pollution

The average Canadian refinery produced less oil while emitting substantially higher rates of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides compared with the U.S. average in 2014, the data shows from a joint investigation by National Observer, Global News and The Toronto Star.

Imperial Oil Ltd. shareholders are seeking to force the company to be more transparent about its water-related risks from pollution and climate change, as well as its lobbying activities and expenditures.

Canada plans to use its presidency of the G7 this year to push fellow member countries to help stop the oceans from becoming massive rubbish heaps.

Almost two dozen marine scientists from around the world have issued a warning about an often-overlooked side effect of climate change and pollution.

One year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got eight provinces and all three territories to agree to put a price on pollution as part of a national climate change plan.

Environmental Commissioner Dianne Saxe said Ontario has turned a blind eye to "outrageous" pollution that's adversely affecting several Indigenous communities.

Global agriculture is being faced with a double challenge: feeding a growing population while adopting more environmentally-friendly practices.

Cindy Sanchez began to feel ill just before Harvey's torrents started pelting this city just east of Houston, along a corridor with the nation's highest concentration of petrochemical plants.

If you're planning to enjoy the great outdoors this summer, there are good reasons to stock up on bug spray.

U.S. allies around the world sounded alarms on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, as President Donald Trump seemed close to pulling the United States out of the landmark Paris climate accord.

A new report from Ontario Power Generation overwhelmingly affirms the utility's long-held position that the best place for a nuclear-waste bunker is on the Lake Huron shoreline.

Federal government scientists say they have devised an accurate way to directly measure air pollutants from oilsands mines.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says that bulk carrier Kure Harbour was freed from a shoal near Argentia Saturday, April 8, 2017, evening.

"We don't have any tools to climate-proof corals," said Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies in Australia.

“Sustainability needs to become mainstream,” says Ottawa teacher-turned-entrepreneur Valerie Leloup. “It may not be top of mind right now, but I will work very hard to make it top of mind.”