Canada Archive

Continuing wildfires in Canada prompt air quality warnings in northeastern US

8 Jun 23 - More than a dozen U.S. states were under air-quality alerts on Wednesday as smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in eastern Canada wafted south, casting a dull gray pallor over the skyline of New...

Canada facing ‘deeply concerning’ wildfire season

2 Jun 23 - Canada is facing its most severe early wildfire season on record, with 211 wildfires burning and 82 classified as out of control, the country’s minister of public safety said.

Canada climate battle looms as Alberta takes aim at PM Trudeau

31 May 23 - Canada will struggle to meet its ambitious climate target without significant greenhouse gas reductions from Alberta, the nation’s highest polluting province.

Canadian financial institutions are fueling the climate change crisis

22 May 23 - Canada will almost certainly fail to meet its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45% by 2030 in accordance with the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

How climate change is impacting Canada’s largest wetland

16 May 23 - The starkly beautiful Hudson Bay Lowlands, located between the Canadian Shield and Hudson Bay, are covered in carbon-rich peat and dotted with small ponds as far as the eye can see.

A Canadian businessman spent $1 million to offset his carbon footprint

26 Apr 23 - A globetrotting millionaire has calculated his carbon footprint — and then paid $1 million to offset it.

Canada wants more Indigenous knowledge in IPCC climate reports

12 Apr 23 - Canadian delegates to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have called for broader inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in future climate reports.

Minister warns Canadians may pay more in carbon tax than they receive in rebate

3 Apr 23 - Canada’s environment and climate change minister acknowledged that the average household may eventually pay more for the carbon price than it gets back in rebate payments, but says the Liberal...

Fossil fuel ad campaign misled Canadians, claims Competition Board complaint

21 Mar 23 - The environmental group Greenpeace has filed a complaint with Canada’s Competition Bureau against a coalition of the country’s six largest oil sands producers for running what they allege is a...

Architects not adopting biomaterials are "dinosaurs"

14 Mar 23 - Canadian mass-timber pioneer Michael Green has hit out at architects designing unusually shaped buildings rather than embracing biomaterials in this interview as part of Dezeen's Timber Revolution...

Can tidal energy help power coastal and island microgrids?

14 Dec 22 - About 250 coastal and island communities in Canada now use diesel for their main power source, but the global marine design firm BMT hopes to get them off diesel with a project using microgrids...

Ottawa announces Indigenous guardians network to fight climate change

12 Dec 22 - The Canadian government is announcing the creation of a new network that will help support Indigenous-led environmental initiatives.

Protecting nature's carbon sinks can mitigate climate change, but not a 'silver bullet': report

12 Dec 22 - Protecting carbon sinks such as forests, tidal marshes, and seagrass meadows can mitigate climate change impacts but those conservation efforts will not be enough to capture the CO2 that Canada...

Canada’s oil-sands companies reap windfall profits while lobbying against real climate action

23 Nov 22 - COP27 exposed some realities about the oil and gas sector’s climate ambitions. A UN report released during the summit called out the sector’s greenwashing and weak net-zero commitments as the...

Why an old train could point to a clean energy future

9 Nov 22 - An old diesel freight train in British Columbia, Canada is about to get a new lease of life. Local firm Hydrogen in Motion (H2M) is currently converting the Green Goat locomotive to run on a mix of...

What is blue carbon and why is it vital for mitigating Canada's carbon emissions?

7 Nov 22 - Marlow Pellatt spent time on Vancouver Island, taking samples of soil from deep underground and wading through water to understand the biodiversity in the area. To an onlooker, it may seem like he’s...

Residential green spaces protect growing cities against climate change

7 Sep 22 - The urban population of Canada is growing by more than 400,000 annually, and these new urban residents need housing.

Canadian farmers push back against fertiliser emissions target

24 Aug 22 - As part of Canada’s net-zero target, the country is seeking to significantly cut the emissions from fertilizers, a move that is seeing pushback from the agriculture industry.

Canada’s carbon tax is hurting working people: opinion

11 Aug 22 - In 1912, the fact that excess carbon released into the atmosphere could warm up the earth was first made public knowledge. Here we are, one hundred ten years later, still wondering what to do about...

Why does Canada keep propping up Big Oil amid climate crisis?

8 Aug 22 - Legislators on Capitol Hill will soon vote on the biggest climate crisis bill in U.S. history. It's sparked a lively debate in its northern neighour where Canadians are questioning whether the time...

25 Jul 22  Icon Architects unveils design for tallest mass-timber building in North America

20 Jun 22  South Korea to use nuclear energy to reach carbon goals: PM

13 Jun 22  Hold applause on carbon tax rebates: Toronto Sun

9 Jun 22  Canada unveils carbon emissions offset market

17 May 22  Water crisis, power cuts worsen misery in Pakistan’s hottest city

13 May 22  Canada, industry in talks to cement future carbon price hikes

27 Apr 22  Canada overestimating hydrogen's potential cut carbon emissions: Auditor General

28 Mar 22  Trudeau government lowballed cost of carbon tax

17 Mar 22  New mapping connects indigenous knowledge to climate mmpacts and solutions

25 Feb 22  Massive timber residential building planned for Toronto

18 Feb 22  Carbon credits outperforming bitcoin, in the bet on a longer energy transition

17 Feb 22  Canada says U.S. solar tariffs violate trade pact

11 Feb 22  Mining would see financial boon under global carbon tax — so why is industry fighting it?

10 Feb 22  Toronto's huge new solar wall

3 Feb 22  TransAlta submits plan for battery storage near Alberta hydro dam

26 Jan 22  The rise of voluntary carbon markets

24 Jan 22  Canada's biggest climate polluters pay lowest carbon price

14 Dec 21  Farmed seafood supply at risk if we don’t act on climate change

24 Nov 21  Canada’s tar sands challenge the existence of land and people

23 Nov 21  Canadian steelmakers embrace 'green steel' as carbon taxes set to rise

20 Oct 21  E-bike delivery experiment reduced CO2 emissions by 30%

13 Sep 21  Canada election: experts urge ‘bolder’ action amid climate crisis

23 Aug 21  Insurance industry seeks to limit fossil fuel exposure

29 Jul 21  India skips vital pre-Cop26 meeting

16 Jun 21  Carbon negative concrete developed

14 Jun 21  Tar sands companies aim for ‘net zero’ by 2050

25 May 21  Fossil fuel divestment is the road to climate justice

14 Apr 21  Native Americans at risk from climate change

29 Mar 21  What the Canadian court rule means for carbon pricing

26 Mar 21  Canada will keep its carbon tax

26 Jan 21  Biden's Keystone death sentence means oil industry must innovate

23 Nov 20  Canada to join NZ in going net-zero by 2050

30 Sep 20  Court considers whether Canada's carbon tax is legal

26 Aug 20  Prospect of snap election reanimates Canada’s carbon tax battle

21 May 20  Seattle permanently closes 20 miles of street

23 Oct 19  Canadian election gives carbon tax a chance

26 Sep 19  Can Asia's climate-cooked cities beat the heat?

13 Sep 19  Guards watch Canadian environment minister

21 Aug 19  Saying climate change is real could bring trouble

21 Jun 19  Trudeau signs off on fuel pipeline - again

2 Apr 19  Canada imposes carbon tax on four provinces

12 Oct 18  Climate strategy has Trudeau firmly on back foot

29 Jun 18  National park under fire from oil and gas

7 Jun 18  The Great Canadian Paris-pipeline paradox

4 May 18  Canada eyes carbon price to cut emissions

19 Apr 18  Trudeau vows to push ahead with pipeline plans

29 Mar 18  One of the dirtiest oil sources wants to go green

7 Mar 18  Ontario permits sell out at first auction

2 Mar 18  Canada pledges $1 billion to protect nature

12 Feb 18  How Trudeau welcomed Trump and oil lobby pipeline help

25 Jan 18  Angry scientists condemn Trudeau's climate research cut