Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg will travel to Alberta after a series of appearances in the United States.
Read MoreClimate activist Greta Thunberg says she is coming to Alberta
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Hybrid salmon discovered by scientists on Vancouver Island
Researchers on Vancouver Island are studying fish they recently discovered that share genes of both coho and chinook salmon.
Read More'A scientific gold mine': Alberta fossil sheds new light on how raptors evolved
The discovery of a fossil of a nearly complete small feathered dinosaur in an Alberta provincial park is providing new information on how “raptor” dinosaurs evolved around the world, new research shows.
Read MoreDoug Ford government broke the law when it scrapped cap-and-trade, court rules
In a split decision, an Ontario court says Doug Ford’s government broke the law when it scrapped the cap-and-trade system, but the court won’t force Queen’s Park to reinstate the program that gives companies incentives to reduce carbon emissions.
Read MoreAlexei Leonov, 1st person to walk in space, dies at 85
Russia’s space agency says Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space 54 years ago, has died in Moscow. He was 85.
Read MoreFood waste: There's an app for that (a few, actually)
In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at a couple of apps that help reduce food waste and look at the climate policies of the federal political parties.
Read MoreCanada's Arctic, boreal birds will be big climate change losers
Two-thirds of North America’s birds or hundreds of species — including almost all of Canada’s Arctic and boreal birds — will be squeezed by shrinking habitats, putting some at risk of extinction, if climate change continues at its current pace, a new report predicts.
Read MoreNestlé, Tim Hortons named Canada's top plastic polluters again
For the second year in a row, Nestlé and Tim Hortons were the top companies behind branded plastic bottles, coffee cups and lids and other plastic waste collected in shoreline cleanups across the country, Greenpeace Canada reported Tuesday.
Read More'Super lucky to catch it': Researchers get time-lapse video of glacial lake flood
Scientists have learned that a lake at the toe of the Donjek Glacier has flooded and released every year since 2014. This is the first year they caught it on camera.
Read MoreNobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to trio for development of lithium-ion batteries
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
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