Think you can’t afford an eco-home? Some of Canada’s greenest apartments go for as little as $85 per month. Here’s why — and what it means for both the climate crisis and the housing crisis. Social housing providers have embraced energy-efficient passive house standard Think you can't afford an eco-home? …

Inspired by the passion and reach of young activists like Greta Thunberg, Canadian groups like Seniors for Climate Action Now!, Climate Legacy and Grand(m)others Act to Save the Planet (GASP) are becoming increasingly visible and vocal. Groups like Seniors for Climate Action Now! are focusing their efforts on fossil fuel …

A report from the World Meteorological Organization forecasts that global temperatures are likely to soon pass the 1.5 C limit set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement. But Canada has already blown past that threshold, so what does it mean here? World Meteorological Organization suggests global temperatures may breach key …

Governments have been encouraging Canadians to switch to electric heat pumps to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But what parts of Canada are they suitable for? And what temperatures? Here are some questions asked by CBC News readers. Also: Do I need a backup heating system? Do I need to upgrade …

Put together, the national inventory report and the social cost of carbon lay out the unavoidable math of climate change. And they fill in some of the facts that have been missing from the latest political skirmish over carbon pricing in Canada. The latest political skirmish over the carbon tax …

It's easy to feel hopeless about climate change and believe most solutions are out of your hands. But you can help fix one of the biggest environmental issues of our time, and it's likely growing right in your own yard: lawn grass. You can provide 'oasis of biodiversity and life …

As we edge ever closer toward that 1.5 C, it may leave one with a sense of defeat, of helplessness, that we have failed and that we might as well give up. But that shouldn’t be the case. 'Our world needs climate action on all fronts — everything, everywhere, all …

Thanks to the climate crisis, the Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in four decades. Somalia's economic turmoil has increased, and there is a lot of pressure on the diaspora, especially in Canada, to send more money to relatives. As Somalia's worst drought in decades increases economic turmoil, …

Proponents of cryptocurrency mining say the industry's future in Canada is hanging in the balance after several provinces moved to restrict new projects earlier this year in response to concerns about their electricity usage. B.C. energy minister says province must put its power to the best use Proponents of cryptocurrency …

Traditionally, conservation and environmental management might be based on stable or historical norms. But with climate change in the mix, scientists are pooling information as they work toward making forecasts that will help people respond to environmental threats before they happen. Researchers pooling data to make nature more predictable, sooner …