Hope Lompe

A Pennsylvania researcher says her new mapping tool shows higher rates of several cancers in small communities near fracking sites and refineries, places she argues are too small for conventional epidemiology to count.

Despite contributing the least to the warming effects of climate change, younger generations are projected to be disproportionately exposed to extreme fire weather.

The Federal Court of Canada has rejected the Carney government’s bid to block a climate accountability case arguing that Ottawa failed to bring Canada’s 2030 climate plan into line with its obligations.

Heat pumps are becoming smaller and easier to install as new options hit the market in the form of minisplits and window-mounted options. But in the absence of government support, renters still face hurdles to get them into their homes.

ACORN is eyeing air conditioning for low-income residents in Ottawa—with heat pumps well out of reach.

One year after the world's highest court ruled that countries have a legal duty to fight climate change, Canada's federal and provincial governments are expanding fossil fuels anyway, a move that could leave them legally exposed.

The Law Society of British Columbia has voted down a resolution to form a climate advisory committee, marking the third such rejection in four years.

As wildfire season ramps up, a global coalition combating climate disinformation warns that climate “disinfluencers” are spreading falsehoods online, and that social media companies could do more to prevent them from disrupting access to critical information.

Influencers want the public to think climate change is up for debate, not established fact, said Philip Newell of Climate Action Against Disinformation, in a webinar hosted by Toronto Public Library. “What disinformation is meant to do (is) keep that debate looking like it's 50:50, because then they can block action.”

Inspections are revealing growing failures in modern glass solar panels as manufacturers respond to increasing demand for larger, thinner, and lighter panels.

While networked geothermal systems—which heat and cool several buildings using shared underground infrastructure and electric heat pumps—are gaining some traction in Canada, their reach has been limited by planning and regulatory systems that provide a continuing foothold for legacy gas heating systems.

Canada’s vast reserves of geothermal energy could power the entire country’s electrical needs many times over, yet remain untapped, with development moving at glacial speed.

The transition to electric vehicles is lauded as one of the best solutions to reduce the roughly 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions that cars and vans emit annually, but what if it went one step further and eliminated cars entirely?

B.C.-based Edison Motors set out to be an industry leader in a complex regulatory and market landscape. For now, they’ve reverted from a hybrid semi truck design back to diesel.