climate action

The vast growth of bedroom communities surrounding bigger cities in Alberta is undermining efforts to cut carbon emissions in urban centres. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau injected a dose of electoral politics into an announcement on Thursday, August 1, 2019, in Canada's Far North, taking aim at his Conservative rival while unveiling details on two marine protected areas.

"When we start to act, hope is everywhere," climate activist Greta Thunberg said. "So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then the hope will come."

A Ministry of Environment spokesperson said cap and trade was "a poorly designed, hastily implemented and poorly executed" system.

The youth-led climate action strikes are backed by science. It’s time for scientists to join them, writes scientist Ellen Gute.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the economy has become such a mess under the Liberals that it would take a Conservative government five years to clean it up.

Montreal building owners will have a little more than a decade to rid themselves of their oil furnaces as the city moves to ban the use of heating oil from its territory by 2030.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she will soon head to Toronto and New York to rally support among business leaders for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion.

Alberta — home to one-third of Canada’s agricultural land — could put a big dent in its carbon footprint by transitioning to organic agriculture, writes Tracy Misiewicz.

It felt weirdly self-indulgent to mourn the loss of a Montreal skating rink when Cape Town, South Africa, is on track to run out of water in April. But both are strong reasons to step up the fight against climate change, writes Mitchell Beer.

Photographer James Whitlow Delano hopes to harness the power of Instagram to raise awareness about climate change around the world.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley took her pro-pipeline tour to the heart of the energy industry in Calgary on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, where she urged business leaders not to let up on the message that Canada's climate progress depends on pipeline progress.

Fully 79 per cent of Canadians believe we “face a catastrophe if we fail to do more.”

California lawmakers have moved closer to a high-stakes decision that will decide the fate of a climate initiative that Gov. Jerry Brown holds up as a model to be replicated around the world.

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