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"I’m here because President Trump is not,” the billionaire philanthropist and 2020 Democratic contender said in Madrid.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said she was surprised and honoured on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, to learn she had been named Time’s youngest “Person of the Year,” saying the accolade deserved to be shared by others in the global movement she helped inspire.

Big oil understood the climate effects of burning fossil fuels for decades before embarking on a public relations effort to seed doubt over the realities of global warming.

Nova Scotia's largest environmental group has published a study that envisions a province where more than 40 per cent of cars are hybrids or electric, heat pumps are widespread and imported electricity replaces coal.

A new report singles out Canada's oil and gas subsidies as threatening Paris commitments.

The third Lancet Countdown report, an annual review of the scientific evidence of the impact climate change has on human health, was released Wednesday.

As global temperatures rise, plans for dealing with the climate crisis are all but silent on the oceans and the plight of the coastal seafood industry.

Fifteen young Canadians are suing the federal government over climate change. It's not the first climate change litigation. Here are five other cases:

The leader of the Assembly of First Nations says the minority government elected on Monday, October 21, 2019, presents an opportunity to keep moving the needle on issues affecting Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

A strike that would have closed hundreds of schools across Ontario was averted on Sunday, October 6, 2019, night as the province reached a tentative deal with the union representing thousands of education workers.

As a child growing up in Toronto, Dr. Melissa Lem was dubbed a tree hugger thanks to her passion for the environment. It's a label she fully embraces as a family physician pushing for political action when it comes to the link between health and climate change, a major issue during the federal election campaign.

The Trump administration is poised to revoke California's authority to set auto mileage standards, asserting that only the federal government has the power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy.

With Trump expected to skip the UN climate summit, the question will be: what’s possible if the most powerful nation is pulling away from action?

A new report argues that big investments in adaptation measures will not only avert environmental catastrophe but also reap significant returns.