climate change

"Just about every major environmental group is content with the government’s weak targets — even though the outcome will mean a great deal of damage for the country," writes Nick Fillmore.

It’s time to put the selfie sticks down. The Trudeau government is following in Stephen Harper's footsteps and promoting the extractive industry as the driver of jobs.

Alberta's climate change plan will be front and centre next week when politicians return to the legislature for the fall sitting.

Ontario's environmental watchdog warns the government "needs to walk the walk" to protect the province's biodiversity, control invasive species, and enact better forest fire management.

The National Energy Board has revised down its long-term outlook for oil prices and Canadian production in the face of lower global industry costs and stricter environmental regulations.

As climate conditions worsen, civil disobedience is a growing response to the lack of government action on climate change and the full-speed-ahead attitude of the fossil fuel industry.

About half a million solar panels were installed every day, over the past year, and the International Energy Agency predicts a renewable boom will grow faster than expected in the coming years.

Ontario is set to join Quebec’s carbon market — which is tied to California’s — but so far the program has not had the desired outcome, say prominent experts.

Prime Minister Trudeau also found himself on the receiving end of some energy−policy indignation in Hamilton, Ont., where an anti−pipeline protester showered him with pumpkin seeds.

Climate policy is not an excuse to build pipelines, writes Amanda Harvey-Sanchez. In fact, effective climate policy should be the number one government tool to stop them from getting built.

If it works, our governments would be tapping into a tried-and-true Canadian approach that has worked, one that sees provinces pioneer good ideas we can scale up into national policies.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall wants to see the $2.6 billion Ottawa has earmarked for developing countries added to an existing $2-billion federal low-carbon economy trust.

No society can thrive if their emissions rights are given away for just 1% of needed GDP.

It is estimated that the agreement will cut the global levels of hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) by 80 to 85 per cent by 2047, the World Resources Institute said in a statement.

Goodman is charged with criminal trespass in North Dakota for filming an attack on Indigenous-led pipeline protesters — in other words, for doing her job as a journalist.