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It remains to be seen if people will turn their backs on natural gas stoves. Induction and traditional electric models are better for the environment — inside and outside the home.

New research shows that gas stoves might be hazardous to your kids' health — and conservatives are melting down about it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Such a significant loss of greenery isn’t just an eyesore; it’s bad for health.

Persistent overdependence on fossil fuels — globally and at home — is jeopardizing the health of Canadians and people in all corners of the world, researchers warn.

Cities need a youthful infrastructure that includes affordability, good jobs, safety, mobility, a net-zero focus, physical and mental health, and fun with entertainment, music and green space based on metrics young people devise. 

It is time to shift our lens and bring into focus that our society’s plastic addiction has become a matter of life and death.

The throne speech read by Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell Tuesday stayed the course set by the Progressive Conservatives’ spring campaign despite rapidly rising inflation and an ever-worsening health-care crisis in the months since the party won a second majority on June 2.

As the organizing director for the West Kootenay EcoSociety and Neighbours United, she leads teams that have already persuaded 13 regional municipalities to set climate pollution reduction targets in line with the Paris Agreement.

Louisiana is one of more than a dozen states to enact so-called trigger laws, which came into effect the moment Roe v. Wade fell.

Madeline Carr is the produce manager at Fredericton’s Market Greens, a not-for-profit providing fresh produce and plant-based nutrition resources at very low prices.

The legal right to a healthy environment and environmental justice is fundamental as we work towards a future of improved environmental and human health.

The pandemic has given many of us a chance to make stronger connections with the natural world.

Alisdair McLean is not looking for directions. The map marks off a three-kilometre radius around his Ottawa home. If his destination is in that circle, he leaves his car in the driveway and walks. 

Beware the false prophets — and profits — of private health care, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Justice Marianne Rivoalen said a decision by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency to dismiss food safety concerns was unreasonable because it doesn’t explain how the decision was made.