Climate Solutions Reporting

Chloe Fraser, a 23-year-old Vancouver writer, was named a top environmentalist under 25 for her accredited university course that teaches participants about the power of stories to motivate engagement in climate issues. 

The decline in smog-causing aerosol particles resulting from China's ambitious cleanup efforts are an unlikely culprit for recent extreme heat waves in the Pacific. Scientists are grappling with the fact that reducing such pollution, while essential for public health, is also heating the atmosphere.

A federal judge says it's "difficult to fathom" how it could be reasonable for Canada's environment minister to take more than eight months before recommending an emergency protection order for B. C.'s northern spotted owl.

Founded in 1992 as a response to the toxic Sydney tar ponds, the Atlantic Coastal Action Program has dedicated itself to sustaining and restoring watersheds and building habitat for the wildlife that thrives there. Their work is yielding results.

The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world's waters for the first time ever, the United Nations reported Friday.

Building better dykes to prevent flooding, constructing fire breaks to slow wildfires, and creating more cooling centres for people — these projects could be among those to soon benefit from over half a billion dollars in funding provided by the federal government this week to help Canadian communities adapt to climate change.

Nova Scotia's Dan Roscoe started as a renewables investor, but now he's at the head of a local company with plans for localized energy generation that he sees as key to the energy transition.

A new report from Nova Scotia — the province with the highest percentage of people experiencing energy poverty in Canada — suggests urgent solutions to help those struggling to pay their energy bills, while measures in Ontario have made them more affordable for some.

Even though a recent Abacus poll confirmed that more than 80 per cent of Ontarians want to see an expanded deposit-return program for non-alcoholic beverage containers in the province, an estimated 1.7 billion containers are still ending up in landfills, incinerators or as litter. Advocates want to change that.

Among their benefits, green roofs can both offset flooding and help to moderate temperatures, all while providing a richer and more vibrant skyline.

With a $75-million loan announced last week, BC Ferries will be purchasing its first four ships run only on electric propulsion power.

The Nova Scotia municipality’s retrofit programs make normally expensive retrofits far more attainable for homeowners while also lowering the carbon footprints of their homes.

A U.S. federal grant has helped bolster Electrified Thermal Solutions, which is manufacturing a new heat-conducive brick that the company's founders claim will dramatically reduce the fossil fuel needs for heating in heavy industry.

Thirteen years after it was built, Middleton’s NSCC living lab home illustrates that passive building design is still the single most important factor in creating an efficient build or renovation.

Shir Gruber helped lead the 2019 climate student strikes. Now she has parlayed that experience into a leadership role with Sustainable Youth Canada.