climate change

The victory has been hailed as a major breakthrough in the effort to stem the tide of climate change. But it is also a potent example of how Wild Coast communities are using the courts to fight for the right to determine what happens in their territory.

Climate change explained

The U.S. housing market is tight — and 40 per cent of rental units are in the path of disaster.

A team of scientists in the U.S. and China decided to use an obscure weather measurement called equivalent potential temperature — or theta-e — that reflects “the moisture energy of the atmosphere.”

Climate change is already killing people, but countries don’t have an easy way to count the true mortality cost of carbon. A new project might change that.

Canada's plants are under attack from climate change and global trade, yet our governments aren't ready to protect them, over a dozen researchers are warning. 

The ever-more massive environmental footprint of cryptocurrencies might be defensible if they served some essential purpose in our lives, but that’s simply not the case, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

With the climate emergency escalating, where's Catherine McKenna going now?

Federated Co-operatives Ltd. says a new renewable diesel fuel and canola-crushing plant will be part of its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The international watchdog is taking Canada to task in a new report over what it says are serious domestic and foreign policy challenges on human rights.

Many top athletes say crashes are becoming more common as climate change reduces the availability of natural snow, forcing racers to compete on tracks with the manmade version.

Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge carbon-spewing holes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse.

Cybersecurity and space are emerging risks to the global economy, adding to existing challenges posed by climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, the World Economic Forum said in a report Tuesday.

When Rex Holwell was a kid, early December usually marked a time when the ice would harden enough in Nunainguk (or Nain) for him to drive his snowmobile on the frozen harbour. Even though Unity Bay is in the Atlantic Ocean, clusters of islands protect it enough that it completely freezes over.

The program offers loans of up to $50 million to help oil and gas producers meet or exceed regulations enforcing cuts to their methane emissions.