People who live on her banks and fishers who ply their trades in her waters are are facing more problems an environmental scientists try to come up with solutions to combat the ill-effects of warming waters in the already-troubled Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is defending journalists who cover climate issues from attempts to discredit them. Specifically, it targets a report paid for by the government of the province of Alberta which is mounting a vigorous and controversial defence of its oil industry.
Less than two months after a spill at an oil pipeline dumped 900,000 litres of contaminated water--so called "produced water"--in northwestern Alberta, there's been another spill in the oil-rich province.
A modern world without plastics seems impossible, but that doesn't mean we can't do a much better job of recycling or making sure they don't become harmful in the environment.
Microplastics have been identified in Antarctic waters at rates that mirror the amounts found in oceans elsewhere in the world, including the North Atlantic, says a new study.
Los efectos del cambio climático reducen las fuentes tradicionales de alimentos de las Primeras Naciones canadienses, elevan el costo de productos y exacerban la inseguridad alimentaria y otras consecuencias para la salud.
With wildfires intensifying around the North, an Arctic Council project is underway to better coordinate response among circumpolar countries as well as better understand Indigenous wildfire management and how it might be integrated into northern fire fighting strategies.
Activists defending their communities against development of extractive industries and land grabs face high rates of criminalization, physical violence and murder around the world, according to a study.
Canada's far north has been cited as one of the fastest warming regions on Earth. Many areas across the Arctic have been dealing with rapid permafrost melt and changing weather patterns and conditions.
A travelling exhibition has arrived in Ottawa to draw attention to the fact that about 850 shipping containers' worth of waste per day ends up in the world's oceans.
We have always recognised that oil spills cause environmental damage, but a group of scientists in northern Ontario are deliberately creating oil spills to study the effects on freshwater environments.
Inuit in both Canada and Greenland are concerned about launches originating from Northern Russia as the rockets are fueled by hydrazine which is extremely toxic and a known carcinogen.
Jane Worthington moved her grandkids to protect them from oil and gas wells—but it didn't work. In US fracking communities, the industry's pervasiveness causes social strain and mental health problems.
"I was a total cheerleader for this industry at the beginning. Now I just want to make sure no one else makes the same mistake I did. It has ruined my life."
EHN.org scientific investigation finds western Pennsylvania families near fracking are exposed to harmful chemicals, and regulations fail to protect communities' mental, physical, and social health.
