environmental activists

The fate of a tiny village has sparked heated debate in Germany over the country's continued use of coal and whether tackling climate change justifies breaking the law.

Mexico has become the deadliest place in the world for environmental and land defense activists, according to a global survey released Wednesday, and the Yaqui Indigenous people of northern Mexico are still mourning the killing of water-defense leader Tomás Rojo found dead in June 2021.

The risks vastly outweigh the potential benefits, they argue.

Columnist Max Fawcett says David Suzuki has been a lot of things over the course of his 85 years: a scientist, a TV personality, a grandfather and, through it all, a dedicated environmentalist. But a terrorist?

Officials from companies with fleets of trucks are urging governors across the country to embrace a rule meant to speed the adoption of zero-emission trucks and reduce a potent source of greenhouse gases spewed from the large commercial vehicles.

Climate protesters blocked the entrance to Britain's busiest ferry port on Friday, September 24, 2021, to highlight the climate crisis and fuel poverty in the U.K.

Erin O'Toole, running for the leadership of the federal Conservative party promising to stand up for Canadian workers, used American ones on his campaign.

A $1-billion fund established last year to support Indigenous participation in major projects won't have any projects to back if the circumstances that led to the cancelling of the Frontier oilsands mining project this week continue, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney warned on Wednesday, February 27, 2020.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has brushed off criticism and mockery from the U.S. Treasury chief, saying on Friday, January 24, 2020, his comments have “of course no effect” on her and fellow campaigners.

Foreign mining and energy companies that invest in the region have a responsibility to help safeguard local activists.

Firm’s public calls for climate action contrast with backing for conservative thinktanks

The Quebec government is condemning an opposition party for refusing to denounce the actions of climate activists who scaled a Montreal bridge and overtook a downtown street on Tuesday, October 8, 2019.

A group of environmental activists is planning to try and shut down some of Canada's busiest bridges on Monday, October 7, 2019, by having protesters lie down in traffic lanes.

Canada's fisheries minister says many of the people working to save the dwindling population of North Atlantic right whales are feeling drained by the ongoing ordeal, but he says more needs to be done to protect the critically endangered species.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has moved to have truckloads of garbage that Philippine officials say were illegally shipped to the Philippines years ago be forcibly shipped back to Canada, Duterte's spokesman said on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.