Canada's Climate Daily

Canada denies suppression of oil-spill science, accuses Tsleil-Waututh of 'baseless accusations'

Attorney General of Canada David Lametti has argued in a memorandum of fact and law submitted to the court that the reviews in question were "internal notes," not actual scientific peer reviews.

Strong medicine for toxic resource extraction

Coal isn’t dying. It moved to Asia.

The world burns 65 percent more coal today than it did in 2000, according to the IEA’s new report.

Climate whiplash: wild swings in extreme weather are on the rise

As the world warms, scientists say that abrupt shifts in weather patterns — droughts followed by severe floods, or sudden and unseasonable fluctuations in temperature — are intensifying, adding yet another climate-related threat that is already affecting humans and natural world.

PM says he 'welcomed' outcome in SNC-Lavalin case

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government might have acted differently had it known the criminal case against SNC-Lavalin would be resolved without crippling the company or throwing thousands of its employees out of work.

Provinces say Indigenous opposition to pipelines shouldn't outweigh others

The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan are urging the Federal Court of Appeal to defer to cabinet's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline because they say Indigenous opposition shouldn't outweigh other public interests in the project.

Climate crisis looms large in Canada’s top weather stories of 2019

“Climate change is like the weather on steroids,” Environment Canada climatologist David Phillips said.