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The government made it clear that it plans to continue with its carbon pricing system, in the hopes of making it more costly to pollute and so depressing emissions over time.

CIBC's chief executive Victor Dodig rallied support for Canada's energy sector, saying it's the country's "family business" and that the shortage of pipeline capacity represents a "critical threat" to our economy.

The United States government is suing California for signing an emissions-reduction agreement with Quebec, saying the deal amounts to foreign policy that the state had no right to conduct.

Lobbying in US and Europe has tried to block and delay moves to cut emissions, study shows

Canada's medical professionals are presenting a solid front during the federal election campaign to urge political parties to take climate change seriously as a public-health issue.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer did not take part in Friday's, September 27, 2019, massive climate-change marches as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau waded in deep, accepting the criticism of teenaged climate-change activist Greta Thunberg along the way.

Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist whose global crusade compelled Canadians to flood the streets on Friday, September 27, 2019, as part of a global protest, says claims to climate leadership in both Sweden and Canada mean "absolutely nothing."

Scientists spent weeks up to their elbows in coffee grounds and banana peels to come up with what they say is the most accurate measure yet of how much food is wasted in Canadian kitchens.

CO2 from burning forests whether in Amazon or S-E Asia exacerbates climate woes globally

The planned event will mark the first time in Amazon's 25-year history that workers at the company's Seattle headquarters have participated in a strike.

A leaked draft of a report on climate change and land use, which is now being debated in Geneva by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), states that it will be impossible to keep global temperatures at safe levels unless there is also a transformation in the way the world produces food and manages land.

Climate change can seem like a problem too vast for everyday people to influence, but research using computer models suggests that public attitudes and social learning can have a measurable impact on global warming.

Lawyers representing young Quebecers tried to convince a judge on Thursday, June 6, 2019, to authorize a class action lawsuit against the federal government for what they argue is a failure to combat climate change.

Research suggests that greenhouse gases are turning Canada's Arctic waters acidic at a faster rate than anywhere else in the North.

A researcher at the University of Calgary says she has developed a method of turning greenhouse gases into valuable carbon nanofibres. Mina Zarabian came up with the concept while completing her doctorate in chemical and petroleum engineering at the university's Schulich School of Engineering. Zarabian and her professor, Pedro Pereira Almao, worked together to come up with the technique.