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