Canada's slipping national wealth addicted to oil and gas: study
"What we’re saying is this is a roller−coaster; we know it’s a roller−coaster," said IISD president Scott Vaughan on Thursday.
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Oilpatch didn't like the rules, so you paid $134,660 for a report
After spending up to $2,600 a day plus expenses for a high-profile lawyer to review Canada’s Arctic drilling law, the Trudeau government says it’s still figuring out what to do with his report.
New pipeline approvals complicate math of cutting Canada's GHG emissions
Prime Minister Trudeau has two major oil pipeline expansions, insisting all the while that the new fossil fuel infrastructure fits within his government's plan to reduce emissions.
Trudeau's pipeline approvals spark protests across Canada
"You can either be serious about climate change, or you can expand the tarsands. But you cannot do both," says the president of the National Union of Postal Workers.
Trudeau pipeline approval could harm relations for 'generations', says Chief Thomas
Maureen Thomas, chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation travelled to Ottawa for a last-minute appeal to stop the Trudeau government from approving Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion pipeline.
Canada tries to get everyone singing carbon Kumbaya
Brace yourselves for direct action, civil disobedience, mass arrests… the whole nine yards. All that said, it’s hard for a guy like me not to feel encouraged by the overarching government signals.
Loss of sea ice, changes to tundra: Study says Arctic faces 19 tipping points
Most of the threats are already appearing, and some are likely to lead to a new normal, even if countries manage to control climate change.
Opinion: Energy project threatens food security in Canada’s North
Canada is grappling with hunger on its own turf with over 4 million Canadians experiencing food insecurity - a lack of access to the variety or quantity of food they need due to lack of money.
Eight things you should know about the Marrakech climate talks
The two week United Nations climate negotiations in Marrakech have concluded, with major outcomes for the international climate community.
Trump retreats on pledge to jail Clinton and shows openness to climate treaty
In a strange interview with the New York Times, U.S. Presidential-elect Donald Trump appeared to retreat on key pledges to jail Hillary Clinton and pull out of the Paris climate change treaty.
Ontario cap and trade won't limit emissions through 2020: environment watchdog
Ontario's upcoming cap-and-trade program will not limit the province's greenhouse gas emissions through to 2020, the environmental commissioner said Tuesday.
Brad Wall government fuming over Canada's coal plant phase out plan
The Saskatchewan government is fuming about Ottawa's plan to phase out coal-fired power generation in Canada by 2030.
'Traditional Canadian winter' in store for most: Weather Network
It will be a cold and potentially stormy winter for much of the country
Canadian youth lay out demands for climate justice
Young leaders highlighted nine key actions in Marrakech that they say the Liberal government must take so that its climate change goals do not become empty rhetoric.
Canada's Catherine McKenna announces coal phase out for 2030
Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is announcing a plan to phase out the use of coal-fired electricity by 2030.