Climate & Environment

Few moments in Pope Francis’ papacy better exemplify his understanding of climate change and the need to address it than the rain-soaked Mass he celebrated in Tacloban, Philippines.

Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say, with some calling it the most comprehensive attack on the province’s at-risk species legislation in nearly two decades.

A man in Israel has died after he was attacked by a shark, police and the victim’s wife said Wednesday, after he went swimming in an area that draws dozens of the marine predator and also curious beachgoers.

The group behind a project to build North America’s first coastal refuge for captive whales in Nova Scotia has renewed its bid to provide a seaside sanctuary to two killer whales living in a shuttered marine park in France.

A typical closet is loaded with plastic, woven into polyester activewear, acrylic sweaters, nylon swimsuits and stretchy socks, and it’s shedding into the environment nonstop.

A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left two people dead as severe weather warnings Sunday continue to threaten parts of the south-central and Midwest U.S.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel use.

The operator of the Keystone oil pipeline restarted the system Monday after a spill onto farmland in North Dakota last week shut down the line.

Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a rupture caused 147,000 gallons of oil to spill onto farmland in North Dakota, and the company said its goal is to resume deliveries to refineries on Tuesday.

British Columbia’s overall snowpack increased slightly throughout March, but the average is still sitting at just 79 per cent of what’s considered normal and the province is sounding the alarm about the potential for drought.

After several failed attempts by private sector companies, the Nova Scotia government is issuing two tenders for new companies, aiming to finally capitalize on tidal power in the Bay of Fundy.

Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum fee of US$100 for every tonne of greenhouse gases emitted by ships above certain thresholds, in what is effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions.

The Royal Saskatchewan Museum says it has been monitoring wildlife in and around the city of Regina as a part of a new study. Twenty-eight biodiversity monitoring stations have been set up over the last three years with motion-triggered trail cams and automated microphones.

Northern China is bracing for typhoon-like gales this weekend, with Beijing postponing major sporting events, closing parks, suspending dozens of train services and warning its 22 million residents against non-essential travel. Dozens of flights were cancelled.

Fatou, the oldest gorilla living in captivity worldwide, is getting ready for her 68th birthday in style.