3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (590+ words) Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus. August's…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (609+ words) The federal government has quietly stopped evaluating whether new gas power plants and oilsand facilities will damage Canada's rivers and lakes, air quality and species on the edge of extinction. The change comes as part of a suite of amendments…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (310+ words) Federal environment minister Julie Dabrusin has doubled down on her government’s quiet release of its latest climate report. The report was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend, without…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (430+ words) Five years after a coal mining operation at Grassy Mountain in Alberta was rejected over environmental risks, the company behind the project plans to submit a scaled-back proposal by the end of the year. Northback Holdings Corporation, the Canadian mining…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (561+ words) As surprising as it may seem, the trees that make our cities greener can also contribute to poorer air quality by promoting ozone formation. And some tree species contribute more than others, according to a study published last month in…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (259+ words) This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration For example, marine heat waves have been shown to disrupt oceanic food chains. It’s possible that these warm-water events are causing vital fish…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (438+ words) This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration A new report finds that across the globe, progress toward developing more sustainable, resilient food systems is not advancing fast enough to meet…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (532+ words) Albertans purchasing new solar panels next month will face a hefty fee for recycling them. Environment Minister Grant Hunter announced Thursday a ban on landfill disposal for the panels and the $14 recycling fee per panel beginning Oct. 1. Hunter said the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (718+ words) Oil giant Suncor won't need an environmental impact assessment before treating and dumping millions of litres of tar sand tailings into the Athabasca River. In a July letter recently obtained by Canada's National Observer, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) said…...