There was some hope that a reduction in carbon emissions due to the COVID-19 lockdown could be the silver lining to a tragic situation, but it’s unlikely to make a dent in the upward trend of Earth’s rising temperatures, as the planet recorded its second-warmest August on...

The new calf was born to J41 on Sept. 24 off the coast of Victoria, B.C.

The mayor of Wood Buffalo is calling on the provincial government to repay a multi-million debt in much-needed parcels of land to help the municipality deal with its flood mitigation...

Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg joined fellow demonstrators outside the Swedish parliament on Friday to kick off a day of physically distanced global climate...

The acrid smoke that blew into Canada from the wildfires burning in Washington and Oregon shows how clearly the climate futures of our two countries are linked, writes Grace...

Advocates for Canada’s news media sector have welcomed the federal government’s clearest pledge yet to push web giants for compensation, laid out in its throne speech. But evidence from abroad suggests it will be a long, difficult...

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at a climate change lawsuit filed against the Canadian government by a group of children, some good news for electric cars and Alberta's wind and solar...

As federal Liberals outline details of a proposed regional energy grid to wean the Maritimes off coal, they're touting Labrador hydroelectricity as a possible major...

Armed with a placard reading 'Youth Strike for Climate,' an 18-year-old British activist is staging the most northerly protest in a series of youth strikes...

From the soft drink industry to the NHL. This P.E.I. engineering firm was named the official rink engineering consultant of the National Hockey League.

More than a month after the Canada Revenue Agency took its website offline in the wake of a major cyberattack, the federal tax collection agency won't say when it expects its online services to fully return to...

Snow is good for brook trout, and that could be bad news, according to a recent study sponsored by the Ellen's Creek's Watershed Group in...

The newly arrived calf of a southern resident killer whale famed for her marathon display of grief is male, the Center for Whale Research has...

Richard Dewey with Ocean Networks Canada explains how particulate matter from burning forests actually helps, rather than harms, ocean...

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by...

The majority of a 470-strong pod of pilot whales found stranded off southern Australia has died, officials said on Wednesday, as rescuers struggled in freezing waters and fading light to free those still...

A Dutch startup has created a biodegradable "living coffin" made of a fungus instead of wood that it says can convert a decomposing human body into key nutrients for...

When the pandemic thrust most school, work and services online, it further highlighted not just how essential the internet has become but also the urban-rural divide around...

First Nations and non-Indigenous partners say 18 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands are partly to blame for the demise of Fraser River wild...

Lawyers representing the federal and some provincial governments made their cases before Canada's highest court today for keeping or killing the carbon tax — the cornerstone of the Trudeau government's climate...

A Canadian NGO is calling on Ottawa to ban the export of Canadian-produced sensors and laser targeting technology used on Turkish military drones in Ankara’s increasingly deadly drone warfare across several conflict zones in the Middle East and...

Confidential law enforcement data belonging to 38 Canadian police agencies has been exposed by a group of so-called hacktivists targeting police in the U.S., Radio-Canada has...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that is also home to one of the world's oldest pyramids, the ministry of tourism and antiquities...

What does a low-carbon future look like? Making the transition won't be easy for a fossil-fuel-producing region like Alberta, but various groups are sketching out a rough map of the terrain the province will have to...