Environment

Expansion means acid levels higher but other emissions lower

A team of climate scientists is warning energy minister Joe Oliver that his continued support of Canada’s oil and gas industry will have dire environmental consequences.

Vancouver scientist and environmentalist David Suzuki is among the Canadian scientists and educators being recognized by pharmaceutical giant Bayer Inc. for innovation and leadership.

If a Liberal government won't accept B.C.'s Auditor General John Doyle's criticisms of the Pacific Carbon Trust, an NDP government will, says NDP leader Adrian Dix, who vowed Monday to dissolve the controversial Crown corporation.

The carbon offsetting market is worth billions, but insiders say it’s ineffective

Economists weigh in on what government should and shouldn't do with B.C.'s carbon tax

B.C.’s carbon tax will be permanently reduced for B.C. greenhouses by 80%.

As if the funding of forestry conservation projects through Pacific Carbon Trust offsets were not controversial enough, the B.C. government is now funding a study to explore the carbon sequestration potential of estuaries.

Urban forestry sees trees in a city as one ecosystem

The B.C. government and the Lake Babine First Nation signed an agreement today to collaboratively manage protected areas.