Taking governments to court on climate change
Fifteen young Canadians are suing the federal government over climate change. It's not the first climate change litigation. Here are five other cases:
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City of Toronto encourages pollinator gardens
While most homeowners are raking autumn leaves, Mike Perozak is helping his neighbours in downtown Toronto prepare their gardens to welcome guests in the spring.
Oilsands part of second U.S. fraud lawsuit against Exxon over carbon pricing
There is a second fraud lawsuit in the United States against ExxonMobil involving Alberta's oilsands.
How the oil industry uses schools to spread its message
According to University of Regina researchers, the influence of oil and gas has instilled in Saskatchewan's education system a troubling worldview that doesn't acknowledge the urgency of the climate emergency.
The climate is changing: Greta to march in Vancouver today
Sustainabiliteens, a youth climate advocacy group in Vancouver, will lead a march alongside Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in an historic moment today.
Misogynistic slur defaces Catherine McKenna's office
Newly re-elected Liberal MP Catherine McKenna says she has notified police after someone spray-painted a vulgar slur on the front of her Ottawa Centre campaign office.
Liberals continue to preach pipeline's clean energy benefits
The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that pull carbon out of the atmosphere.
Provinces must do their part to save endangered species
This week's election result is reason for optimism, but the federal government can't meet the crisis alone.
Greta is coming to Vancouver
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg will visit Vancouver to take part in what organizers bill as a post-election climate strike.
Permafrost emits more carbon in winter than plants absorb in summer: study
Research has found Arctic soil has warmed to the point where it releases more carbon in winter than northern plants can absorb during the summer.
UN report calls out Canada on 'abhorrent' housing conditions
A United Nations report is highlighting the role "abhorrent" housing conditions play in the poverty and exploitation that Indigenous people face in Canada and around the world.
Thunberg to make documentary
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg continued her tour of Alberta's oilsands region on Saturday, October 19, 2019, an Indigenous group says, conducting interviews that the group says will be part of an upcoming BBC documentary.
The energy discussion Canada's leaders didn't have
Much of the public debate about energy this election has been limited, according to several experts, focusing on how to decrease emissions without considering seriously changing the foundation of Canada's oil-dependent economy.
Greta Thunberg goes to heart of Canada's oil sands
The chief of a northern Alberta First Nation says he gave climate activist Greta Thunberg a message during a quietly arranged meeting in Fort McMurray on Friday, October 18, 2019, night.