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The Quebec government will reduce oil consumption in the province by 40 per cent by 2030 through a vast program to shift transportation systems, buildings and businesses to hydroelectricity, Premier Francois Legault announced on Sunday, May 26, 2019, as his party held a general council meeting in Montreal.

Montreal building owners will have a little more than a decade to rid themselves of their oil furnaces as the city moves to ban the use of heating oil from its territory by 2030.

While Montreal is generally viewed as a mixture of British and French influences, look closely enough and you'll see the Irish have left their mark — including the 6,000 who lay buried in unmarked graves in the city's Sud-ouest neighbourhood.

A federal utility board voted on Thursday, February 14, 2019, to close a coal-fired power plant in Kentucky, rejecting pleas from President Donald Trump and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and handing the coal industry a defeat in its backyard.

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs remained optimistic on Friday, December 7, 2018, that, someday, a pipeline would be built to bring western crude oil to ports in his region for transport overseas. But the Quebec premier tried his best to kill that dream.

Canadians produce more greenhouse gas emissions per person than any other G20 economy, according to a new analysis.

In Canada, large-scale projects such as Site C in B.C. and Muskrat Falls in Labrador run counter to our commitments to combat climate change and respect Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Both projects are over budget and years behind schedule.

There was no shortage of reaction from social media users on Saturday, November 4, 2017, to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna's decision to call out a conservative site that had repeatedly referred to her as "climate Barbie."

Manitoba's sustainable development minister says a federal threat to impose a higher carbon tax on the province is misguided and reveals a breakdown of co-operative federalism.

"Both the former government and BC Hydro’s Board abdicated their fiduciary responsibility to the rate payers and tax payers of this province," writes Marc Eliesen in his report on the Site C Dam.

Three Labrador protesters jailed after refusing to obey a court injunction ordering them to stay away from the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project site are to be released.

The Site C Dam is out of tune with Canada's new reality. It is yesterday’s project, write two doctors, concerned about the health of British Columbians and their environment.

Ontario electricity distributors will no longer be allowed to disconnect customers’ power in the winter if they don’t pay their bills, which are steadily rising along with ratepayer anger.

Canada's relatively low carbon electricity supply and stable electricity demand is making it challenging for the wind and solar industries to expand their share of the market.

The public energy company is researching how to integrate solar energy and consumer-generated electricity into Quebec's mostly hydroelectric network.