Americans are losing their access to water at the worst possible moment
The heat waves wracking the country are bad enough on their own. But they’re colliding with another crisis: The water is running low.
climate change
Wood Buffalo National Park still on environmental threat list; UNESCO calls for action on oilsands
A United Nations body has affirmed earlier findings that Canada's largest national park remains under environmental threats from dams, oilsands development and climate change.
Pierre Poilievre still isn’t serious about climate change
Pierre Poilievre's new image makeover is all about making him more likable to Canadians. But if he actually wants to win the next election, he'll need to trade in his glasses for something more important — a serious position on climate change.
Lake Michigan communities living in a coal waste nightmare
One advocate calls the coal ash pits in her town a "ticking time bomb."
Air in US cities like Chicago and Detroit shrouded in smoke from Canadian fires
Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region and in parts of the central and eastern United States.
Sweden's NATO membership bid on the agenda as Trudeau, Nordic leaders meet in Iceland
Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance while a war rages in Ukraine and Russia deals with the fallout from a revolt set the stage on Monday for a meeting of Nordic leaders in Iceland, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in attendance.
The Paris summit on finance and climate ends. Action items to come
After all the talking, time for tangible solutions?
Here’s the coolest library on Earth
At the University of Copenhagen, researchers store ice cores that hold the keys to our planet’s climate past and future.
Climate change, pesticides and disease wreak havoc on U.S. honeybees. Here's how beekeepers are coping
Honeybees are crucial to the food supply, pollinating more than 100 of the crops we eat, including nuts, vegetables, berries, citrus and melons
Climate activist Nakate turns up the heat on rich countries
Facing an audience packed with world leaders and finance officials in suits, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate silenced the room, then made everyone listen to some uncomfortable facts.
IMF warns Canada's green subsidies are 'race to the bottom' but applauds our climate action
The International Monetary Fund warns that Canada's green subsidies could stoke an international race to the bottom, even as it credits the country for a "multipronged" approach to addressing climate change.
Paris summit aims to shake up the financial system and test leaders' resolve on climate
Heads of state, finance leaders and activists from around the world will converge in Paris this week to seek ways to overhaul the world's development banks — like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank — and help them weather a warmer and stormier world.
Wildfires have impacted one in four Canadians already this summer
More than one in four Canadians told a polling firm this week that they have been affected by the record-setting wildfires that have rocked much of Canada over the spring, and more than three in four say they think there are more fires now than in the past.
Wildfire smoke proof young people must take action
Seven Ontario youths and their legal allies vow to continue their court battles against Doug Ford's government, arguing their right to a livable future and a safe planet is at stake.
