Environment

The City of North Vancouver and Surrey are two of Canada's three most environmentally friendly cities, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

After 20 years of conflict, the British Columbia forest industry and leading environmental groups say they have reached a final agreement between them on how much of the Great Bear Rainforest is to be conserved and how much is to be logged.

Classic Pacific Northwest longhouse design and other First Nations technology provide solutions for West Coast green challenges

Deconstructing a building piecemeal makes it easier for companies to reuse and recycle construction materials

A First Nations group is moving ahead with its plan to create and market carbon offsets tied to the Great Bear Rainforest conservation agreement.

A new provincial recycling program that sparked outcry from both cities and small businesses two months ago has now earned the support of many municipalities and become slightly more palatable to businesses.

Ecojustice Canada claims B.C.'s oil and gas commission is a serial Water Act violator

Metro Vancouver revealed four potential sites for new waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities at a Zero Waste Committee meeting November 21.

Vancouver has won a global award from the World Green Building Council for the city’s policies that promote green building initiatives.

Proposed $68 million biofuel facility will use kitchen and yard waste to produce methane to drive the municipality's truck fleet