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Budget goes big on green spending as environmentalists criticize tax credits for carbon capture

As the world confronts a warming climate, the federal Liberals are committing billions more dollars to a variety of measures meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the economy and help drive a "green recovery" from the pandemic-induced economic slowdown.

Ryan Patrick Jones

Politics April 20

Halifax-based developer of CO2-injected concrete wins multi-million-dollar prize

Canada Nova Scotia April 19

Alberta has cicadas too, but not massive 'Brood X' numbers emerging in U.S. after 17 years underground

Canada Calgary April 20

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter makes historic 1st flight on Mars

Technology & Science April 19

Rogers says service starting to return after Canada-wide wireless outage

Rogers said wireless voice and data services have started returning to its customers Monday evening after a lengthy outage the company's chief technological officer said was caused by a software issue.

Business April 20

Expanded during pandemic, virtual medical care offers big climate benefits: researchers

Online medical visits or telephone appointments can reduce costs, travel and time in the waiting room, but virtual health care may also have environmental benefits, researchers in B.C. and N.S. have found.

Stephanie Dubois

Technology & Science April 19

Tree-range chickens: How raising poultry in the woods of B.C. could improve food security for some communities

Raising chickens in the woods is being touted as a way to help improve the food security of First Nation communities by providing an alternative to dwindling supplies of traditional foods such as moose and salmon.

Canada British Columbia April 19

Criticism of carbon offsets doesn't acknowledge changes to how projects are approved, monitored

Opinion April 18

Tonnes of microplastic are soaring into the atmosphere from roads, oceans and fields

Radio Quirks & Quarks April 16

These ants shrink their brains for motherhood — but can also grow them back

Radio Quirks & Quarks April 16

Polluted coastlines: How a diver reinvented his career to clean up N.L.'s harbours

Canada Nfld. & Labrador April 18

A new era of flight on other worlds

Radio Quirks & Quarks April 16

To win the next election, the Conservatives need to be taken seriously on climate change

Politics April 17

Lack of charging stations in B.C. condos impeding use and purchase of electric vehicles

Canada British Columbia April 17

Big finance considers climate change a major investment risk. Is your pension prepared?

Technology & Science April 17

Plants bring peace to gardeners grappling with grief, depression and anxiety

Radio The Doc Project April 16

Award-winning teen birdwatcher launches mobile game in which players explore birding hotspots

Canada British Columbia April 17

B.C. farmer takes mushroom experiment to the woods of West Kootenay

Canada British Columbia April 17

SpaceX wins $2.9B contract for NASA moon lander

Technology & Science April 16

MIT researchers turn spider webs into musical forms

This Alaskan glacier is moving at an 'awe-inspiring' pace, 100 times faster than usual

Radio As It Happens April 16

The ongoing search for the perfect climate change metaphor

Technology & Science April 16

The real winners of Thursday's CRTC decision? Telecom companies, observers say

Business April 16

Canadian forestry companies in U.S. environmental group's report say criticisms oversimplified, misleading

Canada Thunder Bay April 15

Combine a global pandemic and a warm winter and you get … rats?

Cassidy Chisholm

Canada Nova Scotia April 15

Ancient cave poop reveals how bats have adapted to humans and climate change

Radio As It Happens April 15

P.E.I. exporting potato expertise to Canada's North

Canada PEI April 15

This year's Yukon River Chinook salmon run will likely be small, according to forecast

Canada North April 16

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