The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

NATIONS around the world are turning attention to the urgent need to end plastic pollution. Canada is hosting the fourth session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC ...

After facing decades of pollution from industry in Sarnia, Ontario, Aamjiwnaang First Nation and the federal government are moving ahead with a plan to address the toxic legacy.

An international commission is investigating decades of coal mine pollution in British Columbia’s Elk Valley, focusing on ...

The peer-reviewed study, led by researchers with Environment Canada and Yale University, investigated the fate of carbon pollution from the industry by measuring plumes of pollution pumped out ...

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and lingering footprint which has the potential to be re-released into the ...

An environmental group says the Wabi River, that flows into Lake Temiskaming, north of North Bay, faces environmental and public health risks from pesticide contamination, pollution and sedimentation.

The impact of air pollution on African populations is under-researched due to limited air quality data and health studies.

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometres, leaving a toxic and lingering footprint which has the potential to be re-released into the ...