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Why We're All Confused About Climate Change

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 02.21.2012 | Canada Politics
Craig and Marc Kielburger

If the Earth were in distress, say, heating up to dangerous temperatures, the public would band together. We'd all scrutinize the problem to help climate scientists and environment ministers find a solution... wouldn't we? Many people wouldn't. When the issues are really complicated, some would avoid the crisis altogether.

Watchdog Says Feds Fail To Follow Through On Environment

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.12.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The feds may crack down on environmental delinquents, but Canada's environment watchdog says they don't do a good job following up.A lack of ...

Colder Winter For Western Canada?

CBC | Posted 01.31.2012 | Canada

The western provinces, Far North and some other areas of the country can expect a colder-than-average winter, according to Environment Ca...

Extreme Weather Deaths On The Rise

CBC | Posted 01.18.2012 | Canada

Deaths and damages from extreme weather and climate-related disasters are increasing significantly, but climate change isn't the main cul...

Feds Spending Big On Plans For Climate Change

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.08.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government has extended funding to help the country deal with the effects of climate change, even as it sends the world a sharp w...

Ottawa In The Dark On Oil Sands: Auditor

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Canada's environmental record was dealt a double blow on Tuesday, with a scathing federal audit and a European Commission decision to blackli...

Environment Canada Cutting Part Of Ozone Program

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.21.2011 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Environment Canada is admitting that a large chunk of its ozone-monitoring program is being cut, but insists that its capacity to measure the...

Environment Canada Hit With Hoax

CP | Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.14.2011 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - A group of climate change activists, backed by the Council of Canadians, says it "successfully impersonated representatives of Environment Ca...

Canada Not Ready For Arctic Drilling, Reports Say

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.09.2011 | Canada Business

As Canada's energy regulator readies its final round of talks on offshore oil drilling in the Arctic, two new reports suggest there's a long way to go...

Tone Deaf on the Oil Sands

Matt Price | Posted 10.19.2011 | Canada
Matt Price

This campaign pushing dirty fuels wavers between messages. Underneath all those messages, though, is a total refusal to take any responsibility for the fact that burning fossil fuels is actively undermining our life support systems.

Science Must Be Free From Political Interference

David Suzuki | Posted 10.17.2011 | Canada
David Suzuki

Science is playing second fiddle to political concerns in Canada and the U.S. Recently, we've seen more "muzzling" of scientists, funding cuts, and an increasing disregard for science in policy-making. This scientific antipathy could not come at a worse time.

Harper Government Minister Pushed Alberta Towards Cap-And-Trade

CP | Mark Brownlee, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.13.2011 | Canada Business

TORONTO - A former Conservative cabinet minister attempted to convince Alberta politicians to accept a more stringent regulatory approach to curbing c...

Windsor Had Hottest July Ever

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.10.2011 | Canada

WINDSOR, Ont. - Environment Canada says Windsor, Ont., recorded its hottest July ever, and may have set a national mark as well. Senior climatologi...

New IT Agency Created To Find Cost Savings

CP | Posted 10.04.2011 | Canada

OTTAWA - The Harper Conservatives say streamlining government will require the creation of a new federal agency, this one designed to find savings in ...

The Front Pages Tell Us It's Hot Out

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 09.20.2011 | Canada

Much of Canada is going to be a hot place today, as watercooler talk turns to the weather in a big way. A heat dome is hovering over many parts of the...

The Hot Gets Hotter

CP | Posted 09.19.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- TORONTO - A blanket of stifling heat, oppressively still and sticky with humidity, has settled over large swaths of the country ...

Mother Nature Is Packing Some Serious Heat

CP | Posted 09.18.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- WINNIPEG - What a country -- first it was so wet in much of Western Canada this year you had to wear hip waders to get your mail...

Mid 40s With Humidity! Stinking Hot Temperatures Forecast For Canada

CBC | Posted 09.18.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS — WINNIPEG - What a country — first it was so wet in much of Western Canada this year you had to wear hip waders to get your ma...

Heat Scorches Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec

CBC | Posted 09.17.2011 | Canada

CBC — A heat wave continues to scorch Canada from Manitoba to Quebec. In Southern Ontario, Toronto broke a high temperature record. Environment C...

Canada a Hewer of Wood? That's Old Hat

Gillian McEachern | Posted 08.31.2011 | Canada
Gillian McEachern

While those tried and true stereotypes of Canada still hold true, we have developed some new, not so nice traits since Will's last visit. These days, Canada is much more likely to be a shipper of oil, and with that has developed a petro-state approach to foreign relations.

Salmon Swimming In A Chemical Cocktail

CP | Posted 08.14.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- VANCOUVER - A judicial inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River has heard that municipal wastewater is a c...

A New Kind of NIMBY: Nature in My Backyard

David Suzuki | Posted 08.09.2011 | Canada
David Suzuki

Although NIMBYism can arise out of fear of something different in a community, it can also be the result of genuine concern for the local environment. I'd like to propose a new kind of NIMBY: Let's go green and say yes to Nature in My Backyard.

Ontario Swelters Amid Record-Setting Heat

Posted 08.08.2011 | Canada

CBC An early arrival of sweltering, summer-like heat and humidity broke records for major cities in southern Ontario on Wednesday. "It has been the...