15+ hour, 36+ min ago  (916+ words) The federal government is facing increased pressure to state whether it knows how some of its recent policy changes will affect Canada's greenhouse gas emissions. Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin was peppered with questions on the issue at a parliamentary committee…...

15+ hour, 23+ min ago  (914+ words) Josh Hunter has been leading night rides on personal electric vehicles in Edmonton for five years, and there was a motley assortment of electric-powered scooters, bicycles, skateboards and unicycles gathered on a recent Friday evening at the Alberta Legislature grounds…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (824+ words) California air regulators updated the rules of a key climate program on Friday in a move widely protested by environmental groups who said the changes would weaken the program and undercut efforts to curb planet-warming emissions. The oil industry, meanwhile,…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (574+ words) The heat of summer has not even arrived in the Okanagan yet, but the area is already in the midst of a significant drought. The province declared the region is now at drought level five" the highest rating possible. The…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (350+ words) Wildfire expert Dr. Mike Flannigan is sharing a new national fire weather outlook aimed at helping agencies, communities and individuals prepare for periods of elevated wildfire risk. Flannigan, one of the world's leading fire researchers, is providing a weekly Canada…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (539+ words) Temperature records have toppled as a spring heatwave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe on Tuesday, triggering government warnings about risks to life. Several drownings were reported in Britain and France as people tried to cool down. London recorded…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (890+ words) As a child, Giannis Stathas remembers being snowed in for days at a time in Arachova, a village famous for its ski resort and long known as a winter playground for Greeks. "We couldn't go to school because of the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1184+ words) Ancient bedrock exposed by disappearing permafrost is releasing toxic metals into Canada's northern rivers, a new study says, with once-pristine subarctic streams now comparable in some cases to highly acidic, contaminated mining sites. The findings out of Yukon point to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (659+ words) Scientists are jettisoning their worst and best case scenarios for a warming world as no longer plausible. That shows how modest gains in the fight to curb climate change have dialed back the most catastrophic of future heating but also…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (332+ words) Confidence is growing among Canadian business leaders in actions meant to reduce climate risk, a new report has found. The latest BMO Climate Institute Business Leaders Survey said 78 per cent of surveyed leaders reported their companies already had or were…...