climate change

Scientists have used recent B.C. fires to model the effects of nuclear war on climate.

The man whose position on climate change is at the centre of a controversy over partisan campaign rhetoric weighed in on Monday, August 19, 2019, saying Elections Canada is stifling free speech if environmental groups can't produce ads that describe global warming as a real crisis borne of human behaviour.

National Observer has learned that the Ford government has ordered the organizations that protect Ontario's watershed to shut down programs that don't relate to their "core mandate," without consultation or notice about what this mandate is.

Our health demands that rural and urban populations come together to fight the climate crisis.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the fact an organization could be labelled partisan by Elections Canada just for saying that climate change is real underscores the frustration that there are still some politicians who don't believe climate change is a problem.

Maxime Bernier argued to a crowd of flag-waving, cheering candidates and supporters that not inviting him to take part in the official election debates means excluding the only political party leader who has anything different to say.

Federal and provincial agriculture ministers say they understand the seriousness of the conclusions in the latest major UN climate report urging land-use reform and that they have a plan to tackle—but few are able to articulate just what it is.

A pre−election chill has descended over some environment charities after Elections Canada warned them that discussing the dangers of climate change during the upcoming federal campaign could be deemed partisan activity.

The New Democrats booted Quebec MP Pierre Nantel out of the party's federal election fold on Friday, August 16, 2019, after confirming with him that he is in discussions to run for the Green party instead.

There had been a few names floating around when the Liberals were seeking a candidate for the newly created riding of Vancouver Granville in the last federal election, but it soon became clear the party brass had only one person in mind.

Three LNG projects in Squamish and Kitimat would require over 13,000 new fracking wells over the next 30 years between them. While industry and government tout this brand new fossil fuel industry as the 'cleanest LNG in the world' there’s little talk of the explosion in fracking operations it would bring.

Stunningly, 42 per cent believe climate change is now “an emergency,” while a further 20 per cent believe it will likely be an emergency within the next few years, for a combined total of 62 per cent.

Canada will not be spared the impact of food shortages and price shocks if global warming is not kept below 2 degrees Celsius, a new report on land use and climate change suggests.

Environmental groups have given the Trudeau government a passing grade on their efforts to restore protections to Canada's natural habitats — which the Liberals say are in jeopardy if the Conservatives return to power following this fall's federal election.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept a "back pocket" closing statement at last year's stormy G7 summit in case U.S. President Donald Trump blocked the usual united communique, the top Canadian organizer has revealed.