climate change

Fifteen transport companies, among them Uber and Lyft, pledge to lead the transition toward a zero-emission future and sustainable cities through more collaboration with local governments.

Leah was 17 when she first flew to Montreal, in early fall of 2002, and she was scared of heights. As the plane lifted above Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, she kept her eyes on her ten-month-old daughter, Katie. She had never had a bird’s-eye view of her town, built along the Koksoak River, but she couldn’t bear to look down.

Research to combat climate change in Canada's north is paramount, says NDP MP Linda Duncan, but there's more than rising temperatures at stake.

Over 250 scientists have signed a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that was released Monday by science advocacy group Evidence for Democracy.

Canada's pipeline regulator, the National Energy Board (NEB), is giving energy giant Kinder Morgan some new help to speed up its Trans Mountain expansion project, after recognizing the Texas-based company was showing some "reluctance" to follow the existing rules.

​If it seems as if the weather's getting weirder, you're not wrong. An index of extreme weather in Canada compiled by the insurance industry backs that up.

International experts are asking for NGOs and governments to include women in their initiatives to fight against climate change in agriculture.

The Trudeau government unveiled its draft of a mammoth new law that would put in place a system to track and price carbon pollution from fossil fuels and industry.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that he was "going after those who have profited" from destructive climate change, saying "It’s time that they are held accountable.”

Almost two dozen marine scientists from around the world have issued a warning about an often-overlooked side effect of climate change and pollution.

The plan opens up 90 percent of U.S. offshore reserves to private companies: from 2019 to 2024, forty-seven new leases are planned for the waters off Alaska, California, the Eastern seaboard and Gulf of Mexico.

Atmospheric hurricanes have devastated many lives recently, their ferocity enhanced by warm seas and moist air associated with climate change. And that same historic crisis, coupled with massive droughts and huge social and political stresses in the Middle East and North Africa, is creating human migrations on this planet so violent they can be described as 'refugee hurricanes.'

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

Despite progress in stabilizing the stratospheric ozone layer, all the other problems scientists looked at in 1992 have worsened.

Organizers were checking the forecast every hour Friday hoping to see some improvement but the polar vortex that has turned Ottawa into a living icicle shows no sign of lifting until at least January 2.