greenhouse gases

A federal program to help farmers reduce climate-warming emissions from their farms has been hugely popular. According to documents obtained through an access to information request, demand has been high enough officials extended it beyond its planned end date.

Driving into lower Manhattan is now more expensive, but the toll promises cleaner air, safer streets, and improved subways.

Delegates will meet soon in South Korea in their last scheduled gathering to get a grip on plastic pollution, with health and the environment on the line.

Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with Shanghai the most polluting, according to new data that combines observations and artificial intelligence.

More than 77 per cent of Canadian exports go to the U.S. and trade comprises 60 per cent of Canada's gross domestic product. A significant proportion of that comes from oil and gas.

A tracking project that has been in place since nations vowed to act on climate in 2015 sees a measurable increase in exposure to disease and dangerous conditions.

Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced on Wednesday.

Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate

New research into the behavior of microbes in icy soils shows twice as much planet-warming carbon could be at risk of escaping into the atmosphere.

For the first time, Alberta's oil and gas industry has exceeded the province's own regulatory limit for natural gas flaring.

Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says that holding the oil and gas sector to the promises it has made Canadians in its messaging would be "crippling." If that is true, then it suggests those promises don’t hold up to any real scrutiny.

For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said.

The city estimates that its wildly popular subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles travelled per week.

Joanna Depledge said Kerry will be remembered as “a force for good in the negotiations,” turning the page on low points, such as previous U.S. administrations pulling out — twice — from international climate agreements.

The federal government committed to planting two billion trees across the country to restore natural habitats and fight climate change, and now Quebec wants to harvest some of them.