Beyond the direct health effects, continuing to burn coal will exacerbate the climate crisis, posing grave risks to public ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...

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 ...

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