climate change

Corporations can’t vote, but by putting enormous amounts of money into campaigns and lobbying, they can hijack the political agenda.That’s the case with the fossil fuel industry — the most profitable in human history, writes scientist David Suzuki.

There was some polite applause after retired atmospheric scientist John Reid stood up to ask his question. Reid, who used to work at Environment and Climate Change Canada, wants to know whether the public actually had the tools to track the government's climate change promises, when it takes years for the department to release greenhouse gas emissions data.

Asked about the report on Tuesday, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna didn't say Canada won't increase its ambition by 2020, but neither did she say Canada would.

Stephen Harper has expressed alarm over his successor's handling of NAFTA negotiations with the United States, with the former prime minister declaring the negotiations in real peril in a memo titled, "Napping on NAFTA."

John Bennett questions Canada Pension Plan investments in coal assets - think Rio Tinto - when the government is on the global stage championing the transition from coal to a low-carbon future.

Climate change is good for at least one animal...ticks spreading lyme disease to humans, warns Samantha Bee.

A non-partisan federal watchdog says climate change is already costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars each year.

Climate change didn't directly cause major wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia this year but it did contribute to their extreme nature, says a University of Alberta researcher.

Heather Szilagyi was on a British Airways flight with her seven-year-old daughter and fiancee on Oct. 10 when she said they noticed what appeared to be bedbugs crawling out of the seat in front.

Chief Science Adviser Mona Nemer is just three weeks into her job and her office is mostly still empty, but she has big plans.

The new NDP leader wants to meet Canada's climate change goals ahead of the current 2030 deadline — but he would need support from politicians outside Ottawa to do it.

Nova Scotia's proposed cap and trade regime must have declining emissions caps in order to be effective, the legislature's law amendments committee was told on Mon. Oct. 16, 2017.

A major French bank has joined a growing group of international businesses, schools and financial institutions that have pledged to go fossil fuel-free with their investments.

Four atomic bombs a second, 36 Hurricane Irmas blasting non-stop. Global warming is supercharging our climate.

Canada's science minister says the Trudeau government has "time" to consider the future of government support to a critical Arctic research lab.