Inayat Singh

The federal government is moving to add PFAS, a class of thousands of chemicals used in a wide range of products from food containers to clothing, to the official list of toxic substances, in light of growing scientific and public concern about the substances in Canada and around the world.

President Donald Trump, in a flurry of climate and energy-related orders on Monday, made it clear he wants to turn his back on nearly a decade of climate action and smooth the way for the fossil fuel industry in the United States.

A deal on ending public financing for foreign fossil fuel projects — which Canada co-led on the world stage — has died in the face of key holdout countries and the incoming administration of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tied his brand to climate action, putting a dent in Canada’s emissions and boosting the country’s climate credentials on the world stage. But as he prepares to step down, environmental advocates wonder what his climate legacy will be.

Canada will cut carbon emissions 45 to 50 per cent below 2005 levels by 2035, the federal government announced today, signaling a small advance over the current target but falling short of what a key group of climate experts had recommended to the government.

A centrepiece of the Liberal climate plan, carbon pricing, has become a rallying cry for the opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives, whose Axe the Tax campaign has tapped into growing anxieties about the daily costs of housing, food and other necessities.

Canada's list of at-risk plants and animals got longer on Thursday — gaining five species that are now considered threatened or endangered, while seven others were reassessed by federal officials.

U.S. emissions could jump and the energy transition could take a major hit if the incoming Trump administration rolls back President Joe Biden’s climate policies, modelling analysis shows.

In west and central Africa, heavy rains and flooding show climate change is another thumb on a scale already weighed down by war and disease.

This year’s hurricane season began ominously enough — with warnings from Canadian and U.S. forecasters that it was going to be rougher-than-normal season, and Hurricane Beryl plowing through the Caribbean as the earliest Category 5 storm in history.