A Congresswoman's plan to slow global warming by using the soil
A new bill sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree would enlist growers to help slow global warming by using their soil to sponge up carbon dioxide.
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Federal government in good financial shape: PBO
The federal Liberals could add billions in spending and keep federal finances sustainable over the long run, Parliament's budget watchdog says in a report that begins to set the stage for Finance Minister Bill Morneau's upcoming budget plan.
Kenney says cancelling of major energy projects harming Indigenous prosperity
A $1-billion fund established last year to support Indigenous participation in major projects won't have any projects to back if the circumstances that led to the cancelling of the Frontier oilsands mining project this week continue, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney warned on Wednesday, February 27, 2020.
Trump’s Plan to Plant a Trillion Saplings Misses the Forest for the Trees
As a means to address climate change, it’s a complete cop-out.
The Paris Agreement set an unrealistic target for global warming. Now what?
“We need to grapple with the reality that we’re not going to meet the goals that we’ve talked about.”
Federal opposition promises new info on Trans Mountain costs
Federal opposition parties are promising new information about the price of the Trans Mountain pipeline at a morning news conference in Ottawa.
Young Canadians are becoming vegetarian or vegan to fight climate change
Mia Kelly, 17, decided to become vegetarian after marching in last fall's climate strike in Ottawa.
Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday, February 17, 2020, that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.
Car ‘splatometer’ tests reveal huge decline in number of insects
Research shows abundance at sites in Europe has plunged by up to 80% in two decades
Trudeau at the centre of clash over energy, environment, Indigenous demands
The competing demands of natural resource development, environmental protection and Indigenous reconciliation appear poised for a head-on crash — with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority government caught in the middle as Parliament resumes on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.
How the oil industry pumped Americans full of fake news
The new season of the podcast "Drilled" investigates the oldest tricks in Big Oil’s book.
Bees disappearing due to climate change
Research measuring the effort of climate change on bees suggests they are only half as likely to be found in areas where they were once common.
Big city mayors want federal dollars for clean energy-powered transit
The mayors of Canada's biggest cities are pressing the federal government for immediate money to address climate change, as well as a promise of predictable transit funding down the tracks.
Antarctica’s glaciers are melting so fast, you can swim in them. In a Speedo.
Will these grim dispatches from Antarctica get the world’s attention?