Jordan Omstead
About Jordan Omstead
Reporter with The Canadian Press
Taylor Swift ticket giveaway was aimed at the Royal Bank's fossil fuel investment policies
The campaign organized by Decolonial Solidarity, Change Course and Stand.Earth has drawn a mix of intrigue, skepticism and praise from organizers and academics who study Canadian social movements. Observers says it offers an example of how advocacy groups are testing out novel tactics to bring in new recruits in the fight against global warming.
How has climate change shifted the odds of extreme cold? A new tool seeks the answer
Environment and Climate Change Canada is expanding upon a system it introduced in the summer to measure heatwaves. The tool will help officials with measuring the extent to which human-caused climate change affects individual cold snaps.
Thousands of annual deaths are linked to wildfire smoke inhalation: new research
Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, an assistant professor at Dalhousie University, conducted a modelling study that estimates about 12,566 annual wildfire smoke-related deaths in the 2010s were linked to climate change, up from about 669 in the 1960s.
Ontario youth-led climate case can proceed following court ruling
The case is the first in Canada to consider whether governments' approach to climate change has the potential to violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Decision expected today in Ontario landmark youth-led climate case
The Court of Appeal for Ontario heard arguments earlier this year brought by seven young people who say the province's weakened emissions target is a violation of their constitutional rights.
Toronto inches forward on potential fossil fuel advertising ban
It's latest in a series of city-level moves across Canada, including in Ottawa and Montreal, to look at greenwashing, a term for ads that make misleading or false environmental claims.
PBO updates carbon rebate report after error — finds same conclusion
Yves Giroux says today's report still finds the vast majority of households get back more in rebates than they pay through the carbon price — but once broader economic effects are factored in, those gains are wiped out for most, except for some lower-income earners.
Canada lowers emissions in 2023, but must accelerate to hit key targets: report
Oil and gas production hikes and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, but a new report says the country was still able to make a modest cut to its planet-warming emissions.
Last summer's wildfire emissions were quadruple Canada's annual fossil fuel emissions: study
The study published Wednesday in the journal Nature says only China, India and the United States release more carbon per year than Canada's 2023 wildfires did from May to September.
Climate change made record-breaking Eastern Canada heat wave 'much more likely'
Environment and Climate Change Canada says the results of its rapid analysis into the mid-June heat wave over parts of Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada show it was made two to ten times more likely due to climate change.