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One of 39 nations that pledged to end non-domestic support for fossil fuels at the COP26 climate change conference in 2021, Canada spent $6.75-billion less last year backing new sector projects, according to International Institute of Sustainable Development

Experts suggest commercial poultry, especially factory-farmed and crowded in barns, is one culprit behind the rapid spread of avian flu. But one response by the Canadian government is to compensate farmers — paying the industry millions for bird slaughters — without requiring improved biosecurity against potential pathogens. Perhaps we should question this approach. 

The funding helps 15 coastal First Nations conserve B.C.'s ‘Galapagos of the North’ and move forward with a network of marine conservation areas that spans two-thirds of Canada's West Coast.

Students at the University of British Columbia braved the cold and wet to demand RBC leave their campus. They were one of seven campus groups who staged action on Tuesday against the fossil fuel financier.

Electric vehicle sales in Canada dipped slightly at the start of the year. Experts say it’s up to provinces to offer strong policies — not rebates — if Canada wants to meet its EV goals.

Fishers there are being asked to avoid fishing during the hottest part of the day when water temperatures alone harm fish health. One expert says even without fishing, intense heat might already be pushing the fish out of their habitat.

“Honorees like The Salmon People are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said Claire Graves, president of the Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 14,000 entries we received this year.”

“We're daydreaming our way into absolute catastrophe,” he tells podcast host David McKie on the new episode of Hot Politics.

When the Taliban was still an insurgent force, it was paying soldiers as much as $300 a month — an irresistible sum considering the average Afghan's annual income was only $390 a year.

Max Fawcett and Environmental Defence’s Julia Levin test our faith in carbon capture technology and question why taxpayers — and not industry — might be paying for it.

As climate change ravages our ecosystems, a new documentary dissects some radical solutions.

Farming is tough. And in the middle of a climate emergency, these farmers are adopting new practices and expanding old ones to grow food more sustainably.

The newest episode of Hot Politics features researchers who found so much climate disinformation online that they needed an intelligence team to fight it.

A massive wood pulp producer with ties to a conglomerate responsible for destroying huge swaths of Indonesian rainforest is set to acquire yet another Canadian forestry company in two weeks' time.