Steven Guilbeault

Ottawa's clean power plans are sparking a provincial backlash, but Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault says he's not backing down.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected to announce the country's draft clean electricity regulations today.

Alberta and Saskatchewan’s longstanding opposition to a national climate policy could be tested if the federal government forces provinces to fall in line to access funding aimed at ushering Canada into a low-carbon economy.

The federal government is considering restricting billions of dollars in tax credits and grants for electricity projects to provinces that commit to the 2035 target for an emissions-free electricity grid.

The oil industry keeps stringing everyone along with its promise to invest in carbon capture. But with little to show for its talk and Canada's 2030 climate targets getting closer by the day, it's time for Ottawa to step in, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Canada's climate minister is facing virtually unprecedented opposition from almost every corner of the country as he works to implement a suite of clean energy policies. 

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault is trying to bring key allies back from the brink as international climate negotiations between rich and poor countries stall.

There is a clash of wills growing in Atlantic Canada over two new climate policies that take effect this weekend, with premiers demanding Ottawa put the brakes on the plan and the federal government accusing them of playing politics with the planet.

The Bloc Québécois used its last opposition day to hammer the Liberals on climate change as forest fires rage across the country, forcing people from their homes and darkening the skies with smoke.

The federal government’s modelling indicates this may be an “especially severe wildfire season,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa as smoke clouded the nation’s capital.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to provide an update on the wildfires that have forced thousands of people from their homes and caused widespread property damage in several provinces.

Danielle Smith's electoral victory in Alberta could spell the beginnings of a renewed confrontation between her province and Ottawa over climate policy — and create fodder for future attacks against the federal Tories, political observers say.

We all know there's a huge price tag attached to climate change, and economic costs associated with slow-walking our response to it. So why do some economists keep pretending otherwise?

Imperial Oil is officially under investigation to determine whether the company broke federal law with recent tailings leaks from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta.

The president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s Canadian arm says Inuit want direct access to an international fund dedicated to addressing destruction caused by climate change. But is a national loss and damage fund needed instead?