Environment

It's readily acknowledged that climate change is causing more forest fires in British Columbia — but its impact on winter storms is only beginning to be understood.

OTTAWA — Five days after Steven Guilbeault was appointed Canada's environment minister in October 2021, he headed to Scotland for the annual United Nations climate talks being held in Glasgow.

Canadian environmental groups have levelled another greenwashing complaint — this time at the largest certification scheme for sustainable forestry in North America.

Watchdog group Shift Action says the BC Investment Management Corp. lacks clear climate change goals for its investments

OTTAWA — Canada's ban on the manufacture and import for sale of some plastic items, including grocery bags and straws, has taken effect.

VANCOUVER — On a mountain high above the residents of Metro Vancouver, tucked inside a north-facing gully, the region's last remaining glacier is vanishing fast.

ROME (AP) — The executive director of the United Nations World Food Program, which won the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago, says he will step down at the end of a six-year term heading the world's largest humanitarian organization.

Some conservation groups doubt B.C. will "prioritize the environment over extraction industries and actually reverse biodiversity loss and extinction in the province."

OTTAWA — Canada's climate adaptation strategy is underfunded and does not clearly align its goals with the country's top climate change risks, a new report says.

"This is a fall season we've never seen before. It's a very odd scenario."