Hydro rate freeze key plank in B.C. NDP platform for May 9 election
British Columbia's NDP leader has unveiled portions of an election platform he hopes will move his party from the Opposition benches to power after 16 years of waiting.
climate change
Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards, smashing records
There is no sugar coating the latest CO2 data. Climate failure is accelerating and Canada is making it worse...
WATCH: Quebec gets ready for climate disasters
When Alain Bourque started working in the field of climate change in the mid-1990s, he recalls how, from one presentation to the next, people didn't take him seriously.
Kennedy Stewart and the battle against the Texas pipeline company's plans
One by one, property owners in Burnaby, B.C. are learning for the first time that their land lies on the route of a major new pipeline project.
In pictures: Ottawa residents urge TD Bank to cut ties with Kinder Morgan pipeline
A photo essay by Alex Tétreault. Ottawa residents surprise a local branch of TD Bank with a letter urging the financial institution to end its financial ties with fossil fuel companies.
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Court backs California's climate change auction system
In a win for environmentalists, a California appeals court upheld a key part of the state's landmark climate change effort.
$15,000, 20 days: the lives of animals and the B.C. election
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Panel recommends overhaul of Harper-era environmental assessment regime
The panel's recommendations appear to align with interim measures introduced by the government last year that it would apply five guiding principles to its changes in the review process.
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"I like winning." McKenna challenges Bay Street to up its climate game
“This is a call to action to all of you. What are you doing in your industry?" Environment Minister Catherine McKenna asked Canadian business leaders on Tuesday.
Ontario's first cap-and-trade auction sells out current allowances
Ontario's first cap-and-trade auction sold out all current allowances, giving the new market a strong start, but the province's environment minister warned the real test of the system is coming.
Did Canada just troll Trump and Putin over climate denial?
Canada is hosting the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the first time since 2005 in September.
Here's how Europe ranks in the race against climate change
Even then, a new report from Carbon Market Watch found that Sweden, Germany and France aren't exactly passing with flying colours.
Trudeau says Canada won't be swayed by Trump on climate change
"Shame on you and your globalist counterparts," the man said. "You’re scumbags. You are an absolute scumbag."