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Switzerland kicked the hornet’s nest of geoengineering with an official proposal to find a way to shade the Earth at the UN Environment Assembly’s latest gathering in Nairobi.

The vote came less than a week after the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the 27-nation bloc was extended for 10 more years.

Environmental groups have started legal action against the European Union’s executive branch in a bid to block a move to include natural gas and nuclear power generation on a list of sustainable activities.

European Union countries and negotiators from the EU's parliament reached a provisional deal on Thursday to raise the share of renewables in the bloc's energy mix, another step to accelerate its green transition.

European Union governments and lawmakers reached a deal on Sunday, December 18, 2022, on key elements of the 27-nation bloc's green deal, reforming the EU's trading system for greenhouse gas emissions and creating a new hardship fund for those hardest-hit by measures to curb climate change.

European Union lawmakers voted on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, to include natural gas and nuclear in the bloc’s list of sustainable activities, backing a proposal from the EU’s executive arm that has been drawing fierce criticism from environment groups and now looks set to trigger legal challenges.

European Union countries reached a deal following hard−fought talks that dragged into early on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, to back stricter climate rules that would eliminate carbon emissions from new cars by 2035.

The spotlight is on a provision that would force automakers to lower carbon-dioxide emissions by 100 per cent in 2035, a step that would amount to an EU prohibition that year on the sale of new cars powered by gasoline or diesel.

People saying nice things about Justin Trudeau doesn’t get clicks in our current media landscape, and it doesn’t drive the kind of anger that plays so well on social media, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Shoppers at Sobeys Inc. grocery stores will soon need to bring their own totes or lug their purchases home in paper bags as the chain moves to phase out plastic bags by February 2020.

It’s been nearly four years since leaked documents revealed Exxon Mobil Corp. understood that fossil fuel emissions caused the planet to warm before it began funding a Big Tobacco-style misinformation campaign to discredit climate science. Now the world’s largest publicly traded oil company will face public questions for the first time over its role in creating a climate crisis on Earth.

A Vancouver radio reporter says people on social media, including a vocal British politician, should be more careful about spreading fake news.

The government of Canada has been increasing its use of paid Facebook advertisements over the last three years, spending tens of millions of dollars on boosted posts, videos and ad campaigns, new figures tabled in Parliament show.

G20 leaders managed to bring U.S. President Donald Trump on side against protectionist trade policies, but he still stands alone when it comes to resisting action on climate change.

Fresh from his meeting in Washington, Justin Trudeau sought to bring Europe a message of reassurance Wednesday about the anxiety it faces over Donald Trump's antipathy towards the continent.