing plan expected spring 2018, but revenue questions are still unanswered.

The carbon tax, or cap−and−trade equivalent, will have to go up by $10 a year, rising to $50 a tonne by the end of 2022.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says any attempt by Ottawa to link transfer money with a province's carbon tax policy would be a serious attack on federal-provincial relations.

The dam hasn’t seen this much action since 1993, the last time Lake Ontario was this high. But the system can only handle so much.

It’s a stunning retreat from key promises and statements made by the government since its election in 2015.

The federal government stands to collect $280 million in GST on provincial carbon taxes in Alberta and B.C. in the next two years, despite claims of carbon taxes being revenue neutral.

Both the government and the media have their work cut out for them, says Canadian star environmentalist David Suzuki.

Though there are no surviving veterans who fought at Vimy Ridge, Canadians across the country are making sure their legacy is not forgotten on the battle's centennial anniversary.

A report affirming the shoreline of Lake Huron as the best place to bury radioactive waste failed to provide information the government had requested, federal environmental authorities say.