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As part of a series highlighting the work of young people in addressing the climate crisis, writer Patricia Lane interviews Emily Nickerson, director of Publish What You Pay Canada.

A report funded by the Canadian liquefied natural gas industry estimates that creating a 56-million-tonnes-per-year LNG industry in B.C. would result in nearly 100,000 jobs.

Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are doggedly pursuing the dream of developing the Ring of Fire mining region in northern Ontario, despite a shaky economic foundation and likely tricky talks ahead with nearby First Nations.

The Saskatchewan government says the federal carbon tax is killing jobs, but experts and even the province's trade minister say it's not that easy to calculate.

"When we start to act, hope is everywhere," climate activist Greta Thunberg said. "So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then the hope will come."

This scene of economic disparity during a natural disaster is highlighted in a new United Nations report that warns “human rights might not survive the coming upheaval” from global climate change.

The British Columbia government announced an interim moratorium on resource development in parts of the south Peace region on Thursday, June 20, 2019, giving itself more time to sign a long-term strategy to protect dwindling caribou populations.

Just days after saying Canada's ties with China have hit "rock bottom", China's ambassador is praising Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil as "a great friend."

Initially sold as a robust watchdog for Canadian companies abroad, it is not yet clear if the newly-created watchdog will have sufficient power to investigate wrongdoing.

An Inuit land-claim group is asking the federal government to permanently protect large sections of the Eastern Arctic from any industrial development.

The new CEO of Barrick Gold Corp, who came over in its takeover of West Africa-focused Rangold Resources completed earlier this year, faced protest outside and a pointed question inside about the Canadian mining giant's role in the world. Mark Bristow has big shoes to fill at the Canadian mining giant's head office.

A proposed open-pit lithium mine in northwestern Quebec has triggered community tension and calls for the provincial government to order an independent environmental review.

More than 2,000 Indigenous Xinka people took to the streets of Guatemala City on April 9 to show lawmakers they exist and they're not going anywhere.

Canada is the most sued country in NAFTA. It's a troubling fact that has resurfaced since Canada, the United States and Mexico began renegotiating the trade deal last year.

The federal government and Saskatchewan are still deadlocked on a national climate change plan despite what the two sides call a constructive meeting on Friday, March 9, 2018.