Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, a reformer and environmentalist, died of a heart attack. He prioritized fighting pollution over growth.

Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the carbon policy shift will protect the environment while saving money for Canadians. Fraser discusses why Ottawa made changes to carbon pricing, and the impact felt in his home region of...

Healthiest States in the U.S.

The Philippine government has begun an ambitious project to restore what has been described as a dead river.

According to the SMART Tire Company, which is commercialising the product for terrestrial use, the tyres are airless, durable and will never go flat.

We’ve all been taught recycling is a sustainable way each of us can make a difference. But the truth is that the plastics industry paid millions to push this message--and to sell more plastic. Here's the dark truth and how it's led to...

The destruction of Ukraine's Kakhovka dam released up to 180 billion cubic metres of polluted water.

We’ve all been taught recycling is a sustainable way each of us can make a difference. But the truth is that the plastics industry paid millions to push this message--and to sell more plastic. Here's the dark truth and how it's led to...

Boeing workers at a supplier plant in Kansas ended their strike while New Mexico fined a Texas-based company over $40 million over allegedly ignoring local pollution reporting. Meanwhile, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank may...

Study Finds Living Near Green Spaces Adds Years to Life

In this video, Dr. Sibasish Dey, Head of Medical Affairs, South Asia, ResMed, gives a lowdown on how one can manage the symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.

Jurisdictions across Canada are greenlighting a new government strategy aimed at helping communities adapt to increasingly severe weather caused by climate change, including extreme heat, wildfires and flooding. It aims to end extreme...

China's capital issued its highest-level heat alert on Friday as temperatures soared to 40 C. Residents in India's capital were also in the grip of an extreme heat wave.

Millions of South Africans have no electricity for up to 10 hours a day.

CBC senior meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe explains how a new dense pocket of smoke from wildfires in Quebec will disperse through southern Ontario on Thursday.

Ukrainian officials say rescuers trying to help Kherson residents escape flooding from the breach of the Kakhovka dam were forced to dodge Russian artillery strikes. Meanwhile, Russia’s defence minister says the Ukrainians have finally...

With wildfire smoke enveloping major parts of Ontario and Quebec, we look at some ways you can protect yourself — including masking up. Plus, a Q&A from viewers with respirologist Dr. Samir Gupta.

The U.S. Supreme Court has stripped federal agencies of authority over millions of acres of wetlands, weakening a bedrock environmental law enacted a half-century ago to cleanse the country’s badly polluted waters.

More than two million people in Thailand have reported respiratory illnesses linked to pollution.

Europe’s air pollution is improving but there's still a long way to go. Here’s which countries are worst affected.

Roughly 25% of people in the U.S. live with air pollution that could shorten their lives, according to a report from the American Lung Association.

EPA Proposes Stringent Emissions Standards on Automakers in Effort to Reduce Pollution

The dolphins are disappearing in Guanabara Bay by Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi, a cemetery for abandoned ships.

India marked National Pollution Control Day as the country's capital was covered in a blanket of smog, with authorities asking residents to not step out for outdoor activities during peak smog hours.