environment

Environment Minister Peter Kent said he is cautiously optimistic a new global climate agreement can be reached by 2015, following the conclusion of a UN summit in Durban, South Africa. More...

<div>More than two dozen Environment Canada employees have received layoff notices, spurring fears among federal civil servants that thousands of job losses loom as the government struggles to balance its budget. The notices were handed out this week to at least 28 scientists at the department...

It's going to be like living in a giant freezer for the next few days across most of Ontario. With the wind chill in Toronto already making it feel like –29 C — and an extreme cold alert in effect — the city is facing at least another couple of days in the deep freeze. That goes for Windsor...

Rainforest trees better for environment CANBERRA, Australia, Australian researchers say reforestation of damaged rainforests is better for the environment than planting single-species plantations in their place. Mixed-species rainforests are much more efficient at capturing carbon than...

Screw-caps seen as threat to environment LONDON, The replacement of traditional cork stoppers in wine bottles by screw-cap tops is destroying forests and animal habitats, ecologists claim. Cork suppliers and environmentalists say the change is threatening the 5 million acres of cork forests...