Environment

Canada gives its logging industry credit for the carbon absorbed by trees planted after a wildfire, and in so doing, erases carbon pollution from one of its largest emitting sectors, the report says

'Progress is slow' in Impact Assessment Act process, says Canadian West Foundation

Company using hyperspectral imaging to distinguish different plastics

Committee looking into why governments and area First Nations weren't kept updated on seepage from a tailings pond at Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine

Based out of Vancouver, B.C., Canopy received $60 million this week to wean global supply chains off ancient forest products and replace them with alternatives, like recycled clothing and straw.

The B.C. government announced over $8 million in funding to 14 companies looking to recycle plastic waste or prevent it from entering depots and landfills.

Aviation is responsible for 2.5 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions

Full implementation of the strategy is still years away

Greenpeace calling for Imperial Oil to be charged over releases of the toxic wastewater

Exemption will apply an 80 percent reduction in the tax at the point of sale