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A strong legislative and regulatory framework will be the backbone of Canada’s green transition, write UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd, Lisa Gue of the David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice Canada's Elaine MacDonald.

While Canadians generally support stronger climate targets, a whopping 85 per cent admit they have “no real idea” what Canada’s actual target is, writes Clean Energy Canada's Trevor Melanson.

The fast-fashion boom is fuelling a rise in the use of synthetic fibres made from fossil fuels, study shows.

The pandemic has radically altered our reality, but remote work has led to some major environmental wins. Watch data journalist Alexandra Samuel talk about how working from home can help reduce your carbon footprint.

Buildings in Vancouver are responsible for 60 per cent of the city’s carbon pollution.

Dirty air is already known to increase hospital treatment for severe asthma attacks and other respiratory problems. But new research is the first using clinical data to show increased illness among the much bigger number of people who seek treatment from their doctor.

Over 40 leading Canadian researchers signed a letter this week urging Canada to support efforts to create a global UN treaty to address plastic pollution. About two-thirds of countries globally and several major food and beverage companies have indicated support for the approach. 

Is Lululemon's popular yoga wear polluting the Earth? Stand.earth takes aim at Canada's most popular workout wear company.

The proposed changes would basically be a return to the laws under the old Fisheries Act, which were ineffective and rarely enforced, said Mark Mattson, environmental lawyer and president of Swim Drink Fish Canada.

Investors are forcing the world’s biggest plastic manufacturers to reveal how many harmful plastic pellets they are leaking into rivers, lakes and oceans worldwide.

At any given time, 1,100 tons of microplastic are floating over the western U.S. New modelling shows the surprising sources of the nefarious pollutant.

Plastic, pesticides and other toxic substances are devastating the world’s fish and marine animals, according to a report released Tuesday.

A bill proposing to ban exports of non-recyclable plastic waste from Canada to foreign countries narrowly passed through a parliamentary committee Wednesday.

"Seeing" our family car litter 15 plastic straws out its tailpipe every second on the highway completely changed my understanding of our climate pollution emergency. And then I did the math for my flight. Barry Saxifrage details his eye-opening findings.

The focus for group members was to pick up and photograph at least one piece of trash, but it turned into a larger educational movement.