greenhouse gas

There are more than 2,600 landfills across the U.S., and collectively, they leak more than 280 million tons of carbon dioxide into the air each year — the equivalent of 74 coal-fired plants. So why are government regulations on the facilities so lax?

The B.C. company that operates Canada's largest container terminal is going to court against the federal government to keep five years of greenhouse gas emissions data secret.

A startup is zapping seawater with electricity to extract and store away carbon, but scientists remain skeptical.

Eating less beef, cheese and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.

One of Canada's largest biodigesters is taking shape in a field outside High River, Alta., raising with it a growing global debate over natural gas, cattle farming and greenwashing  The project will house a machine that transforms organic matter like cow manure or food waste into biomethane gas.

Edgar (Eddie) Dearden skips the small talk when he meets someone new, instead starting the conversation by asking them if they "know what natural gas is." The question is the centrepiece of his self-appointed quest to fight the fossil fuel industry's insidious disinformation campaign painting natural gas as a climate solution. 

The doors of a metal box slide open, and a drone rises over a gas well in Pennsylvania. Its mission: To find leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, so that energy companies can plug the leaks and reduce the emissions that pollute the air.

A new report from dozens of international scientists says it's inevitable the Arctic will lose its entire summer sea cover at least once over the next generation and probably a lot more often than that.

Five policy questions Tory leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre hasn't answered

The rolling prairie lands of northeastern Wyoming have been a paradise of lush, knee−deep grass for sheep, cattle and pronghorn antelope this summer.

To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil−rich Permian Basin.

RenuWell project sites near Taber are set to produce enough electricity to power 280 average households by October.

Canada cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nine per cent in 2020, but whether that is indicative of a long-term trend or merely a product of the COVID-19 pandemic remains to be seen.

Premier Doug Ford’s government announced last week it would temporarily cut the province’s gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre and its fuel tax by 5.3 cents per litre, but not until July 1 — about a month after the provincial election slated for June 2.

Climate scientists say plugging methane leaks and phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to avert catastrophic global heating.